One of mine (I have many yay neurodivergece) is when people say the phrase "a broken clock is right twice a day". The phrase is actually "a stopped clock is right twice a day." A clock that is stopped will definitely be right twice a day but a clock that is broken could be right multiple times a day or not at all depending on how it's broken. Maybe it's just a little slow running in which case it'll never be right. Maybe it's spinning wildly out of control so it'll be right a lot but still useless.

It annoys the shit outta me and it is so dumb it definitely should not. Anyway your turn.

  • theother2020 [comrade/them, she/her]
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    3 months ago

    I have mostly overcome my prescriptivism, however, two that get me are: liberry (instead of library), and my biggest one is unnecessary apostrophe’s. They are everywhere.

    • keepcarrot [she/her]
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      3 months ago

      Apostrophes annoy me, but for whatever reason autocorrect preferences them over the plural form and I hate typing on my phone, so sometimes I just give up