While I find this an interesting discuction, I feel it is a case of lowered standards and/or expectations. People who use "like" or "ya know" sound stupid and if we don't correct them then we are promoting stupidity. personal email with spelling and grammatical errors need not be corrected and sent back with corrections,but maybe a note about the spell check feature in the future will make things easier for some people to tolerate the foibles of human kind. And kep up the discussion; I found some pearls in some of the postings,but the intenional use of "like" was tiresome after the second posting. And could I request people drop "literally" in conversation? Often It makes no sense as in "I literally crapped my pants when she said that." Sure you did...