Whatever happened to the adverb?

We're busy losing the adverb. I blame sporting commentators.

"Get it in quick," they say.

Quick is an adjective, for goodness sake. It doesn't describe "get."

The word you're looking for is QUICKLY! An adverb. That is: a word used to describe the verb. Often ending in -ly. 

"How should we get the ball in?" "We should get it in QUICKLY."

When should I correct my speech impediments? Immediately!

And while we're bitching about parts of speech, about nouns becoming verbs, and vice versa....

An invitation is not an "invite" — if I intend to invite you [verb] then I will send you an invitation [noun].

And if you want to invite me, then send me a noun too. A thing. Not a bloody verb. Sending a verb makes no bloody sense.

I don't care what your bullshit bit of software wants to call it: it's an invi-bloody-tation.

Can we get that sorted, please?

Ta.

And by the way, "disconnect" is a verb.

The noun you're looking for is DISCONNECTION!

"We have a disconnection between forwards and backs." 

"We have a disconnection between politicians and citizens." 

"We have a disconnection between parts of speech and people who know how to bloody use them."

Sort yourself out.

And what about "kids."

A child is a child. The plural is children. Kids? Kids are baby goats. 

Sure, you can use the English verb “kid”with the meaning “to treat as a child.”

But the noun, kid, is a baby goat.

Show some respect. These little people are children, for Galt's sake!

And here's another one: "momentarily."

"Momentarily" doesn't mean in a moment. It means for a moment. There's a difference. "He paused by her door for a moment" —which means he paused momentarily. "In a moment he would knock" – which means in a moment he would knock. See the difference? He wouldn't knock momentarily, 'cos that would mean he'd only knock for a moment. 

You know, it's really not difficult.

Any other similar pet hates you share?