I Hate It When People Misuse "literally"!

[GeauxForIt 659]

Lately I've noticed an epidemic of sorts...people, even people who 'speak' for a living and should know better, are misusing the word literally.

A girl checking me out at the grocery store said, "I literally died!" during our brief conversation. I wanted to gently correct her, but I didn't. I just inwardly cringed and gathered my things.

I also can't stand the ridiculous overuse of "like" these days.

What are your grammar pet peeves?

[Randi 21]

That is hilarious!!!! Amazing how a dead person could be grocery shopping......

My pet peeve is when people say fustrating instead of frustrating - come on, did we miss 3rd grade English Class?

[LouiseC 1,031]

Oooooh I am with you on this. I usually bite my tongue though the urge to correct is strong.

One of my own pet peeves is apostrophe abuse. I passed a store the other day advertising that they were selling "banana's" for 99 cents a kilo. They had similar sales on "apple's" and "cabbage's".

[mom2five 292]

I cringe when someone says "expecially" instead of "especially"

Most of my pet peeves are written. For example, when people use an apostrophe to make a word plural and when people use the wrong your and you're. There are plenty more but I usually just cringe inwardly and go on.

I homeschool my sons and we go over these common mistakes frequently so that they hopefully won't make them.

[NDN_RN 527]

That is hilarious!!!! Amazing how a dead person could be grocery shopping......

My pet peeve is when people say fustrating instead of frustrating - come on' date=' did we miss 3rd grade English Class?[/quote']

Walking Dead. Great show btw

[suegirl 109]

Speaking in "ebonics", instant messaging short spelling, loud and obnoxious cell phone users... Oh, was I supposed to just list one? :-)

My kids have always called me the Grammar Nazi... Today, language is simply based on lazy behavior.

[BigGirlPanties 957]

amazing how the English language has suffered over the years... along with acryonyms and such with texting, it's even worse! (wow, I hope I spelled "acryonyms" right) ... what I miss is common courtesy ... what happened to "please", "thank you" and "you're welcome"?

[GeauxForIt 659]

Pacifically instead of specifically!!! GAH.

[BigGirlPanties 957]

omg... I "literally" have heard that a billion times... LOL!!!

[gmanbat 5,889]

"I know...right?"

skrrrrrkkkkkkkzzz.....fingernails on the blackboard!

[Learningtotwinkle 45]

It drives me bonkers when I see and hear .... I SEEN its not I SEEN its I SAW! ugh it really gets under my skin.

[LA_dreamer 54]

Ooh ooh and I forgot one...

When people say "I could care less!"

Oh so you do care?

[Frza 194]

Quote removed by *susan* due to referencing members of this forum.

I noticed a spelling error in my post. Does that mean I'm kicked off this thread?

[GeauxForIt 659]

It's rant about a checker at my grocery store misusing a word!!!

What's to "frown on"?

[GeauxForIt 659]

And LOL on the ellipsis comment!! I'm

A confessed over ellipsis user... ;D