Mine is people who separate words when they write. I’m Norwegian, and we can string together words indefinetly to make a new word. The never ending word may not make any sense, but it is gramatically correct
Still, people write words the wrong way by separating them.
Examples:
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“Ananas ringer” means “the pineapple is calling” when written the wrong way. The correct way is “ananasringer” and it means “pineapple rings” (from a tin).
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“Prinsesse pult i vinkel” means “a princess fucked at an angle”. The correct way to write it is “prinsessepult i vinkel”, and it means “an angeled princess desk” (a desk for children, obviously)
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“Koke bøker” means “to cook books”. The correct way is “kokebøker” and means “cookbooks”
I see these kinds of mistakes everywhere!
OP, I appreciate the examples. Thanks to them, I see what you mean, and agree.
Briefly, I was thinking “I don’t want to read a word that’s as long as a sentence, no wonder people break things up”, but that wasn’t what you meant at all.
For English, what irritates me is not knowing what to do with possessive apostrophes, especially if the word already ends in “s”. I know I’ve gotten it wrong many times, but oh well.
Rule of thumb is to add an apostrophe at the end of a word ending in S, otherwise add 's. I imagine this is only because the extra S sound gets cut off when you sleak
My biggest apostrophe pet peeve isn’t a fault of the language but with the misuse when pluralizing acronyms and years.
It’s not the ABC’s, it’s the ABCs. It’s not the 1970’s, it’s the 1970s. You don’t need apostrophes to pluralize.
Thank’s!
What do mean “a sentence”? It is clearly one word : minoritetsladningsbærerdiffusjonskoeffisientmålingsapparatur