Common misuse of the English Language examples

[Dris]

Now obvious 'typos' are exempt.We all all make them.

ect for 'etc' .

of cause for of course .


Any more glaringly obvious ones?

[bimbo123456]

sorry if I put that twice... didn't show on my list

[boxtops]

Glad this is still going - I thought in the night that I forgot to add "mute" instead of "moot" - as in "this is a mute point"...

[factor-fiction]

"Yous two" or "yous lot" instead of "you two" or "you lot". This was a common expression on Brookside I remember but I now hear it regularly from Scotland and North England.

And a typical sentence I hear at school is " And I was like, yeah, right and he was like no, right, yeah "

[factor-fiction]

Sian has just said "yous two " twice within a minute when talking to Kevin and Sally on Corrie. ("having yous two as parents....")

[Senter104]

The one that really gets my goat is the stunning revelation preceded by the phrase '.......at the end of the day.'

[McMouse]

advice and advise

[netibiza]

My friend and me!! drives me mad, and also they came round to mine! (instead of my house/place)

[netibiza]

my friend and me are going to the park - I should have explained!