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In pedantic mode 2 Months, 4 Weeks ago Karma: 5  
Also from dear old auntie

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7595509.stm

Which particular misuses of grammar get your goat?

The misuse of literally amuses me I have to say.
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Re:In pedantic mode 2 Months, 4 Weeks ago Karma: 7  
I get so irritated when people claim that I have aggravated them.
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Re:In pedantic mode 2 Months, 4 Weeks ago Karma: 1  
Saying vunrble instead of vulnerable.
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Re:In pedantic mode 2 Months, 4 Weeks ago Karma: 2  
definAtely

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Re:In pedantic mode 2 Months, 4 Weeks ago Karma: 7  
I also get very irritated when people who choose not to stay on-topic omit to head their post [OT]. I have lost count of the number of occasions when I have read through a post, expecting that sooner or later the writer will return to the topic thread, only to be bitterly disappointed at the waste of my time.
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Re:In pedantic mode 2 Months, 4 Weeks ago Karma: 2  
legendary, as in 'the legendary Jimi Hendrix'.
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Re:In pedantic mode 2 Months, 4 Weeks ago Karma: 2  
Robin T Cox wrote:
I also get very irritated when people who choose not to stay on-topic omit to head their post [OT]. I have lost count of the number of occasions when I have read through a post, expecting that sooner or later the writer will return to the topic thread, only to be bitterly disappointed at the waste of my time.It's something to do with a miniscule attention span Robin.
Once I was informed that,"if it can't be said in 50 words or fewer, then it is not worth saying".
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#9643
Re:In pedantic mode 2 Months, 4 Weeks ago Karma: 7  
How true. Brevity is the soul of wit.
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Re:In pedantic mode 2 Months, 4 Weeks ago Karma: 7  
Let's see...

'Drawring' instead of 'drawing'
'Independance'
The work 'like' used as punctuation
Ending every sentence with 'Innit'

Oh, and grammatical fragments...
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