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[Dirk McLargeHuge]

There are lots of these examples that people don't understand.

jealous v. envious
affect v. effect
convince v. persuade
explaination v. excuse
farther v. further
nautious v. nauseasted
hell, even can v. may is ignored these days

Some would call it the evolution of language. Frankly I think it's a sign of the necrosis of our language. I blame it on when English classes stopped teaching English and started only teaching literature. Americans don't learn grammar anymore, at least not to any significant degree.

Nauseous not nautious. Just sayin'.

[thatguy314]

There are lots of these examples that people don't understand.

jealous v. envious
affect v. effect
convince v. persuade
explaination v. excuse
farther v. further
nautious v. nauseasted
hell, even can v. may is ignored these days

Some would call it the evolution of language. Frankly I think it's a sign of the necrosis of our language. I blame it on when English classes stopped teaching English and started only teaching literature. Americans don't learn grammar anymore, at least not to any significant degree.

Nauseous not nautious. Just sayin'.

I'm on a typo/misspelling role today... but that's another story. But I work in a hospital and even most people here don't know the difference between nauseated from nauseous

[Azimuth]

Snakes are not poisonous, they are venomous, though it does not bother me.

[siwelwerd]

Add role/roll to your list...

[Dirk McLargeHuge]

There are lots of these examples that people don't understand.

jealous v. envious
affect v. effect
convince v. persuade
explaination v. excuse
farther v. further
nautious v. nauseasted
hell, even can v. may is ignored these days

Some would call it the evolution of language. Frankly I think it's a sign of the necrosis of our language. I blame it on when English classes stopped teaching English and started only teaching literature. Americans don't learn grammar anymore, at least not to any significant degree.

Nauseous not nautious. Just sayin'.

I'm on a typo/misspelling role today... but that's another story. But I work in a hospital and even most people here don't know the difference between nauseated from nauseous

If I'm either, puking in involved.

[thatguy314]

If I'm either, puking in involved.

Nauseous is an adjective. Nauseated is an adverb or a verb.

JP in a banana hammock is a nauseous sight. When I saw him, I felt nauseated. In fact, the sight of his giblets tucked into the fluorescent green lycra nauseated everyone relaxing by the pool of the Town and Country.

[codewritinfool]

Bring vs. Take. I hear most people using "Bring" all of the time.

"This beer is good, I'm going to bring some to my wife". Wrong.

From "Dos, Don'ts & Maybes of English Usage":
Bring and take both involve direction when they denote physical movement: bring means movement in the direction of the speaker or writer, take means movement away from the speaker or writer. When no physical movement is involved, bring may properly be used, like this: "The President's message is expected to bring the whole issue to a climax."

[snowcapt]

+1 on Bryson! reat author. I think all of his work is stupendous. "A Walk in the Woods" and "A Brief History of Nearly Everythin" are probably my favorites.