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¿Question #969?
ejmowrer: Which bothers you more: 'I could care less' (when I couldn't care less is clearly intended), 'I wish I was ...' (in the context of wishful thinking), saying something figurative is literal, or grammar police?

pwilz: Pepsi. Stupid Pepsi.
Caerid: I could care less
zenmazster: oh, great question, DEFINITLY when someone says 'literally...I was jumping to the heavens..." um. no.
Spirit of 70: The whole 'I could care less' thing bothers me more. It's not so hard to say 'couldn't'.
arkibet: Neither really. What bothers me is that some people get so fixated on grammar that they fail to enjoy the colloqual uniqueness of the region's particular dialect.
nanami: "I could care less." It shows you don't care anyway.
masaakunokouchi: i could care less
Der Ubermolch: Neither of these really bother me. I suppose "I wish I was" is worse.
Ardos: grammar police
Phil Fleischmann: When people use "literally" to mean the exact opposite of "literally" (i.e., figurative), it literally drives me up the wall. ;D
Hector Vortac: "I could care less"; hackles raised.
aleo09: don't care
Boreas: I could care less
zott: neither, why you so sticklery?
Wibblenut: Shouldn't that be 'I wish I were...'?
Beery: 'I could care less' really bothers me.
bendgar: Grammar Police!
kuchick: "I could care less" bugs me..
DHEK: Definitely "I could care less".
applejuicefool: I could care less about this question.
eddyspaghetti: the first.
Ender Barney: i could care less
Dark Son: Figurative meaning literal.
Geosmores: grammer police
dmomo: I think all of those in ascending order.
Numskull: Since there are more than two choices, this question should begin with "Which bothers you MOST."
dougpartridge: I want to kill people when they do that, literally.
Galvatron: Saying something figurative is literal.
Trenton: I could care less. I *could* care less about this question, but I like it.
Greedo: I hate when peopel say, "First and foremost" when accepting awards. THEY MEAN THE SAME THING!!!! Why not just say, "First... and not secondly..."
Cromaa: I could care less...I nail people on that one all the time
Nekura: I could...
BradH: "I could care less", blatantly.
dictator555: grammar police
Platinum Dragon: 'I could care less' is quite annoying. I always say 'couldn't.'
brainrob: This question is bothersome ...
Loquutus: grammar police.
scriptorum: "Irregardless" bothers me more than either, but among your choices I pick I could care less.
confuse_a_cat: Grammar police(wo)men are usually quite annoying. I feel sorry for the people who get cut down by others because of a slip of the tongue or never having heard the rule. People make mistakes, and grammar mistakes are among the most forgivable.
Tushratta: "I could care less" gets my hackles up, but "supposably" really drives me crazy.
puffinge: I hate "I could care less" and I first heard it in the 60s. Grammar police can be awfully annoying too though.
POvidiusNaso: "I wish I was." It's contrary to fact present, people! Use "were"!
Megadev: I could care less
yoacusna: This is a somewhat badly-worded question. I'm not sure entirely what you're driving at. I'm a grammatical pedant, myself, for a start. I've never heard anyone saying "I could care less" in any context.
CharlieWonka: all of the above
skrutsch: the first one
Gecko23: grammer police.
Lord_Prussian: Saying something figurative is literal
The Unbeliever: 42
ssmooth: Hey, if you like to get things wrong, go ahead and parade it! You'll be in proud company.
shumyum: Only one of those things bother me.
Musti: No of the above really bother me.
ThatFalafelGirl: none of these really bother me, but the phrase "Where you at" drives me batsh*t CRAZY
Randy Cox: Grammar police
bluebehir: What bothers me more is when people mispel words such as 'lose' because they know no better.
mandj2001: grammar police
glookose: i dont care
thoia: what really bothers me is people pointing crap like that out when it's clear what the speaker intends. I personally do not live in England and do not expect to hear English. I live in America and have accepted that as our own nation we speak our own language...American. Deal with it.
KnobDoctor: It's "I COULDN'T care less"!!!! If you could care less, then obviously you care a little bit. OMFG does this honk me off.
melissa: Probably 'I could care less'. And yes, I am a card-carrying member of the grammar police
heli: the subjunctive mood does seem to be fast disappearing and is little lamented... I think most Americans only learn about it now when they take up a foreign language.
snoozefest: fig/lit
batman: Figurative/literal. Grammar police are necessary although that doesn't mean I will be one.
toulouse: grammar police rule. They are the ultimate authority.
rawk: wishful
Asmoridin: Grammar police.
2amp: grammar police
apotheos: I'll take the Penis Mightier for $500 Alex
Wintergoblin: I could care less
FullTinCan: saying something figurative is literal
Bearcat89: Grammar cops are usually quite annoying...unless I am the one playing grammar cop.
dakarp: Definitely the grammar police.
gnomehome: I wish I was someone who could care less. I mean this in the literal sense of the word figurative.
isolated: figurative for literal
Scott Tepper: saying something figurative is literal, although it doesn't really bother me, but amuse me.
AlorielLelyn: grammar police :P
Favre4MVP: "Head over heels". Shouldn't that be "Heels over head"? We're always head over heels.
Oborro: grammar police bother me more
-Johnny-: grammar police
Cal Mac: The former makes my toes curl when I hear it (as a UK English speaker - where "I couldn't care less" is always used)
ptper: saying something figurative is literal
Wernazuma: literal/figurative
manowarplayer: What bothers me more? Questions like this one.
ejmowrer: I could care less..... no, I'm saying 'I could care less'.... as in that's how I answer the question... er.... that's the answer to the qu... oh heck.... just forget about it.
Blackwind: this question bothers me most
GuyHill: grammar police, or spelling nazis
mfrederick: Figurative/literal. "It was literally raining hellfire!" Really?
Nightmare: 'I will try and do something' which should be 'I will try to do something'
DangerMouse: I could care less about such stuff, but the constant misspelling of "lose" drives me insane.
chaddyboy_2000: Great.
m_r_tyler: Actually, people who say "myself" instead of "me" really bugs me (or should I say really bugs myself).
geberus: I could care less
UhhhClem: "Usage police," I think you mean.
djlg: Not just grammar police, but all cops.
Shakar: I try to let go about small issues like that.
darthcliff: Grammar police
CortexBomb: Grammar police, easily
Claytonius Maximus: all of the above
Ludocrazy: The poor English
skelebone: I used to hate it when a girl I knew would say "Als ich war in Stuttgart..." when she should have been saying "Als ich in Stuttgart war..."
louiseh: None of the above. I like watching grammar arguments but I don't need to start them.
CDRodeffer: Yes
Flyspeck23: If anything, it'd be "I wish I was...".
BobDodgerBlue: Grammer police
yossarians: this question
jttm: I saw him "literally" jump 15 feet in the air! (Yeah, buddy, sure you did)
ValJor: The first one