pet peeves

I gotta get a few things of my chest here.....I have been holding this in for way to long and it's driving me insane.

There is an epidemic going around this country, and it's called poor-grammar-itis, it is a second cousin to improper spelling syndrome. I don't know why it bothers me so much, it just does. I want to believe it's partly due to laziness, I really do, but sometimes I'm just not sure. As a former teacher, I know for a fact that's it's being taught in schools. Still, it amazes me how many people make spelling errors.

Sure, there are a few tricky words that can get us from time to time, like: lose and loose, definitely and definately, weird and wierd.

What about, I couldn't care less vs. I could care less....what the hell does that even mean?

Oh, and don't get me started on the improper use of there, their and they're. Didn't we learn this in grade school?

It is incorrect grammar to say "I feel badly"....to feel "badly" means that your sense of touch is out of whack. The proper way to say it is, "I feel bad."

Your and you're seem like they would be the easiest words to keep straight, yet so many people use the improper context...

What about when people say, "Where are you at?".....Or, when someone says, "I cook good." You don't cook good, you cook well.

Shall we talk for a minute about words that aren't even words: upside, irregardless, you's, and my personal favorite--alot. Now why do people spell it as one word? We don't write alittle, abunch, apizza, astrawberry, so why do you write alot??? You aholes.

Well, that's all for now. I feel better. How do you feel?