You can name more than one if you want to. I don't mind.
2007-10-30 00:30:51 · 12 answers · asked by SINDY 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
At some point "most misused" becomes the "standard use". That is how languages change over time--variation becomes standard leading to new variations and new standard. At one point in my lifetime, the use of "will" and "shall" was strictly described, but now "will" has completely overwhelmed "shall" as the only future marker (except in legal documents).
2007-10-30 00:36:20 · answer #1 · answered by Taivo 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Not really a misuse but further to an earlier post on common mistakes, I would like to add:
"your" vs. "you're"
"its" vs; "it's"
Use of the apostrophe in plurals is also quite alarming. Books such as "Eats, shoots and leaves" try to set the record straight, but it may already be a lost cause.
2007-10-30 09:45:47 · answer #2 · answered by scotchorama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion the word "jealous" is misused a lot to mean "envious".
2007-10-30 08:06:23 · answer #3 · answered by Graham 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the word that stands out for me. Hieroglyphs. Newspapers,film and other print mistakenly call the characters hieroglyphics. Prof. Bob Brier set me straight many yrs ago.
2007-10-30 07:38:46 · answer #4 · answered by Minister of Truth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically, I think it's basically.
It is run a close second by "blatant(ly) which, when used in the sense of "obvious(ly) is blatantly wrong.
"Safe", "wicked", and "jokes" (a.k.a jkz), used in their modern "acceptations" also vie for the position.
2007-10-30 09:33:22 · answer #5 · answered by GrahamH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
without any doubt "love ". Everybody "loves", but I see little of it. The test of love is not romantic evenings, but staying faithful in age and ill fortune.
2007-10-30 07:35:09 · answer #6 · answered by kwaaikat 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Really; love; swear; gay (actually used to mean "happy")
These are just a few that come to mind.
2007-10-30 07:43:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give buckeye the ten points. LIKE. It drives me nuts.
2007-10-30 07:46:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Exit and Entrance.
2007-10-30 07:39:16 · answer #9 · answered by wacky_racer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
friend
like
love
and
okay
husband (women who live w/ thier bf's & want to refer to them as thier husband but have no papers).
2007-10-30 11:29:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