I'm telling you it's EVERYWHERE. I won't ping you anymore. You get the point.
I used to be a proofreader, so I notice word-smithing too!
Used to make me nuts after proofing for 2 days-even advertisers start using “the word”-and of course politics is THE biggest on-going advertisement around these days.
Dont mind the pings either...I thought it was just me noticing that kind of stuff because of the work I used to do; nice to know my mind is still intact.
The Mrs