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by notRobot 2301 days ago
True. Non-native speakers learn the language a lot more "explicitly" so they make mistakes like these a lot less often.

Another pet peeves:

"irregardless" isn't a word. It's regardless.

If you don't care about something, you "couldn't care less about it". It's simple logic and yet people mess it up all the time.

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I've only noticed it enter common usage recently, but I cringe whenever someone fails at using the word "devoid".