<p>“And then there’s “comprised of” - which is NEVER correct”</p>
<p>It you read as many patents as I do… :)</p>
<p>My favorite was “polo bear” instead of “polar bear.” I had a wonderful image of a bear riding around with a polo mallet.</p>
<p>One of the things that I love about College Confidential is the high level of grammar competence (and the expanded lexicon) of the parent posters here.</p>
<p>To the OP’s question: I think that “leery” or “leary” has morphed into “weary.” It is a hybrid of “leery” and “wary.” I could see how one could be confuzzled by it, tho. :)</p>
<p>I usually think of water polo - makes sense, since those poor bears will have more swimming to do due to global climate shifts. </p>
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<p>LOL. I see that in my 2 year-old. He can’t pronounce r’s and l’s yet, so “yellow” be “ya-woah”.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t expect high schoolers to have this problem, though. . .</p>
<p>Well I will freely admit that I have become confused about the use of commas. So I just do not use them very often any more.
I aslo pick up on common mistakes but try to remember that some folks are on different devices and some are ADD or have other issues. And some cannot spell at all.
As for me—just getting old and glad I can still communicate @-) with or without commas.</p>
<p>Why doesn’t CC have an easy spell check? Or do they and I do not know about it??</p>
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<p>@sally305, calling someone a “maroon” is a family favorite in our house. It comes from an old Bugs Bunny cartoon. 
So I think as long as you use Mel Blanc’s intonations, “What a maroon!” is acceptable. </p>
<p>I used to cringe when I heard “hopefully” used for “I hope” instead of “optimistically,” but I think that’s become acceptable. Language should be fluid, but texting is getting us too close too Newspeak, in this English teacher’s humble opinion.</p>
<p>ETA I even found a video!</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Kh7nLplWo&feature=youtube_gdata_player”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Kh7nLplWo&feature=youtube_gdata_player</a></p>
<p>And I didn’t even mean to use the second “too” incorrectly! QED, I guess.</p>
<p>I am weary of tuition since I’ve been paying it since S was two! </p>
<p>But seriously, my style of writing has always been to just get my thoughts down on paper first, then edit the crap out of it and edit some more. If I did that on a message board post, I would be spending all day on one post; which, I’m sure, would make some people quite happy. </p>
<p>That being said - loose and lose is one of my biggest pet peeves - but I try to give people the benefit of the doubt and shrug off mistakes as just sloppiness. </p>
<p>My pet peeve is when people use “then” when they mean “than”. Ex: I would rather go to Yale then Harvard.</p>
<p>Egads! I must say I always try to edit my posts & cringe when I hit submit. Lol I know I’ve made plenty of errors on CC. Please excuse my past mistakes & my future errors!</p>
<p>…and an oldie but goodie - the differences between “effect” and “affect.”</p>
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<p>Because maybe they learned from the expert, Dave Barry? :)</p>
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<p>Read more here: <a href=“http://www.miamiherald.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/dave-barry/article1936919.html#storylink=cpy”>http://www.miamiherald.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/dave-barry/article1936919.html#storylink=cpy</a></p>
<p>If you have never read his columns before–many of which discuss issues relating to grammar–you should! He is hysterical.</p>
<p>Another one that mystifies me is when people say “ACROST” instead of “across.” They know how to spell it and know there is no “t” at the end. WHY??</p>
<p>When it comes to big recurrent cellphone bills I can’t avoid, I’m definitely WEARY, not wary.</p>
<p>People who say “Christmas reef” and call “pictures” “pitchers”! </p>
<p>oh…and the misuse of whose and who’s</p>
<p>Who’s shirt is this? No! Whose shirt is this?</p>
<p>Across the . . . blends into acrosst the when you say it fast (I’ve been saying it fast in my head to test) so something might come out sounding like, “They moved in acrosst the street form us.” That subtle soft ‘t’ seems to creep in to things like, “It’s acrosst from the movie theater.” Maybe it’s a regional thing, I never thought about it until now. </p>
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<p>“It’s a mute point. Uh no, it’s a MOOT point.”</p>
<p>Actually, it’s a MOO point. It’s like a cow. It’s just Moo. (Classic Joey Tribiani quote from Friends.)</p>