Loose vs. lose comes up far too often here.
I also notice a lot of "eke vs. eek" here. Turns out there's this property called onomatopoeia that escapes many people.
In fairness, "eke" is a rarely used word. No such excuses for they're/there/their though.
Whether it's used rarely or frequently, it's still incorrect and I see it all over the place, which was my point...
This one too is common:
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/couple.html
From the outside it seems to be a US, West coast affection.
Yeah, that's more "slang dialect" than "error".
Also, did you mean "affectation"?
Re:Common Errors in English Usage
by jamesbritt on Friday October 01, 2010 @08:09PM
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Mixing up "less" and "fewer" is quite common here as well.
also then for than
Re:Common Errors in English Usage
by gizmomagico on Friday October 01, 2010 @12:07PM
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Umm.. What about then/than? That seems to be the most common mistake.
it's for its; there for their; alright for all right; 'the reason is because', for 'the reason is that'; dangling modifiers; missing or unclear pronominal antecedents; and subject/verb agreement.