Not nice

Unless Fred was lying down an "it" was on top of him? 

I hate the 'can I get......."  As well.

The phrases that make me roll my eyes skyward currently,  

I aint (have not) got nuffink  (nothing)   To which i always ask so what have you got , with the inevitable reply eh nuffink.......

also the using  the word clue instead of idea when asked a question, i have no clue, drives me nuts !

Agree with the examples above, but worse for me is the ignorant misuse of words to the point of destroying meaning. Two examples that are depressingly frequent are using "less" instead of "fewer" as in "less people use public transport" which if it means anything implies people that use public transport are smaller, Also people saying "impossible to underestimate" when they mean the opposite - I've even heard that from BBC reporters. 

I'm reconciled to the English language evolving but not to it losing all meaning.

Actually, I am a bit of a grammar pedant, too. Although far from perfect myself, I do notice a lot of lazy grammar and try to make some effort to improve my own. I also try not to get too upset by others' failings in this regard.

As an aside, my mother hates the term "kids" when used to refer to children. She contends that only goats have kids.

How about 'My girlfriend and myself went to the pub' instead of ' My girlfriend and I...... ' Where did this incorrect use of 'myself' come from?

Different to.... when it should be different from.

'Nothing compares to you'....when it should be 'Nothing compares with you'. I blame Sinead O'Conner for that one!

I could go on...

David.

Been there, done that.

Have you seen the blue files?

No, I have no clue

Yes, you do, the files are blue

Lyrics is another one that drives me potty. A song has a lyric but even hosts on TV quiz shows regularly get that wrong. 

Also 'he was hung by the neck' instead of 'hanged'. 

What about people who say 'you know' at the end of the sentence? 

Please mid the gap between the train and the platform, as a opposed to the train and.......?

........and what?

Say, I ain't gotta clue what y'all talkin' about anyhow, if yu know what i mean. lol

I ain't gotta clue what y'all talkin' about anyhow, if yu know what i mean,,,,,,,, like init

Wot-ever!...

Have to agree with cbr600, INNIT is so annoying along with CHILLAX and since the olympic's LEGACY

"Bespoke" when not used by a tailor...

Using a preposition to end a sentence with.....

....and worse still, using long-winded sentences to avoid ending a sentence with a preposition.

Cheers

Don

'Nothing compares to you'....when it should be 'Nothing compares with you'. I blame Sinead O'Conner for that one!

By way of using the queen's english like what I do, can I tell you this just ain't correct? There's no two ways about it, at the end of the day it should be O'Connor.

Are falling standards due to kids not needing no education because the teachers have left them kids alone? 

The term "I'm loving......" It's sad that people are so easily lead by a burger advertising campaign.

The advertising executive who came up with the phrase "I'm lovin' it" for McDonalds killed himself not long after.

It's taken a long time for someone to spot that error!

That is something up with which I will not put (apols to Winnie C)

What a waste of space these guys are, bumbling from one daft idea to the next f*** up.

My good lady has resigned/retired now after finally giving up on the system, she stupidly thought it was about the kids, not stats.

Even Prince.

Almost on a par with 'If I Was' by Midge Ure and 'This ever changing world in which we live in' by the band that was everything the Beatles should have been. G

Thank you Sniper for your thread.

Some Forum members in the past told me it was not important whether my English was good or not(they were gentlemen indeed)to explain myself,but this thread is a good chance for me to understand some particular English expressions,as English is not my mother language.

Grazie...