What is the most misused word in the English language? (meaning, sentence)

[Asexualgirl]

Originally Posted by skinem

Oh, I love that word!

Me too

[atina33]

Good. As in, "How are you? I'm doing good."

[Trimac20]

'Categorically' - I think it's completely nonsensical and has no relation to its actual usage.

[Trimac20]

Here's a grammatical error almost everyone seems to use. 'Lay' instead of 'lie'...

Correct: 'I lay down on my bed.'
Incorrect: 'Go lay down on your bed.' It's 'Go lie down on your bed.'

[Copanut]

Originally Posted by Trimac20

Here's a grammatical error almost everyone seems to use. 'Lay' instead of 'lie'...

Correct: 'I lay down on my bed.'
Incorrect: 'Go lay down on your bed.' It's 'Go lie down on your bed.'

Like my 8th grade English teacher told me, "Only a Duck can lay down."

I didn't get the joke until 10th grade.

[poletop1]

Absolutely, antisocial, shy, cliche, irony/ironic, funny, metaphor

[JustJulia]

Originally Posted by Trimac20

Here's a grammatical error almost everyone seems to use. 'Lay' instead of 'lie'...

Correct: 'I lay down on my bed.'
Incorrect: 'Go lay down on your bed.' It's 'Go lie down on your bed.'

Guilty, although only when I speak. When I write it I usually catch myself.

[Cavaturaccioli]

Has anyone brought up "supposably"?

Man, that one grates on my nerves!

[Zea mays]

Originally Posted by Trimac20

Here's a grammatical error almost everyone seems to use. 'Lay' instead of 'lie'...

Correct: 'I lay down on my bed.'
Incorrect: 'Go lay down on your bed.' It's 'Go lie down on your bed.'

The sentence has no direct object, so it takes the intransitive case (lie, lay, lain):

Present tense: i lie down on my bed.
Past tense: I lay down on my bed.
Past Perfect: I have lain down on my bed.

[Authentic Bird]

i instead of I