ATM machines and PIN numbers
Common Errors in English has been one of my favorite sites for a very long time. I've never noticed it being updated. But it remains a source of endless entertainment.
It's full of (you guessed it) common English mistakes which should be brought to everybody's attention, even if they are accepted. Like 'Lo Fat' or 'Lite'. Reading it is both humbling, and rewarding, because it seems for every item I see that makes me say "I'm glad I'm a genius and don't say that", there is about half an item that reminds me how ashamed I should be about my use of our nonsensical language.
I got a kick out of the following:
"This is the sort of English up with which I cannot put." - Winston Chruchill, on the topic of ending a sentence with a preposition.
Now, if we can only do something about Islanders who say "I seen him kick my car, so I bet him up".*
* I did not mean all Islanders. Just a healthy handful. Matt and Steve speak better than I do and they're Islanders. I'm from Winnipeg, and I respect Islanders.
Oh, it's Safe-Deposit Box, not Safety Deposit Box. I've had that wrong for years.
