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[Marp2]

Misused words do not bother me nearly as much as eloquent speech that fails to get the speaker's (poster's) point across. It matters not one whit to me how well one speaks or writes if their thoughts are not clearly communicated.

[Clover29]

On 3/6/2015 MickD said: Orientated.

That's not bad English. It's British English, like "judgement".

[VioletEyes]

Imply vs Infer. Those two words are frequently misused.

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I am laughing because I remember my English teacher, in my Sophomore year, telling me to never start a sentence with the word And, as it is above.

[Sushismom]

On 3/6/2015 muttmom said:

On 3/6/2015 Clover29 said:

On 3/6/2015 SuiGeneris said:

This isn't a word used incorrectly, per se [which some people spell "per say," BTW ], but is a misspelling of word commonly used on Home Shopping channels.

"Voila!"

It is incorrectly spelled "Wah-lah!" or "Wha-la" or some other phonetic reproduction of the word.

In French, they usually say, "Et voila!," which means:

And, that's that!

Here you go! or There you go!

Here it is! or There it is!

Or, "It's done!"

(and yes, wah-lah drives me nuts too.)

I saw a post yesterday that included wah-lah. It almost hurts your eyes.

Still better than the "viola" I've seen in many places.

My biggest pet peeve are superfluous apostrophes, as in "How many cat's do you have?".

[divine]

Went and Gone are often misused. I cringe when I hear, "I should have went to the store today."

[Catfancy]

I cringe when I hear/read ""advise/advice. You give advice or you can advise someone!

[route 7]

Anyways is not a word and it is used so often. Any means any - no ""s"" is needed

[Tinkrbl44]

Oh gees .... another one that bothers me:

""I will try and ..... "" when what they really mean is ""try TO .... ""

(where do they get ""try and"" ?? )

[PIT-HAG Melissa]

On 3/6/2015 Tinkrbl44 said:

The one that annoys me is when people say ""I could care less"" ..... when what they REALLY mean is ""I COULDN'T care less"" ....... do they even hear what they are saying?

This is one of my pet peeves...

[Plaid Pants]

On 3/6/2015 MomOf4 said:

My pet peve is when people mix up, There, They're and Their.

^ This!

My other pet peeve, is when people say, "Would OF", instead of "Would've", or "Would HAVE".