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1. Fewer: Confusions of the terms ‘fewer’ and ‘less’ set off alarms in the heads of language enthusiasts. Fewer is to be used when discussing countable things like for example, “fewer ingredients, dollars and people… or puppies and kitties.” While ‘less’ generally used for singular mass nouns like for example, “less salt, money, honesty or love.”

2. A_lot: “Alot” is a frequent misspelling of “A lot”.

3. Literally: *Goodness gracious* while employing this metaphorical usage might make many casual language lovers’ ears bleed, descriptivists lexicographers will hail you as a language innovator…*roll eyes* Just be aware it might be perfectly fine to some but it will sound horrible to others if you use “literally” figuratively.

4. Anyways: While it is commonly used in speech and writing, “Anyways” is non standard. Always drop the ‘s’ and opt for the standard “Anyway” to impress the language fanatics in your social networks. In a world of 140 letter tweets, that one saved character is valuable real estate.

5. Irregardless: this is considered non standard because of the 2 negative elements. Ir- and -less. So, use Regardless to keep your grammar loving friends at bay!

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