<p>I'm glad someone else wrote about alot and how there is no such word... </p>
<p>My other complaint is the incorrect use of a period or comma after quotes. In American usage, the comman and period ALWAYS go inside the quotes. (Usage in England is different.)</p>
<p>Be careful of "advise" and "advice" too people! I've seen it used improperly quite a bit here on CC. I have no problem with abbreviations or variations on spelling to speed typing on a bulletin board like CC, it's when the wrong word is used that you look ignorant.</p>
<p>Yeah for the HS class of 74! Edmondsg, I turned 50 in January and so far, so good!</p>
<p>Oy vey...I used to work as a copy editor, so reading this thread has been like breaking out in spelling/grammar/usage hives.</p>
<p>My peeves about errors in people's writing are too numerous to list, but the one that drives me craziest may be the proliferation of misplaced apostrophes. It's not just "its" and "it's." It's people using apostrophes when they really just want to pluralize something -- e.g., "Girls' Dressing Room" is fine; "Girl's Only" is not!!</p>
<p>As for the spoken word, the ultimate fingernails-on-a-blackboard is NU-CU-LAR!!!!!!!! In case anyone out there is puzzled by what I mean, look at the word: nuclear. That would be nu-clear. Not nu-cu-lar!!!</p>
<p>And as for current overused cliches, I hereby nominate "taking it to the next level."</p>
<p>artsymom, I also cringe when I hear nu-cu-lar! I wish that someone, ANYone, in the current administration in D.C. would tell the President how to pronounce the word correctly. It's such an embarrassment to see and hear him repeatedly mispronounce it. Ugh.</p>
<p>Nu-cu-lar! Don't get me started. It's like salt and lemon juice in a wound, with a little Tabasco Sauce thrown in for good measure.</p>
<p>Artsymom...</p>
<p>Former copy editors unite!</p>
<p>In another past career, I worked for a U.S. Senate subcommittee that dealt with, among other things, nuclear proliferation. Now we have to worry about nucular proliferation! I'm so glad so many of you are as appalled as I am. Anothermom-w-q, you captured the feeling almost TOO vividly!!</p>
<p>Perhaps the Tabasco was overkill?</p>
<p>Apostrophes are my pet peeve too! I am so worried about the fate of the apostrophe! </p>
<p>I think all of you would enjoy the book "Eats, Shoots & Leaves."</p>
<p>Aside from being hilarious, the book has wonderful instruction regarding punctuation.</p>
<p>Oh thank you! For the book recommendation...can't say I am always correct with everything, my typos are terrible. But, I seem to be failing 6th grade punctuation with my 12 year old. The, soon to graduate, D does just fine with her papers but, I have lost my knack for reading over and finding the boo-boos! See I probably just used too many commas in that last sentence.</p>
<p>...and no one's bothered by "irregardless"?</p>
<p>It's even made it to the dictionary by way of its ubiquitous misuse:</p>
<p>"The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.</p>
<p>irregardless</p>
<p>SYLLABICATION: ir·re·gard·less
PRONUNCIATION: r-gärdls
ADVERB: Nonstandard Regardless.
ETYMOLOGY: Probably blend of irrespective and regardless.
USAGE NOTE: Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being an improper yoking of irrespective and regardless and for the logical absurdity of combining the negative ir prefix and less suffix in a single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different from words with redundant affixes like debone and unravel, it has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so."</p>
<p>Ironically, someone posted on a MT Forum tonight that they got "excepted"! :eek:
(I surmise they did not read THIS thread!)</p>
<p>But it was a acceptional exceptence and I dont take no acception 2 it! Its downright NU-kee-ler to get in their ... and stuff. I dont have no issues with it and he don't need no advise on it niether. ;)</p>
<p>Haha, I think "ignurnt" is my new favorite word.</p>
<p>And to and too really bug me.
"That is to cute!"
"I'm went too the mall yesterday!"
<em>cringe</em></p>