The Funniest Grammar Mistakes Yet (PHOTOS)

We admit that grammar is not always simple. After all, there are some complicated rules in the English language.

The following mistakes, however, are not in that category. From overuse of the apostrophe to really not understanding how to use a qualifier, these signs--from all over the world--bear truly cringe worthy errors.

Seen any great grammar fails lately? Let us know in the comments.

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[friendlier]

06:15 AM on 05/16/2011

"The Funniest Grammar Mistakes Yet"? These are all rather pedestrian, actually.

[friendlier]

06:12 AM on 05/16/2011

"...these signs--from all over the world--bear truly cringe worthy errors."

Umm, depending on the dictionary it's either "cringe-worthy" or "cringeworthy."

[torgman3]

11:09 AM on 05/13/2011

#3 has a lot more wrong with it--an inappropriate use if quote marks.

[dannywanny]

06:12 PM on 04/30/2011

I see them all the time from people facing, texting and tweeting. I used to protest but it's become overwhelming. To preserve my sanity, I have to give up caring. Who can doubt that American exceptionalism is a myth.

[chrisda]

02:36 PM on 04/28/2011

The big grammer mistake is from Star Trek. "to boldly go where no man has gone" is a split infinitive. Poor grammer. It shoud be "boldly to go or to go boldly" It's like fingernails on the chalkboard..OUCH

[CPAwADD]

09:23 AM on 05/11/2011

It is such a famous split infinitive and works so well that it illustrates well that rules of grammar can be broken to good effect even if it is still annoying to some.

I hate the use of very unique, because the meaning of unique as one of a kind makes the use of any qualifier redundant.

[Maximum number of charac]

04:51 PM on 04/27/2011

Why can we say dispute but not pute? I would like to be able to use both.

[deepintheheartoftejas]

12:46 AM on 04/28/2011

BeepWHIRRRRRRgrunch...

DOES NOT COMPUTE.

[jen q]

10:06 AM on 04/27/2011

There was a sign that I used to see all the time that read: "Family Dinning". It bugged me a lot, to say the least.

[ebbtiderising]

09:00 AM on 04/27/2011

dubbleplus good, it is not elitist to know the difference between there and their and you're and your. Knowing that only shows a person to have, at the very least, a fifth grade education.

[mickeyspumoni]

03:36 AM on 04/28/2011

Famous Quotes from world renowned brain surgeon and double-naught spy, Jethro Bodine:

Laura Jackson: What a stupid idiot.
Jed Clampett: Did you say something, ma'am?
Laura Jackson: What a stupendous intellect.
Jethro: That's cause I "grad-ge-ated" the sixth grade, ma'am. Only took three years.

Jethro: [looking over buffet during Jed's birthday party] What is all this stuff?
Waiter: Hors d'oeuvres, caviar, calamari.
Jethro: What? Speak American!

Jethro: [discussing his theory on bowling] I think I've finally figured this game out, Spanky. You take this here ball, put it in this here gully, and let it roll down yonder. Then you hurl yourself down this here slippery gully and see how many of them there snake bashing clubs you can knock down before the ball gets there.

[MSROADKILL612]

08:59 AM on 04/27/2011

For free bugs me

its short for free of charge

would you say for free of charge?

free

its correct and easier

[MSROADKILL612]

08:55 AM on 04/27/2011

knock knock
who?
to
to who

TO WHOM!

[framante]

08:48 AM on 04/27/2011

Where did 'went missing' come from? What happened to 'disappeared'?

[deepintheheartoftejas]

08:49 PM on 04/27/2011

It's a Britishism from the early part of the 20th century that in the last couple of decades has become popular in the US. See the go (verb) definition 44 in the OED. It's one of a large class of short phrases that combine with "go" to mean "passing into a certain condition". Go missing. Go public. Go bankrupt. Go postal. Go native. Go all out. Go sour. Go bananas. Go bad. Etc etc etc. "Go missing" is recent, but the general type of construction is about 600 years old.

[MBPolymath]

08:47 AM on 04/27/2011

I have nothing to add. But please, PLEASE, tell me that these were taken from countries where English is not the native language. Please.

[GeeBee]

01:43 PM on 04/28/2011

That is correct. They are all from the USA.

[zootalors]

02:34 PM on 04/29/2011

good one

[MoneyEqualsPower]

08:13 AM on 04/27/2011

Yesterday I posted that one of the most annoying grammatical errors to me is when someone uses "wait on" instead of "wait for." I expected throngs of people to agree with me. I got nothing. To my dismay, I just found "wait on" listed at dictionary.com. It is an acceptable verb phrase: "Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. to wait for (a person); await."

As a midwesterner, no wonder I have always felt so outnumbered on this one.

[mary5140]

08:06 AM on 04/27/2011

Why are so many people now using "Me" instead of "I" when they speak? Example: "Me and Joe went to the mall". "Me and the dog took a walk."

That's MY pet peeve!!

[sydneymoon]

08:58 AM on 04/27/2011

True.
I am also wondering why a possessive is used as a pronoun as in:
"Him and me went to the store".
I suppose some think, "Her and I went to the same store", is somewhat more polished.

[jerseymama]

09:53 AM on 04/27/2011

This irks me the most, too. "Me and my friends" as the subject of the sentence is so common to hear. The other common error is "have went" instead of "have gone." I thought it may have been a regional (northeast) error becoming accepted practice, but I hear it also from other regions.

[Loffee]

07:29 AM on 04/27/2011

Killing it dead

By J-LO on American Idol

[alinvenice]

01:30 PM on 04/27/2011

yeah, okay. but she looked good saying it, right? should she have killed it twice instead? thrice? and what sayest thou of people who don't capitalize? or begin a sentence with a conjunction? or use sentence fragments? huh?

[killswitch667]

02:31 PM on 04/28/2011

There is nothing wrong with beginning a sentence with a conjunction. The injunction against is merely an artifact of 1-3rd grade teachers and child development. There no real rules against it.