David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

I was once made aware of a short prelude story: A little boy, with an upstairs bedroom, was accustomed to having his mother come up at bedtime to read to him a story. The boy, like many small children, had favorite stories and he knew which books contained stories he liked. One night, the mother was busy and the bedtime story detail was devolved to the father, who managed to select one of the books that did not contain any stories favored by the boy. When his dad came into the room, he asked: "What did you bring a book that I don't want to be read to out of up for?" (That was a sentence apparently ending with 5 consecutive prepositions.)

DickC Loc: NE Washington state

As long as I can get the drift, I don't care if its written correctly.

drc023 Loc: North Little Rock, Arkansas

My OCD is triggered when I see incorrect usage of "I vs me", "there vs their" and "your vs you're".

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

I yell at the TV every time I hear "him" instead of "he", "her" instead of "she", and "them" instead of "they" following a version of the verb "to be"--linking verbs (which "is" is) don't take objects, but have predicate nominatives.

roadsideron Loc: Apache Junction, AZ

I was watching an episode of Chicago PD where Voigt said to one of the other cops, "You go with" meaning you go along. It's funny 'cause that's how Chicago folks talk. I was born and raised Chicago for the first 38 years of my life.

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

Technically, that isn't ungrammatical--it's just an incomplete sentence. It is missing the object of the preposition "with" (which would probably be "him", "her", or someone's name). That form of the sentence is also Imperative--meaning "Do it!

flashguy