Last week I went shopping with a good friend and as we drove along we discussed the latest "news" around town. She mentioned that one of the "old timer" couples was having a 50th anniversary celebration. She said "I don't actually know them, but we're all invited to the party."
I had seen the same ad she saw on the front page of our weekly "giveaway" newspaper and I said "No we aren't. What 
that ad said was that they would like to invite everyone in town - it didn't actually extend an invitation. "
My friend, who is a numbers person and definitely not a word person, said "Well that's what they meant." And of course she was right. But that isn't what they said.
I see and hear that phrase all the time. I even saw it this week in the front of a hard-bound. publisher-produced book. But no matter how common it is, when I see or hear it, it never fails to make me cringe.
Every time someone says "I would like to thank..." or "We would like to invite..." my immediate reaction is "Then why don't you do it?"
Do you have a "Pet Peeve" phrase?
If so, what is it?
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