Monkey-see Monkey-do

I know i do not hold a masters degree in English ...and I do not think i am proficient in this language....but seeing this advertisement being flashed almost every time i switch on the TV, just couldnt ignore the dumbness certain people exhibit who claim english to be their mother tongue!

"ZERO % FINANCING"

"zero percent financing' is grammatically and syntactically correct. But it's a dumb and awkward way to convey a simple message. When I first saw this Advertisement I was really amazed ...coz the full ad went something like this "zero percent finance guaranteed on all cars including the latest models". Just when i was thinking someone would definitely correct it...in followed another advertisemnt "zero percent financing" ...this time on furnitures and carpets!

Well this got me thinking on the numerous monkey- see- monkey- do mentality at work...it does make an interesting topic though. To quote some:-

input output - These two words are perfectly good nouns, but the idiot idiom wants to use them as verbs. It was only geeks who'd write, "Input the data using the keyboard. Output it to the disk." Today this is used universally - as in, "The input is patient's weight. The output is probability of death." Why.... i have even heard my neighbor using it while explaining the concept of electricity to his 6 year old -" When you input the plug, output is the light you see there"....yes i clearly see now, that some things do travel faster than the speed of light!

@ sign - This is where the monkey-seers monkey-doers are out in full force. The @ sign is something that goes on a price list or in an e-mail address. It's not a word. But people are now using it as if it were. "COMING SOON @ STORE NEAR YOU", " GET HEALTHY @ YOUR HOSPITAL".

The it-it's-its Itch- People apparently, have forgotten about his and hers. "What do I do with this apostrophe?" - James Joyce's Finnegans mentioned, "the It with an itch in it... ." I guess that many people have never heard of his and hers. I'm sure that if they did, they would never write it's when they mean its.

Bad Vs Badly - It’s incorrect to say you’re feeling badly. Many people think that it sounds smarter to say feeling badly. But, for example, Ron feels badly could mean that Ron doesn’t have a keen sense of touch.

There, their, they're - Mixing up their, there, and they’re is an easy way to make yourself look silly.Their is a possessive pronoun. There refers to location.They’re is a contraction of they are.I am always careful not to confuse theirs with there’s.
.......And whatever I do, I never use their’s at all.

Just when i think i have had enough, my neighbor comes searching for my husband, since he was'nt at home, i enquired. He replied-"nah I am shifting , so needed help with uploading and downloading the furnitures and stuff ."...THERE you go again...