2. Which misuse of English bothers you the most?
a. "Between you and I."
b. Disagreement between subject and predicate: "Everyone expressed their opinion."
c. Using "less" instead of "fewer," as in "there are less people in the room."
d. "Different than"
e. Misuse of "hopefully," as in "Hopefully, it will stop raining."
f. All of these things bother me equally.
g. None of these things bothers me much.

3. What type of newspaper feature writing bothers you the most?
a. Stories that take forever to get to the point, usually beginning with long, marginally valuable anecdotes.
b. Stories that have too much "voice," carrying the writer's point of view instead of just telling me what happened and letting me draw my own conclusions.
c. Stories that don't have enough "voice," presenting facts and quotes but no real point of view that helps me understand what it means.
d. Stories that are just too damn long.
e. All of these things bother me equally.
f. None of these things bothers me much.

4. What hiccup in spoken language bothers you the most?
a. When people -- particularly some young women -- talk in short bursts? With rising inflections? As though every declarative sentence were a question? So they sound like ninnies? Even if they are trying to decide whether to go to Yale or Harvard?
b. Like, the reflexive and pointless use of "like," as in, like, when people talk this way.
c. That odd use of the present tense to describe a past action. This is favored by many athletes: "If he is standing three feet to the left, he catches that ball, instead of it going for a triple."
d. The use of the word "awesome" to describe things that are well shy of being truly awesome, particularly as pronounced by certain youthful persons: "Ahhhsome."
e. All of these things bother me equally.
f. None of these things bothers me much.

5. Which of these is the most annoying cliche?
a. "Breathed a sigh of relief."
b. "Emotional roller coaster"
c. "Sparked controversy"
d. "A dream turned into a nightmare when..."
e. These all bother me equally.
f. None of these bothers me much.