Description: I cringe every time I hear someone utter something like "for all intensive purposes." That's just wrong, folks! It's "for all intents and purposes." Really. So let's see what commonly misused words and phrases grate on you like fingernails on a chalkboard! ( Edited by elness )  

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Quote... unquote.

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I could care less

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Irregardless

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Nucular (instead of nuclear)

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It's a mute point

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they're, their, there

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Like

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alot

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Statue of limitations

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For all intensive purposes

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expresso

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Needless to say

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I doubt it...

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gotten ... (ya, right! Past tense of "got", I ...

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I seen this thing the other day

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Oh My God

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EST rather than EDT during daylight savings time

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Well, Technically...

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By the way

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begging the question

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I tell you what

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word

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You know?

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Reading Railroad

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completely destroyed

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