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Many literate people share one trait. We have words that irritate us and from college educated writers. Sure, obvious non-words like irregardless are at the top of the list, but mine is the word, “on.” Read yesterday’s or today’s sports page and you will see the word misused dozens of times.For instance, they will say, “The Seahawks will play San Diego on Sunday.” Why use the word on at all. The sentence would be just fine with “The Seahawks will play San Diego Sunday. This redundancy burns my butt every times I see it/ Herb Huseland , Bay Views. More here.

Question: Are there words that irritate you?

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