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This and "on accident" are probably my biggest language pet peeves.
You have made good points. I’m Team Addictive now. >

I find grammar corrections really addicting >

Careful, that’s an addicting way to look at it >

People saying/writing "should of" instead of "should've" aggravates me so much more. >

I see more native english speakers say or write "should of" than people who's second language is english, I always wondered why. >

It's because natives learn from hearing the vernacular spoken. Non-native learners learn a lot of that in a structured classroom form and as a result learn constructions. Different experience. 
We tend to say "should've" in speech rather than "should have." So to many people's ears it's "should of." Non-natives make other mistakes that natives are generally immune to, like misuse of indefinite vs definite articles. Since we just learn that organically we tend not to struggle with the bizarre rules around articles in English.
Notice, too, that many native speakers will say, "that's a whole 'nother ______," but usually write "that's a whole other ____." In that case, the written is correct the but the spoken is "wrong." >

Shoot English is my second language, but my family immigrated here when I was really young so I learned mainly from reading and hearing others speak. Thing is I agree with the comment OP; when I hear people say “should of” I honestly have no issue with it, but when they write “should of” instead of “should’ve” I get a little annoyed, but it’s no means the end of the world. I guess what I’m trying to say is if person like me can be decent with English (I’m no means an expert) coming from a poor family that immigrated here knowing very, very little English, then I don’t see how native speakers can be so bad. I will also add that I didn’t grow up a good school system either, so it was a matter of me more adapting to my environment the best I could. Then again, everyone grows up different and I know everyone has their own situation, so it really isn’t something to make a big deal over. Don’t mean to generalize or offend anyone, though! Just commenting a random thought I had reading the above comment. 
Rant over lmao >

No, it's fair. 
There's a great episode of "This American Life" about how a non-native Chinese immigrant tries to figure out at what age other Chinese speakers immigrated to the US.
One of the interesting things was that the subject of the story was ultra-precise with her language in a way that I don't even approximate despite being a rather well-educated native speaker. She had this almost affected precision that she noted was a sort of coping mechanism to try to be more fluidly "American." 
What is interesting is that the actual American-born Asian guy speaks much more casually and imprecisely, but he's more fluid. 
Now, don't get me wrong: I always use "should have/could have/would have/may have" But I also understand the misuse by way of vernacular as a weird quirk of native language. 
To be clear, I have the utmost respect for you in this situation and applaud you for working hard to learn the language. I spent years living abroad learning a then third language, and I know the pain of being a non-native while also assimilating. >

God damn I think I might have that same coping mechanism now that I think of it! Thank you very, very much for sharing that, I’m definitely going to listen to the rest later tonight. Thank you for that perspective as well! The fact that you had to learn a third language and assimilate to a different culture is amazing to me! Thank you for sharing your perspective and linking that episode. I hope you have a good day and know that I appreciate you! >

Aww, that's kind of you! It's a fun episode of TAL and one of my favorite of the past few years. Enjoy! >

Thanks for trying to restore usage to ~~normalcy~~ normality. >

Thank God someone else finds this so annoying! >

I can't stand when people say "on accident" when it's "by accident". >

I would go further and say it should by "accidentally". So instead of "I've dropped my glass by accident", it would be "I've accidentally dropped my glass." >

It's very american. Addicting is not normal in the UK... yet. I see it so often in american media and places like reddit that I worry we'll go that way too. I can't stand it. >

Grammar matters 
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I just came here to say that I agree with you 100%.  I can't stand it when people say "addicting"! >

I will die on this hill with both of you. >

It will be a crowded hill. >

Yeah, your right >

I new their wood be grammer jokesters in the comments. >

It's a dilemma.  Surely there is a case to be made for using words correctly, yet language is constantly evolving. >

Improper usage is sometimes what causes it to "evolve" though.  That's devolving and rewarding ignorance. >

What proper usage causes it to evolve? If everyone did everything exactly right, it wouldn't evolve >

it would have to evolve. I can recount that in elementary school they were so proud of their dictionary (c. 1975) that was "unabridged". Yet because it was so old it didn't have a definition of "transistor", having been invented in 1947 and the dictionary's latest edition was listed as 1931. >

You must be completely undone about "hopefully". >

What's happened to 'hopefully'?! >

To shreds you say? >

Hows his wife? >

I'm a petty human. just because of this i shall always use addicting. >

Is this not basic grammar? >

I'll start saying addictive, you've convinced me. 🙂 Have a good day. >

Yeah but idc. If someone says these incorrectly it doesn’t matter because I still understood 100% of what they said and to be honest, I probably wouldn’t even catch the error in a verbal conversation anyway. 
I’m also not their English teacher and I have a million other things I rather complain about. >

I'd* rather..... >

I was wondering how long it would take for someone to comment this. Nice job! 👍🏾 >

these drugs are addicting me to them; currently, I am not yet addicted
its a verb like 'be' >

Drugs are addictive 
"Me to then" is redundant >

What are you gonna tell us next? That it's confusive not confusing?
"ooga booga cOnFuSiNg wHaT" >

21% of Americans are illiterate. I believe them all the be on Reddit. >

100%
Also bored kids with all the time in the world and little supervision or parental control >

Imma go check on my kids now. >


I don't care that dictionaries and grammar experts have given up and declared them synonymous 

"I don't care that I'm factually incorrect." >

“I don’t care what acknowledged experts say”  the mantra of Reddit. >

Being a snob about the English language is pointless.
It's English.  It's the two dollar whore of languages.  English is what happens when Vikings shout Latin at Germans.
English grammar rules make no sense.  If you understood someone well enough to correct them, then you understood them well enough. >

