A friend of mine uses "generally" instead of "genuinely" and it requires all of my self control not to correct them every time.
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Same, except "weary" and "wary."
I'm both weary and wary of people who confuse those words.
Last night I learned the word "chary," which just confuses matters farther!
Than you chary much!
You're welcome, but warily.
My girlfriend always uses effective when she means efficient. I tried to explain the difference several times, but I gave up.
Well to be fair, efficiency implies effectiveness. You can't make something efficient without it being effective first.
I think it’s TikTok auto subtitles misunderstanding fleshed for flushed and then people seeing it and propagating the error (like your vs you’re)
And then there's the then / than pandemic.
Ans the affect / effect outbreak....