What word drives you nuts? (tense, meaning, money, quote)

[Gilpin Girl]

Originally Posted by JudiPatooti

"irregardless" I don't think it's even a word. It's just simply "regardless" isn't it? That drives me nuts.

Their, there, they're---does anyone know the difference anymore?

Too, to, two---again, does anyone know the difference anymore?

You're, your---Yikes!

Oh! I forgot about to and too. That annoys me.

[JSizzle225]

Originally Posted by cyclone8570

Just have to rant about how no one seems to understand the difference between LOSE and LOOSE.

You don't LOOSE things.
YOU LOSE things.

GAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Pulls hair out*

It's lose, not loose.

It's possible to loosen things. I put oil on my new baseball glove, to loosen it up.

[meemy]

Originally Posted by Norsky1

It's the same as advice and advise. People use those two words wrong all the time.

As the old saying goes, "people who live in glass houses should not throw stones".

Correction of your post: It's like advice and advise. Some people often use those two words incorrectly.
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[tgbwc]

My third grade students use the word "verse" a lot to mean "challenge" or "to play against". For example: I'll verse you in checkers. Another example: Do you want to verse me in a game of Battleship?

[NorthDeKalb]

“With that being said”!

My Regional Director uses that phrase CONSTANTLY and I feel my fists tighten each time I hear it...

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by cyclone8570

Just have to rant about how no one seems to understand the difference between LOSE and LOOSE.

You don't LOOSE things.
YOU LOSE things.

GAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Pulls hair out*

It's lose, not loose.

Don't worry, that's a popular rant amongst the posters on this forum. That and the advice/advise thing.

I think I'm going to start sending people over here to these threads for re-education when I see these errors in the other forums.

[smartalx]

Originally Posted by tgbwc

My third grade students use the word "verse" a lot to mean "challenge" or "to play against". For example: I'll verse you in checkers. Another example: Do you want to verse me in a game of Battleship?

Actually I kind of like that one. I never heard it but it's sort of like trash talk. "I'm going to teach you a lesson in battleship."

[Fred314X]

I can't stand "actually" when it starts a sentence. There's something grating about the implication that whatever you've just said is meaningless, and the other person is going to lay out the real facts.

[pvande55]

Originally Posted by SunFl0wer

In this case, its not the WORD usage which drives me nuts, as much as the amount of items - which keeps creeping UP!

What's next - 27 items or less (sic)? Seriously, do the cashiers really count? How do you know the customer doesn't have 29 or 30 items in there?

What I find annoying in advertising is the phrase "Up to.. or more." As in "save up to 50% or more." Meaning you might, in very rare cases, save more than 50%?

[virgode]

Originally Posted by cyclone8570

Just have to rant about how no one seems to understand the difference between LOSE and LOOSE.

You don't LOOSE things.
YOU LOSE things.

GAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Pulls hair out*

It's lose, not loose.

Originally Posted by SunFl0wer

Amen.

I wonder if they also have problems with choose and chose (?), even though these two words happen to be in the same family!

Heres whats sad, when you know the difference and continually make the same mistake, over and over

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

I don't have a problem with the word "ensure". I do have a problem when "insure" is used instead of "ensure".

I associate the word "ensure" with the drink given to the elderly.