your –and– you’re
should of –instead of– should’ve

and it drives me absolutely NUTS when people write:

I resemble that remark, –rather than–
I resent that remark.

On another note, another pet peeve I have is when people don’t know when to use ‘me’ or ‘I’ within a conjunction like ‘and’ or ‘or’ — they use ‘I’ because they’ve been corrected so often by teachers who don’t even know the reason themselves, and subsequently use it wrong, and ‘correct’ others incorrectly. A rule of thumb I use is:

If you are referring to yourself within the subject of the sentence, use ‘I.’ If you are referring to yourself anywhere else, use ‘me.’

If in doubt it helps to think of it without the conjunction, as two separate sentences.

Example 1:

Incorrect: Tina and me went to the store.
(Without the conjunction: Tina went to the store. Me went to the store.)

Correct: Tina and I went to the store.
(Without the conjunction: Tina went to the store. I went to the store.)

Example 2:

Incorrect: It was drawn by Tina and I.
(Without the conjunction: It was drawn by Tina. It was drawn by I.)

Correct: It was drawn by Tina and me.
(Without the conjunction: It was drawn by Tina. It was drawn by me.)

Example 3:

Under a photo of two people there is a caption that reads: Tina and I. This is incorrect — because the implied sentence should read: [This is] Tina and ___. Since ‘Tina and ___’ is not part of the subject, the correct caption should read: Tina and me. (Without the conjunction: [This is] Tina. [This is] me.)

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