>Well, someone wrote (was it you?) that languages are fluent and ever-changing (or something to that effect). That is certainly true. People tend to speak using phrases that are common in their environment. The use of the language here has gradually deteriorated. That doesn't change the rules of English grammar though. Students still get graded on grammar in school (for the most part -- I've heard news stories where it is not done in some cases). While it might be okay to speak poorly among your friends, it is certainly not a good idea in business relationships. I'm sure the same is true in Nertherlands?

One of the issues that I get irritated by is the missuse of me and I such as;

My friend and me went to the store.

I was taught to think of how I would say it if "my friend" were not in the sentence and the use that pronoun. I would certainly not say Me went to the store.

Another irritation is when the simplest of etiquette is forgotten in listing oneself last in the list of people as in, "I and my friend went to the store" versus "My friend and I went to the store."

And one more that I wish Judge Judy would start correcting on her program is Axed, as in I axed if he had any money. Come on now how hard is it to say the word ask correctly.