I Seen!

[Candace]

Another one we hear as often as the misuse of "seen" is "come" as a past tense. For instance, instead of, "yesterday, I came here", we will often hear ,"yesterday I come here". And in the Ebonics dialect, mentioned above, we hear, "yesterday he come up in here". "All up in it" is an often used phrase that makes us laugh at school. We correct the students, but like all other grammatical/dialectical (is this a word?) errors, they continue to use them.

 

[lovesmurfs]

I'll concede (spelled correctly?) that hopefully is used as a part of speech other than an adverb, but to my 62-year-old ears it will always be wrong and I'll always cringe when I hear it. DD Princess Tinkerbell is an elemenatary school texbook editor and she says I'm too old school; I'd never correct anyone, but I cringe nonetheless. (And now I'm paranoid about my spelling after being an executive secretary for 35+ years! )

Queen Colleen

You're not the only one. DH (52) has not accepted that "impact" has moved from meaning "collision" to one meaning "effect or influence." It doesn't bother me as much as it does him.