[Ads-l] Top peeves

[Stephen Goranson]

Because any of us can ask AI questions and because AI is not reliable, I
welcome Jesse's plea not to post such here.

On Fri, Nov 6, 2026 at 10:21 AM Jonathan Lighter <
00001aad181a2549-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> According to Gemini AI, these are the linguistic peeves most
> complained about on the Internet, sometimes passionately:
>
> "I could care less"
>
> "Should of / Could of / Would of"
>
> "Irregardless"
>
> Misuse of "Literally"
>
> Erroneous Apostrophes (Greengrocer's Apostrophes)
>
> "Supposably"
>
> Filler "Like" and Discourse Markers (e.g., "It was, like, totally, you
> know...")
>
> "Less" vs. "Fewer"
>
> "Between you and I"
>
> "Loose" vs. "Lose"
>
> "They're/ Their/ Their" errors
>
> "Whatever!/ Whatevva!"
>
> "Expresso" for "Espresso."
>
> "Axe" for "ask."
>
> "Affect" vs. "Effect."
>
> JL
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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