I have started this blog for a friend who wrote:
I'm considering starting a blog called "Stupid Things I Heard Today." It doesn't so much bother me when people use the wrong part of speech like, "I should have went left there," but it KILLS me when people use the wrong word entirely. Yesterday on a sports show, one of the commentators noted, "The Russian team won handedly today." Oh. My. God. I backed it up to make sure I hadn't misheard. I'm sorry if this seems silly to you, but I just feel like there is a slide into idiocy going on that has to be acknowledged. I hear something like that on the radio or TV every day, and these are people paid to communicate information to us. What to do about it remains a larger question, I think.
First, I would like to thank my dear friend, Samara Hamze, for making this blog possible. Second, I would like to thank those of you who read the blog or add to it.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I was inspired to do this by frustration with grammar and word choice, nothing would make me happier than never adding another post here again. My wish would be that in pointing out errors, we could each avoid making that same error. Moreover, we may all be moved to take an extra split second to consider word choice before we speak so we can communicate our intended message and not something that just sounds similar.