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Crimes of Illiteracy
  

Terms that are overused, incorrect, or just plain silly If people thought about these words, phrases, and abbreviations before saying them, they might be inclined to avoid them.
Consistency and agreement is an important things Make sure those nouns and verbs agree, and make sure your logic is consistent.
The overused (and incorrect) answering-machine greeting Parallel construction in English from a math geek's perspective.
Mispronunciations Don't hire me as your "accompanyist."
Orthographical catastrophes Is that word really what you want, and do you really need all those capital letters?
Repetitive redundancies Why I won't use the ATM machine near the TCBY yogurt outlet near NYU University.
Your reader insulted You MUST read this before sending me any messages.
The best sentence I ever had the pleasure of editing Most of the above, in one convenient real-life example.