Incorrect phrases that annoy you?

[CurseTheSky]

"I could care less."

Well, if you COULD care less, why did you bother saying it?! It's supposed to be "I COULDN'T care less," though hardly anyone takes the time to say it right.

 

[OCGuy]

I dont get it.

 

[zokudu]

10/10 good show sir.

 

[slayer202]

that one is a bit bothersome, but I don't know if there are any that really annoy me. It's more comedic when people say things like all intensive purposes

 

[NikolaeVarius]

that one is a bit bothersome, but I don't know if there are any that really annoy me. It's more comedic when people say things like all intensive purposes

I don't get where that game from.

How the hell do you confuse "for all intents and purposes" with "intensive purposes"? Sure they have similar sounds in a similar order, but intensive purposes doesn't even make sense.

 

[waffleironhead]

This thread has really peaked my interest.

 

[LTC8K6]

Irregardless

 

[busydude]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKJeSPZ82s4

 

[zokudu]

Irregardless

I say this one a lot =(

 

[waffleironhead]

I say this one a lot =(

Then you are using a proper word, that irregardless what others think, is actually in the dictionary.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Irregardless

QFMFT

This thread has really peaked my interest.

i see what you did there.....(actually either can be correct depending on the context in which you use it, i think, but generally speaking one would be more correct than the other)

 

[zokudu]

Then you are using a proper word, that irregardless what others think, is actually in the dictionary.

It actually makes no sense at all and I should be saying regardless it just habit at this point.

 

[sandorski]

I could care less, but I don't care enough to do so.

 

[gorcorps]

What does it matter? It's really a mute point as far as I'm concerned...

 

[Schfifty Five]

I don't get where that game from.

How the hell do you confuse "for all intents and purposes" with "intensive purposes"? Sure they have similar sounds in a similar order, but intensive purposes doesn't even make sense.

That's just it. It sounds similar and people probably hear it first as "intensive purposes" before they ever use it in writing, thus when they do use it in a sentence they will write it incorrectly. They don't think about the actual meaning of the phrase, only that it makes them feel cool/smart writing it I suppose.

 

[Ichinisan]

Though it's not necessarily "incorrect," it always bothers me when someone says "wrong on SO many levels."

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

'It is what it is'.

 

[Pulsar]

Orientated.

 

[eits]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKJeSPZ82s4

HAHAHAHA what the fuuuuuuck hahaha

 

[Dumac]

What does it matter? It's really a moo point as far as I'm concerned...

Fixed that for you

 

[HAL9000]

I have two. People who say "erbs" when they mean herbs, people who say "coop" when they mean Coupé

Also "Aloominum" not Aluminium

 

[busydude]

people who say "coop" when they mean Coupé

You are not welcome in the US.

 

[HAL9000]

You are not welcome in the US.

FACT: It is Coupé, not coop,

like it is Café not Caff.

 

[eldorado99]

"Curse the sky"

 

[eldorado99]

FACT: It is Coupé, not coop,

like it is Café not Caff.

Maybe if you're french. :|