There are times when I like grammar, but for the most part I hate it. Using correct grammar makes you sound more intelligent. It is a more proper way to speak and it gives a person more credibility with their audience if they use correct grammar. Although it is the correct way to speak, it is sometimes easy to forget to use it. Especially here in the south, most of us grew up around relatives that said “y’all” and “ain’t” so it is easy to slip into words like that.

I’m really bad about using the wrong verb in a sentence. I will say “shrunk” instead of “shrank” or “laid” instead of “lay” or “lie”. I also don’t know when to use whom instead of who. It’s an easy concept that I have learned before but it hasn’t seemed to stick with me yet.

I think reviewing grammar rules would help me understand grammar better.

My grammar pet peeve is when people use the wrong there/their/they’re and your/you’re. This is probably the easiest thing to remember about grammar, yet so many people use the wrong one.