What grammatical errors really piss you off?

[crt-raise]

supposably

irregardless

[KSOT]

I get annoyed by people who harp on the "I could care less crowd."

It's clearly a sarcastic expression, much along the lines of "I should be so lucky!"

[rokstedy]

the standard they're, their, there plus your and you're really do bug.

I'm not positive if this is a grammatical error or not because someone smart once tried to correct me on this, but this bugs:

"He only has $100."

I'm 90% positive it should be "He has only $100."

I never say anything but it eats my brain every time I see this.

Also, people who mix their idioms. Today I heard Terry Bradshaw say "...with every once of fiber in me..."

This kind of thing makes me think of Khan putting one of those crawly bugs in my ear every time.

[paperjam]

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I get annoyed by people who harp on the "I could care less crowd."

It's clearly a sarcastic expression, much along the lines of "I should be so lucky!"

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It's NOT a sarcastic statement. When someone says I could care less, they do not realize they actually are saying the opposite of what they mean. For there to be sarcasm intended, the person must understand what they are saying.

How is "I should be so lucky" sarcastic?

[the machine]

i cant stand when people say intresting

gramitcally AFAIK, i can be pronounced either way, intresting or interesting.

i always say interesting.

[KSOT]

What you say "I should be so lucky," you really mean "I would never be so lucky." When you say I could care less, you really mean "I guess I COULD care less, but not much."

These are both slang expressions and there is nothing wrong with either of them.

[the machine]

death.

ie what do you mean you cant hear me are you death

one of my friends always says this and i always inform him that there is a word in the english language spelled d-e-a-f which means unable to hear

or it could mean something that is totally ill, if we were in 1992 that is

[KSOT]

http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/inde...?date=19960610

[paperjam]

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What you say "I should be so lucky," you really mean "I would never be so lucky." When you say I could care less, you really mean "I guess I COULD care less, but not much."

These are both slang expressions and there is nothing wrong with either of them.

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When you say "I should be so lucky," you are saying "I wish I were more lucky." - which means what it says.

When you say "I could care less," you mean the opposite. It isn't an expression, it is a misinterpretation of an expression. "I couldn't care less" with the 'nt - the contraction, sounds so similar to "I could care less," that it is obvious why people say it incorrectly. - but no one would believe the expression is "I could care less" - because people don't say it to be sarcastic!

[DWarrior]

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I get annoyed by people who harp on the "I could care less crowd."

It's clearly a sarcastic expression, much along the lines of "I should be so lucky!"

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It's NOT a sarcastic statement. When someone says I could care less, they do not realize they actually are saying the opposite of what they mean. For there to be sarcasm intended, the person must understand what they are saying.

How is "I should be so lucky" sarcastic?

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Wouldn't the sarcastic statement be "I couldn't care more"?