Stray peeve

[davidlevine]

This peeve just wandered in and I'm wondering if I want to adopt it as a pet: people who write redundant things like "$25 dollars." I've seen it in several professionally-produced ads from reputable companies and it just makes me shake my head in sorrow.

Comments

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

That one irritates me, too. Trying to be charitable, I sort of assume they pick it up from the correct usage of "$25 Million."

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

One of my pets is the "have got" construction -- "We've got what you want!" Arrrrgh!

[nancymcc.livejournal.com]

Isn't there some ordinance that governs how many pets each brain can have?

[kvaadk.livejournal.com]

Like using your PIN number at the ATM machine?
(Just to mention two of my favorites.)

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[fairiegodmother.livejournal.com]

compassion and love make better pets ..

just my .02

[mkhobson.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. Inadvertant redundancies. They crop up quite often when people abuse acronyms. HSA account. PIN number. Drives me batty.

Nothing makes me battier than misplaced apostrophes, though. I see them more often, and they annoy me more.

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[dd-b.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks so much. I hadn't been noticing that, and now it'll pop out at me every damned time.

[airporter.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I needed the giggles!