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"Grammar: the difference between knowing you're shit and knowing your shit."

Take This Quiz And We'll Tell You If You Properly Use These 20 Phrases

Correct: Seize the day. You cannot "cease" a day, but you can cease and desist somebody in court.

Correct: Play by ear. Playing something by year makes no sense. Oh, sure, let's play it by 1996.

Correct: By accident. You do not do something on accident. I repeat: you do not do something on accident.

Correct: For all intents and purposes. Though you may feel intense about your purposes, it is definitely not "for all intensive purposes." Relax.

"For all intents and purposes" or "for all intensive purposes"

Correct: Regardless. _Irregardless is not a fucking word._ Please do not ever say it.

Correct: Conversing. Conversating is not a word! As I type it, a red squiggle appears beneath it. That means that it is not a word. **Conversing, conversing, conversing, conversing.**

Correct: Espresso. EXPRESSO will get you punched in the face by any given person in line at your local coffee joint Please avoid "expresso" at all costs.

Correct: One and the same. You are not "one in the same" with something, unless you're literally inside of a life-sized, inflatable "same."

Correct: Deep-seated. Deep-seeded—unless you're a plant on the verge of blossoming or one of the black things we choke on when we eat watermelon—is wrong.

Correct: "Should have." IT IS SHOULD HAVE. NOT SHOULD OF. PLEASE STOP SAYING "SHOULD OF." THIS ONE IS SO BAD TO GET WRONG.

Correct: Nipped in the bud. "Nipping in the butt" is cute, though. But it's wrong. Hehe.

"Nipped in the butt" or "nipped in the bud"

Correct: Peace of mind. It is not "piece of mind" unless you're undergoing a lobotomy gone sour.

Correct: Make do. "Make due" means to make something due. No further explanation.

Correct: Case in point. Case in point is correct because "case and point" would mean two different things, which completely negates the expression.

Correct: Tongue-in-cheek. "Tongue-and-cheek" means...I don't even know what.

Correct: Supposedly. If you're an adult saying "supposably," I'm so sorry. What went wrong?

Correct: "I need to lie down." This is a very common mistake. It is "I need to lie down" because, per www.getitright.com, "the present tense form of the verb to lie is lie. The only time we can use lay to mean 'to recline' is in the past tense."

"I need to lay down" or "I need to lie down"

Correct: I'm unfazed. Unphased isn't a word.

Correct: Cognizant of. You cannot be cognizant to something. It doesn't even sound right, you guys!

Correct: We did a complete 180. If you did a 360, no change would've taken place, therefore, you'd end up exactly where you left off.

"We did a complete 360" or "we did a complete 180"

You could use some work in the language department, but it's nothing to be ashamed of—unless, of course, you say "conversating" instead of "conversing."

I'm screwing up the English language

You know words, you use them wisely, and you are not one of the monsters who say "expresso." You should be so proud of yourself, friend. Go make yourself a cocktail.

I'm a master of the English language

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