Irritating use of English language?

[Earl Smith]

Well done Biggles.

[A11kns]

Just for Earl.

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I like this!

[ArtyGamer]

I assumed there was a typo when I got to "ihooaf".

[raydavies]

I'm constantly amazed at the number of men who claim to have trouble with their "Prostrate Gland" and the number of TV chefs who claim to be a "restaraunteur"! I even came across someone who thought "chauffeuse" was French for chauffeur".

It seems that English is a dying language and that accuracy is unimportant. I can understand the difficulties of those who who struggle for medical reasons or have had to learn it as a second language, but worry about long term consequences. If a Doctor confused hypotension with hypertension the results could be fatal!

The other thing that drives me nuts is the habit of newsreaders and reporters to puntuate every sentence with "potentially".

Ray

[pisquee]

Yes, potentially and literally are overused and the latter often in useless places.
Pacific used in place of specific
St Pancreas Station

[mrs maggot]

At a family wedding this last weekend, and we have decided should be a Facebook pro - for those either of a certain age, or education, who like to still use full grammatical English, you would of course need to pass an eligibility test, you could still see other peoples posts, but they would not show up in your normal news feed !!!

[Quinsfan]

Mrs Maggot
You may not qualify then!
" and we have decided should be a Facebook pro".

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[Ali P]

And what about estate agents who insist on writing 'comprises of' in their descriptive literature? That may not be an obvious mistake to many, but producing a grammatically correct sales brochure is surely the first step towards a sale! It seems that I too am a 'Grammar Grump'