[Polar Bear]

Originally Posted by Travelingal702

As someone who loves the English language, I cringe when I hear, "Me and him" or "Her and me"...

I know what you mean, but there are proper uses for those phrases you cited...

He gestured at me and him.

He gestured at her and me.

Both of those sentences are grammatically correct.

[billethkid]

You can't know how little I care (to paraphrase Monte Walsh).

[sjeffries]

Originally Posted by Travelingal702

As someone who loves the English language, I cringe when I hear, "Me and him" or "Her and me"; as for the word "Ain't", I forbid my grandchildren from using this word.

I also hate to hear children say, “Yep” or “Yeah” instead of “Yes”. I usually correct them or say, “Pardon me?” or, “Is that a Yes?”

[rothbear]

It may be petty to some, but I thank the OP for mentioning this. It is my top language pet peeve and seriously grates on my nerves. Do they not teach proper grammar any more? It's bad enough when it is coming from a child, but adults should know better.

[tvbound]

Originally Posted by Decadeofdave

Irregardless!!!!

LOL I guess I'll need to redouble my efforts, in looking for simple humor in today's world.

[Alana33]

"I don't really care! Do you?"

[davem4616]

I'm with Rhett Butler "Frankly, I don't give a damn"

[davidlisle]

The main purpose of language is communicating to others what you mean. If there’s ambiguity, communication suffers. I think “I could care less” has become common usage because it is easier to say than the correct version and everybody knows what you mean.

I could bore you for hours with discussions about other grammar errors where meaning is not compromised (do good/do well, number/amount, would have/had, and many others.)

There is one very common error that does cause ambiguity, though, and that is “all .... are not” instead of “not all .... are.” If you say “all lawyers are not scoundrels” you are saying no lawyer is a scoundrel. Is that what you really meant?

[NavyVet]

Originally Posted by Choro&Swing

Another misused phrase that annoys me is “could of,” which makes no sense, rather than the contraction “could’ve,” short for “could have.”

Oh, that one drives me crazy and I see it all the time. Another pet peeve is when people write 'loose' instead of 'lose' or say 'have went' instead of 'have gone.' The worst is when you purchase a book that is filled with typos, punctuation and grammar errors. What happened to editing before publishing?
(Former Beta-reader for online fiction writers.)

[oneclickplus]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

When I say "I couldn't care less," that is what I mean.
100% totaly do not care.
Others say " I could care less," which I find a little ambiguous.
If you "could care less," how much more could you care less?

If not caring at all is 100%, it would be more definite if you gave how much you "could care less" as a percentage, then we could quickly work out how far from "couldn't care less, your not caring is."

Now "I couldn't care less," how much more or less you "could care less," but please let me know how much you could care in the beginning, so I know how strongly you feel about caring less over all!
Thank you

This is right up there with the idiots who made up the word "irregardless". It is simply "regardless". Poor public school education I suppose. Or just plain lazy.

[Sherry8bal]

You are correct and most people get this wrong all the time but I couldn't care less to correct them about it.

[Byte1]

I doubt that I could care less. I definitely couldn't care more. Therefore, I couldn't care less.
Someone must be bored.

[Polar Bear]

Originally Posted by oneclickplus

This is right up there with the idiots who made up the word "irregardless". It is simply "regardless"...

That’s a good one. When that word is appropriate, I like to start slowing saying ‘irre...’ and then finish with ‘...spective’, just to see if the listener starts to cringe just a little.

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by oneclickplus

This is right up there with the idiots who made up the word "irregardless". It is simply "regardless". Poor public school education I suppose. Or just plain lazy.

Yet you took time out of your day to read and pass comment.
Regardless!

[Worldseries27]

There's a new bridge in town