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[Kinamur1999]

Originally Posted by Fargus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

"irregardless"
"a whole nother"

"all of the sudden"

[Omnimorph]

Wrong use of their, there and they're.

People who say they want to lend something from you.

Affect and effect.

May I and can I.

It's and its.

There's plenty of these silly mistakes that I tend to notice but I certainly wouldn't say it "grinds my gears"

[mr.miketastic]

What really grinds my gears is a bad throwout bearing.

[yt2005]

"Casted"

It is not a past-tense verb. The word you are looking for is generally "cast".

[pickled_heretic]

I don't understand. Taxi is pissed about people using an English word properly? Is that what's going on?

[Akame]

Faggot.

Seriously? Are you phobic or something or do you degrade others needlessly to make your dick feel bigger? This one came up recently in conversation and I've decided I loathe it completely.

[Akame]

Oh and Taxi, I like this website very much for looking up odd terms:

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html#errors

[pickled_heretic]

I'll tell you what grinds my gears - language snobs who don't understand that colloqualisms and dialects that deviate from standard English are not incorrect.

If a word or phrase successfully and accurately conveys a meaning between two parties, then language has served its purpose and nothing is being misused.

[Qaedain]

^ Apologists.

[pickled_heretic]

Originally Posted by Qaedain [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

^ Apologists.

An apologist is a person who defends a position with reason and logic. Are you saying that you don't like people who use reason or logic? Or are you saying you don't like people who defend positions? I don't quite follow you.