>>>Good to see you posting, Grady.
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>>>One of my grammar pet peeves is "less" instead of "fewer." The express lanes at all the grocery stores I shop at around here have "nn items or less" signs over all the express lanes. I am getting a lot better at letting trivial things go but a little voice in my head still wants to shout, "10 items or FEWER!"
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>>>>Please add 'the most amount' to the list
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>>>>>>>counterfeit fake government seals
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>>>>>These days it's said that spelling and sentence construction doesn't matter as long as you're understood. In this case if readers don't know the root of "counterfeit", "fake" covers it.
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>>"exact same" is one that makes me yell at my TV regularly
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>Don't forget "very unique." ("Unique" is a superlative. Something is unique or it isn't. It could be "nearly unique," but "very unique" is meaningless.)
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>Tamar

Yes. It seems teachers no longer care or the school system has forgotten the importance of correct English.