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In reply to the discussion: What spelling/grammar errors really irritate you? [View all]UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)22. You beat me to it.
I can see saying it, but writing it?
"I could care less." NO. You couldn't care less. If you could care less, it implies you do care. You are trying to say you don't care at all; that is, you couldn't care less.
Then again, I'm sure my posts are littered with grammatical errors.
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I sometimes think that the letter "s" should just get an apostrophe as part of the character.
laconicsax
Jan 2012
#12
LOL....All Ss should receive an apostrophe. It actually doesn't look that bad.
pinniped
Jan 2012
#16
The use of the subjective form of a personal pronoun as the object of a preposition.
Iggo
Jan 2012
#36
Next question: How many people here have been/are paid to correct errors like these?
grasswire
Jan 2012
#61
Because correcting people on their grammar is exactly like genocide, right?
laconicsax
Jan 2012
#102
Between HIM and I (Many, many, many make this error...even supposedly intelligent people) nt
Laura PourMeADrink
Jan 2012
#101