There are two words that I try not to use too often. They are love and hate. To me these words should be used only in cases of extreme emotion. A lot of people use love and hate almost constantly. I think this is incorrect in most cases like and dislike are sufficient.
Then there are words that I try not to use at all. Like always, forever and never. To me when you use these words you are making a promise or statement that is virtually impossible to keep.
And then there are words, acronyms, initials, etc that people just use wrong.
Like the word NEED, a lot of people do not seem to understand the difference between want and need.
I was at a McDonalds once and a woman told the person behind the counter "I need" and then she proceeded to order a big mac ,etc. I so wanted to say " Lady, you do not need that." But I didn't.
Then there is V.I.N. When you go to get insurance on your car or to buy or sell a car the people will invariably ask for the VIN number of the vehicle. Now for the average person this would be a forgivable error, but for someone who works with this stuff it isn't. VIN stands for vehicle identification number, so, when they ask for the VIN number they are asking for the vehicle identification number number. I'm always tempted to say "1", after all it is the first (and probably the only) VIN for that vehicle.
I know that I am not perfect and my grammar needs some work but I try to use words properly. Sometimes it seems that people just don't care.
I know that most every one has words, acronyms, etc that it just drives them crazy when they are misused. What are they ?
Then there are words that I try not to use at all. Like always, forever and never. To me when you use these words you are making a promise or statement that is virtually impossible to keep.
And then there are words, acronyms, initials, etc that people just use wrong.
Like the word NEED, a lot of people do not seem to understand the difference between want and need.
I was at a McDonalds once and a woman told the person behind the counter "I need" and then she proceeded to order a big mac ,etc. I so wanted to say " Lady, you do not need that." But I didn't.
Then there is V.I.N. When you go to get insurance on your car or to buy or sell a car the people will invariably ask for the VIN number of the vehicle. Now for the average person this would be a forgivable error, but for someone who works with this stuff it isn't. VIN stands for vehicle identification number, so, when they ask for the VIN number they are asking for the vehicle identification number number. I'm always tempted to say "1", after all it is the first (and probably the only) VIN for that vehicle.
I know that I am not perfect and my grammar needs some work but I try to use words properly. Sometimes it seems that people just don't care.
I know that most every one has words, acronyms, etc that it just drives them crazy when they are misused. What are they ?