Many of my peeves have been covered, but nobody mentioned nauseated/nauseous and fearsome/fearful yet. They're right up there with loose/lose and lay/lie. Threads with the word 'viable' in the title also irritate me, but that's neither grammar nor spelling.
And there's a special place in my heart for "nipped in the butt."
I would sometimes post stuff purposely misspelled or using the wrong word but well too many people did not take it as a subtle joke and the Grammar NAZI's attacked.(GODWIN GODWIN)
Why do people feel like they have to act as the grammar ... oh whats a word ... you know like a police force that arrests people for the smallest infractions ... damn it just isn't coming to me ... you know like Stalin's forces ...
Because discussions of the word 'gish' are as volatile as discussions of that other emotionally-charged four-letter word that escapes me at the moment.
What's the word I'm thinking of? You know, the German one... Starts with an 'n'... Has something to do with that crazy guy with the mustache...