Cenk, I know... | 7 comments (7 topical, 0 hidden)
Well... (none / 0)

For me, "less" and "fewer" is something I don't really care about in spoken English. What does irk me, being the hypocrite that I am, is the abuse of "literally".

e.g. "He was so angry, he was literally screaming his lungs out."

No... he wasn't.

by pfxcarty on 03/11/2010 12:13:40 AM EST

I hate that, too! (none / 0)
My other pet hates are mostly in written English. I hate it when people don't distinguish between:
There and their and they're; your and you're; it's and its; I and me; and most of all if they use of instead of have.
(He should of said... I cringe every time I read that and consider whoever used it to be the loser of the argument)

"The first thing Fascists usually try to do is silencing the opposition."

by opposition on 03/11/2010 12:42:02 AM EST

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those drive me nuts (none / 1)
You forgot to hate when people use "to" instead of "too" and my personal least favorite, using "I" when they should use "me" as if it makes them sound intelligent.  I could literally punch a fool in the face for doing that one!

by ynp7 on 03/11/2010 01:30:23 AM EST

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I did include that (none / 0)
Makes me really angry, too.
I remember a discussion I had with bobo1 about him writing: "You want to get rid of Ken and I."
He even had the audacity to say that I could say "Ken and me" and nobody would correct me even though it's false, because I'm just a foreigner.

This guy teaches writing.

"The first thing Fascists usually try to do is silencing the opposition."

by opposition on 03/11/2010 02:36:09 AM EST

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Another one... (none / 0)
...we can't forget is people using an apostrophe when pluralizing words.

by rickthaluddite on 03/11/2010 09:10:46 AM EST

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Whose to say (none / 0)
what's write or rong?;-)

"The first thing Fascists usually try to do is silencing the opposition."

by opposition on 03/12/2010 12:41:09 AM EST

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Cenk, I know... | 7 comments (7 topical, 0 hidden)