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@TurtleDoves: yes! So true

I need to show this to my H.S. students. It might make them realize the importance.

I will add though that some of these are very hard for English learners to get.

You've all seen The Oatmeal grammar graphics, right? I actually show them to my students too even though they're a bit adult. : )

http://theoatmeal.com/tag/grammar

I just saw a new one on there: flesh out v. flush out.

@Lozza: "Hammy downs?" Stop. People actually say that?! ETA: I've heard people say something's a "mute" point, rather than "moot."

I thought of another thing, though this seems to be more of a Central PA thing than anything else. I grew up there but somehow avoided falling into the habit of doing it. People say things like, "I'm done my homework." NO! You are done WITH your homework! And, "I'm going to mow lawn." NO! You are going to mow THE lawn! They also don't use the infinitive. They'll say, "The house needs swept" rather than "The house needs TO BE swept." Oh my gosh, it makes me crazy! I know in my previous post I said that cultural things don't get to me so much, but those actually do because they are so blatantly incorrect!

@Lozza: I've never seen "doggy dog" - so funny! Forums are definitely the best place to find mistakes. The two you mention remind me of song lyric mistakes. My sister used to think the line "Ooh rub my smooth skin" in Baby Got Back was "Ooh Rumplestiltskin."

@Mrs Green Grass: To be fair, "ooh rub my smooth skin" seems like an odd way to phrase things- Rumpelstiltskin isn't that much more bizarre.

Is there an option for "all of them"? I was a writing tutor all four years of college and saw some nightmarish errors. I've built up a tolerance and try not to correct people, but I still get this sickening little rush inside my head when I see one.