r/GrammarPolice

Am I correct in being wildly annoyed by people saying things like "My car is broken and needs fixed." Or, "This place is a mess and needs cleaned." Instead of 'Needs to be fixed.' or 'Needs to be cleaned'? Or maybe 'needs a cleaning'?

I'm Canadian and mostly notice people from the US saying this.

Does anyone else pronounce the extra letters people add for emphasis? For example, there are a lot of Gollums out there. "She's so gorgeousssss!" "Her dressss!" "My precioussss!"

And I always pronounce the extra "e"s as a squeal. "It was insaneee" "I loveeee it."

People need to learn how to use their words to convey their emotion and let their words speak for themselves.

Lately I’ve noticed something strange with my writing.

If I spend a few hours reading academic papers, research articles, or even really polished essays, my own writing style immediately starts shifting toward that tone. Sometimes it becomes overly formal without me even realizing it.

What makes it harder is that after reading enough material, a lot of phrasing starts to feel oddly familiar even when the actual ideas are my own. I’ll rewrite the same paragraph multiple times just because it “sounds” too close to something I recently read.

I started using a simpler draft review process recently just to spot repeated phrasing patterns more clearly, and it’s been interesting seeing how much structure sticks in your head subconsciously.

Curious if this is just a normal part of developing a writing voice over time, especially in academic environments, or if other people actively try to separate their natural style from whatever they’ve been consuming lately.

I saw this on YouTube and didn’t know what it meant. I looked it up and found it to be so ridiculous, almost a snarky phrase. Anyone else?

https://preview.redd.it/n05t1q1mjf0h1.png?width=712&format=png&auto=webp&s=8da6a5a0646379517c023650a40a80abf1610cc6

"What would it be?" Well you already answered that lol.

Hello, Goodmorning everyone.

Badly needed you help to re-write this one “He has sinuses on both lower extremities”.

thank you!

i keep getting stuck on a small grammar doubt and wanted a second opinion

when people say something like:

“the system improves performance by analyzing large datasets and identifying patterns”

it feels correct, but when i try to rewrite it, i end up with things like:

“the system increases efficiency by examining big sets of data and finding patterns”

my question is — is there a real grammatical difference between these two, or is it just vocabulary choice?

both seem structurally similar to me, and that’s where i get confused

also at what point does a paraphrase become “too close” in structure vs just being normal rewording?

i’m not trying to change meaning, just understand what actually makes a sentence distinct in English writing rules

I don't know how to make this happen, but I want to just ban the contraction of "you're". I've seen people use it incorrectly and insist they are correct, and plenty of people who just guessed with crossed fingers.

Every confused person will have to type out "you are" when that is what they want to say. The usage of the possessive "your" will continue. My desperate hope is that eventually everyone with doubts or erroneous thinking will become retrained in the correct usage.

This is not for the betterment of society or anything, I just hate the errors with the heat of a burning sun.

Oh… You can’t? Well it looks to me like that’s exactly what you’re doing in this email. I can’t stand how a sentence like “I can’t stress ____ enough” mutates until it doesn’t make any sense. Kind of like “I could care less.”

This post was prompted by finding an article containing the, probably worse, concoction "most number of people".

What's wrong with just "most"? Where has this come from?!

I am aggrieved by the most amount possible.