I was a journalist for over 20 years. Some of my pet peeves:
Kilometre is pronounced kill-oh-me-ter not kill-om-met-her. I'd guess that over 90 per cent of people mispronounce it. You pronounce the kilo part the same as in kilogram.
Please don't put an apostrophe in front of the S to make a plural. It's annoying to intelligent people.
I know it's made its way into some dictionaries, but barbeque is a mispelling of barbecue.
Almost everybody puts capital letters where they don't belong. This is correct: "Ed Stelmach is the premier (not capped) of Alberta. I like (capped) Premier Stelmach's policies." You cap proper nouns, not just because you feel like it.
For those who don't think this stuff is important, you may have the sharpest hockey mind on this site, but you look pretty stupid when you write something like this: "Jerome Iginla is my favorite Flame's player. I also like Kipper. There our star's."
I do understand if English is your second language or when people make a typo,
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