The Messaging Times

English isn’t the easiest language to master. In fact, it can be very confusing for someone learning to speak it as a second language. Just consider the following sentence:

Since there is no time like the present, she thought it was time to present her present. WTF?

That said, there are some common mistakes made which are perpetuated because they have become accepted as one of those “I know it’s wrong but you know what I mean” occurrences (i.e. using “nucular” instead of “nuclear.”)

Here are a few examples of mistakes that have been made so often that they have become unfortunately widespread in our language.

Irregardless

Is-Is

The Misuse of Apostrophes

I’ll admit, English is not the easiest language to master. Take this sentence:

Because there’s no time like the present, Megan decides to present her present to Meredith.

WTF

Below are a few common mistakes made in the English language.

Is-Is

Irregardless

The misuse of apostrophes (‘)

In fairness, who could perfect this crazy language?

When the English tongue we speak,
Why is break not rhymed with freak?
Will you tell me why it’s true
We say sew but likewise few?
And the maker of the verse,
Cannot rhyme his horse with worse?
Beard is not the same as heard
Cord is different from word.
Cow is cow but low is low
Shoe is never rhymed with foe.
Think of hose, dose, and lose
And think of goose and yet with choose
Think of comb, tomb and bomb,
Doll and roll or home and some.
Since pay is rhymed with say
Why not paid with said I pray?
Think of blood, food and good.
Mould is not pronounced like could.
Wherefore done, but gone and lone -
Is there any reason known?
To sum up all, it seems to me
Sound and letters don’t agree.

- Lord Cromer, published in the Spectator on August 9th, 1902