NIBlogs: Pet Peeve Involving ‘On’

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Top Post: Nothing bothers me while reading, to see grammatical errors committed by professional writers. Lately, I’ve noticed the word “on” being misused. I’ll explain. Here’s an example. “Larry Coe will report on Monday to the team.” This is incorrect. It should read Larry Coe will report Monday to the team. Using “on” suggests that Tuesday is the subject of the story instead of Larry. Please, if you continue using on, who knows where you will end up. But y’know, Irregardless, I’ll still take the paper, but shudder at certain words or grammatical misplacement of them. (Above words  with tongue in cheek)/Herb Huseland, Bay Views. More here.

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Question: Which grammatical errors bug you most?