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I'd rather see "who" used in all contexts than the atrocities turned out by people who think "whom" is a more correct form of "who" and use it in all contexts instead.
I think those are the same people who think "myself" is a more formal version of "I", so they say insanely idiotic things like "Myself and Fred went to the store." Ever see a grown Curmudgeon whimper? You're about to.
Also, what's with people using "and" when they mean "an"? I only started seeing that one a couple of years ago, and it makes me want to hurt people.
Another one from the advertising industry: losing the "-ed" on words like "boxed set" (no, it's not a "box set"; that's a set of boxes). My grocery store has "can meat" on one of its signs and I want to scream every time I see it.
As I've mentioned here I play World of Warcraft, and one of these days I'm going to send their home office a very strongly worded letter about the fact that you bring something when you come, and you take something when you go. Quest text is constantly saying "bring this box to Foozle" when it means to take it there instead.
You don't "hone in on" things -- why would you polish them? You home in on things, like a homing pigeon (just found that error in a pbook today).
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