Lately I've noticed an epidemic of sorts...people, even people who 'speak' for a living and should know better, are misusing the word literally.

A girl checking me out at the grocery store said, "I literally died!" during our brief conversation. I wanted to gently correct her, but I didn't. I just inwardly cringed and gathered my things.

I also can't stand the ridiculous overuse of "like" these days.

What are your grammar pet peeves?

That is hilarious!!!! Amazing how a dead person could be grocery shopping......

My pet peeve is when people say fustrating instead of frustrating - come on, did we miss 3rd grade English Class?

Oooooh I am with you on this. I usually bite my tongue though the urge to correct is strong.

One of my own pet peeves is apostrophe abuse. I passed a store the other day advertising that they were selling "banana's" for 99 cents a kilo. They had similar sales on "apple's" and "cabbage's".

I cringe when someone says "expecially" instead of "especially"

Most of my pet peeves are written. For example, when people use an apostrophe to make a word plural and when people use the wrong your and you're. There are plenty more but I usually just cringe inwardly and go on.

I homeschool my sons and we go over these common mistakes frequently so that they hopefully won't make them.

That is hilarious!!!! Amazing how a dead person could be grocery shopping......

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Walking Dead. Great show btw

Speaking in "ebonics", instant messaging short spelling, loud and obnoxious cell phone users... Oh, was I supposed to just list one? :-)

My kids have always called me the Grammar Nazi... Today, language is simply based on lazy behavior.

amazing how the English language has suffered over the years... along with acryonyms and such with texting, it's even worse! (wow, I hope I spelled "acryonyms" right) ... what I miss is common courtesy ... what happened to "please", "thank you" and "you're welcome"?

Pacifically instead of specifically!!! GAH.

omg... I "literally" have heard that a billion times... LOL!!!

"I know...right?"

skrrrrrkkkkkkkzzz.....fingernails on the blackboard!

It drives me bonkers when I see and hear .... I SEEN its not I SEEN its I SAW! ugh it really gets under my skin.

Ooh ooh and I forgot one...

When people say "I could care less!"

Oh so you do care?

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I noticed a spelling error in my post. Does that mean I'm kicked off this thread?

It's rant about a checker at my grocery store misusing a word!!!

What's to "frown on"?

And LOL on the ellipsis comment!! I'm

A confessed over ellipsis user... ;D

It's rant about a checker at my grocery store misusing a word!!!

What's to "frown on"?

I was talking about the comments made about posters here on this site (i.e. loosing vs losing). Lately, one of the administrators has had to re-post the rules about forum use.