What opinions do you have that you consider (shallow && pedantic)? (lemmy.world)

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On accident

I kind of can't take people seriously when they say On accident, I don't know or care if its more or less grammatical, it sounds like a child sputtering in my mind. It should be By accident or accidentally

Tummy

Any adult has zero business saying this lol

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[-] stinerman@midwest.social -2 points 5 months ago

I hate when people say "rezourceful" instead of "resourceful." Also I don't care if it's spelled "pronunciation", I will spell it "pronounciation" and say it the same way. You don't "pronunce" words, you "pronounce" them.

I don't like that in UK English, they say people are "at hospital" and "he went to ground." No, he's at "a/the hospital" and he went to "the ground." Pace is not something you have, it's something you set. Collective singular nouns take a singular verb. Manchester City is, not Manchester City are.

[-] tiredofsametab@kbin.run 1 points 5 months ago

at hospital

At work, at school, etc. are doing the same thing in US English. People are generally not saying "at my/the/a school/work".

[-] stinerman@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago

I admitted that they're shallow and pedantic.

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