>>I vote for the misuse of there and their and also weather and whether.
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>As far as mis-usage goes, I think I've seen more incorrect "your" for "you're" with either variant for "they're" a close second.
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>Far more pervasive, I think, is the use of "their" as a substitute for "his or her" singular possessive. I would not be surprised to see "official" grammar making this acceptable practice in the fairly near future. Strangely enough, I can't think of a commonly used equivalent for "he or she."
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>My personal favorite pet grammar peeve is the use of "myself" as in "If you have grammar questions, just call Tamar or myself." ^%$#%^& (sound of fingernails on blackboard).
Adding a grammar peeve - more ubiquitous than I ever thought possible. Heard frequently even when newsreaders are reading from teleprompters.
"Congress will try
and solve the problem ..."
AAAAGH !
Charles Hankey
Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.
- Thomas Hardy
Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm-- but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.
-- T. S. Eliot
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.
- Ben Franklin
Pardon him, Theodotus. He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.
