Grammar You Probably Use That I Hate, Part 1

I have to make an admission: I hate that texting and emailing have made our language a crooked mess of abbrevations, abbrevations pronounced as words, and one letter words. It drives the grammar police part of me nuts, even though I can be found using those cliches from time to time. So, here, in honor of my hatred, is a list of words and phrases that you probably use that just crawl all over me.

1. Vacay – shortend form of the word “vacation”. As in, “I just went on a wonderful vacay with my bff.” Gag.

2. Come with – usually used as a question, but should have an objective personal pronoun following it. As in, “I’m going to the movies, want to come with?” Yargh. Shouldn’t “me” follow that?

3. fam – shortend version of the word “family”. As in, “I’m hanging with the fam.” Blech. Can’t you just say family?

4. OMG – pronounced OH EM GEE. As in, “OMG! Did you see what she was wearing?” Internet trash lingo.

I’m sure there are others, but right now I’m tired, and I can update this at it goes, so let’s just all this part one, ok? Feel free to share your bad grammar hatred in a comment. Who knows, I may even use it in the next part.

~ by Marty on October 14, 2008.