Sayings that people totally butcher.....

[daryn]

i call BS

[CrazyEyez]

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Incidentally, I hate when people say that there's something wrong with "I could care less." It's not corrupted, it means the same thing as "I couldn't care less." I googled and found this: link

They say it better than I do.

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Just read the link.
Asinine.

[Slow Play Ray]

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i call BS

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seconded.

[istewart]

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"Due to."

Unacceptable in most situations that people commonly use it.

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I'm guilty of saying this a bit too much.
Care to elaborate?

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I should rephrase. In conversations I suppose it's not that big of a problem. In writing it's used all the time though.

Here's a blurb from www.dictionary.com:

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Usage Note: Due to has been widely used for many years as a compound preposition like owing to, but some critics have insisted that due should be used only as an adjective. According to this view, it is incorrect to say The concert was canceled due to the rain, but acceptable to say The cancellation of the concert was due to the rain, where due continues to function as an adjective modifying cancellation. This seems a fine point, however, and since due to is widely used and understood, there seems little reason to avoid using it as a preposition.

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Note that it is a fine point but I've encountered a fair share of English teachers and what-not who don't like to see it used that much.

Then again, this whole thread is fine points. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[WLVRYN]

unchartered territory

[27offsuit]

"Six one half dozen of another"

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anyways...

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Groan...there is no reason for the "s" at the end of "anyway".

[Slow Play Ray]

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anyways...

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Groan...there is no reason for the "s" at the end of "anyway".

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yes, this is probably the most common and annoying one.

[Slow Play Ray]

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"Six one half dozen of another"

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how is this wrong? besides the poor english, that is...?

I hate it when people use the word "however" too much.
I was walking down the street one day, however I had to stop because I broke my leg.
Correction - I was walking down the street one day, but I had to stop because I broke my leg. Some say it to sound smart, but after a while it gets annoying.