English is the "two dollar whore of languages"?  Please do elaborate. >

Most English words are loan words from other languages.
Something like 80% of English words aren't actually English.
So it's the "two dollar whore" languages, because literally everyone is up in its business. >

Dun’chee try to tell me how to English! Unpopular’d! >

Yo, these shits right here be addictive as fuck. >

Poor ol abusive John. If only he had constructed that c4 better >

This isn't an opinion... It might not be well known but it's not objective >

The question is why is it wrong? Language certainly isn't set in stone. It gradually evolves over time. >

In this case, it degrades. >

These damn english teachers on reddit, man >

why do you care? >

🛐 >

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. It should be common sense lol >

Language is not fixed. It constantly changes and evolves, English even more than most. 
Unless you plan on talking like someone from 7th century Britain, your puritan complaints about shifts in the English language are just wrong. >

You're imagining some kind of middle ground between addictive and addicting? They're only 2 letters apart already. Unless you think you're going to change just 1 letter every hundred years?
Language does not take hundreds of years to change. That's exactly why dictionaries add new words and new definitions of existing words every year. People use language in new ways, those ways start getting adopted by a sub-section of people, and they become part of the language.
If you and the person you're talking to both use the same language "incorrectly" to effectively communicate, than it is in fact correct, and at most could be said to be a very niche dialect. >

But isn’t that how language works? People start using things wrong frequently and the language changes and evolves. If it wasn’t like that we would understand the words of our indoeuropean ancestors
I’m a noob at English but words like building, ending, opening, etc exist. they’re not adjectives but ....  I don’t know maybe this doesn’t have anything to do with what you said but ... >

If I say "I'm addicted to sugar," who's doing the addicting? >

You went through a process of addicting yourself to sugar. >

I mean, by living in America, I naturally expose myself to much more sugar than I otherwise would have. Did I go through the process of addicting myself to sugar by coming to America? That sounds ridiculous. >

This is not an opinion. It is factually inaccurate >

You're fighting a losing battle.  In the internet age, the ignorant masses set the standard when it comes to language.  Case in point: look at how "literally" has evolved into a standard modifier for emphasis. >

Lol literally! >

Completely agree. It sounds stupid when people say it >

So you realise you just sound like a snob right? They're not synonyms they're adjectives and they are both correct it just depends on context used. Words have had double meanings for centuries it all suddenly doesn't change because you can't grasp that. >

If you say 'addicting' where 'addictive' is more suitable then I will assume you're uneducated or a child >

So because your education never taught you about double meanings to words you get to use your lack education to claim other are lacking it? That's not how the real world works. It is dependent on the context due to it being an informal equivalent so just like crying at someone for not using perfect grammar in an informal setting it makes you a pretentious snob. >

I am a pretentious snob. You're a child. 
Let's both move on. >

Tell me you're angry at world and don't have friends some more I'll wait. >

I think you just ceded the higher ground with that post. >

Language has no permanent rules. Everything can and will change over time.  Clearly conveying the content is all that matters. >

I agree.  One is a gerund verb, and one is an adjective. >

I... actually agree with you >

I don't even know what a present-participle is, never mind the difference between 'addictive' and 'addicting'. If it's being used wrongly in formal settings, like in corporate literature, academia, or media reporting, fine, it's an issue. If not, it doesn't really matter if people use either word. >

this is unpopular not because i disagree but because i don't care enough, upvote >

And it’s often with a silent “t” not of-ten. >

I could care less………gotcha!  It’s “ I couldn’t care less”.  Social media has given u his undress of thousands of ignorant people a platform to spread their bastardized version of English.  My personal pet peeve is the current trend of phrases like “We ready”.  It’s “We are ready” or “We’re ready”. Don’t get me started on blatantly misspelling words like “prolly” instead of “probably”, or “dis” instead of “this”.  It makes the person look like they didn’t make it through elementary school. >

"We ready" is correct in AAVE.  And AAVE is not a bastardized version of English, it's a dialect. >

It may be a dialect, but is not correct.   Just like using ain’t, y’all, you’ s, and other dialects. It makes the user look uneducated >

Duh, and black English/broken English IS a language and that doesn’t make them look “uneducated” either. You’re just racist and ignorant, many black people type how they would speak. >

This is the kind of pedantry Reddit deserves. >

Its the pedantry no one asked for but everyone needed >

Thank you! >

Oh like this post should be a thought instead. >

I've honestly never seen this one. Everyone I stumble upon knows this one >

There's some old guy madly turning in his grave because "leech" used to mean "doctor" but those kids ruined it! >

Yea i can say that i never learned this and it will take a while for me to implement this in my vocabular.. but thanks i guess >

Passive and active verbs. You can itch all over, as in ‘I itch’ (verb), but you scratch to relieve yourself of the itch (noun). You can’t ‘itch yourself’. >

... and stuff. Makes me chuckle. >

Huh. I didn’t know this. >

Reminds me of a similar trend with "nauseous" and "nauseating". >

Ok but let’s be honest, seeing how languages evolve in real time is pretty addicting! >

You're in the wrong sub. >

Dude sitting in rehab like idc I just feel like I’m dying >

Man major L to anyone with a vaping addiction. I was vaping for like a year till I decided, "Man this shit taste like ass" then I quit ever since. I only vaped so I was occupied while listening to music in my room and cuz them fat clouds were cool asf.