99% of Americans over the age of 15 can read and write.  But a lot of us still haven’t MASTERED the English language.  Here are six phrases people say wrong on a daily basis . . .

#1.)  “I COULD CARE LESS.” What you mean is, you “COULDN’T” care less.  You’re saying you already DON’T care about something SO MUCH that it’s impossible to care less about it.

#2.)  “MANO-E-MANO.” It’s “mano-A-mano,” but you shouldn’t even say THAT unless you’re either talking about bullfighting . . . which is where the term originated . . . or you’re talking about getting into a physical fight with someone.

–In Spanish, “mano-a-mano” literally means “hand-to-hand” . . . as in, hand-to-hand combat.

#3.)  “LESS THAN.” If you’re talking about a specific number of things, you should say “FEWER THAN.”  So . . . when you’re using Twitter, your Tweets have to be “140 characters or FEWER,” not “140 characters or less.”

#4.)  “HONE IN.” It’s HOME IN, like a homing pigeon.  “Hone” . . . with an N . . . means “to sharpen.”  So saying you “honed in” on something doesn’t really make sense.  But you COULD say a pitcher is “honing his skills” in the minor leagues.

#5.)  “I’LL TRY AND MAKE IT.” You can SAY this one and get away with it, because most people won’t even notice it’s wrong.  But when you’re WRITING it, you should never say you’ll “TRY AND” do anything.  You “TRY TO” do things.

#6.)  “SUPPOSABLY”. You should almost always say SUPPOSEDLY.  Supposably IS a word.  It means “conceivably.”  But 99% of the time, that’s not what you mean.  (–You can watch Joey and Chandler’s “supposably” scene from “Friends” HERE.)

(Reader’s Digest)

People always think we’re joking when we have a story like this, and we start it off by saying “DON’T EVER GET MARRIED.” So we’re going to get serious here for a second:

SERIOUSLY, don’t ever get married.

–A new survey out of England finds that getting married SLASHES the amount of sexual relations you have by a ridiculous 75%.

–In the survey, the average unmarried couple reported having sex four times a week. Within three years of getting married, that number drops to once a week.

–And for married couples, 80% say that when they do have sex, it’s at the same time, in the same place and with the same positions pretty much every time.

–59% of people also say that marriage has COMPLETELY RUINED the excitement of having sex.

–Just under half of people said their relationship with their husband or wife is more like FRIENDS than LOVERS.

–One-third of people say they’re not as attracted to their husband and wife as they used to be . . . and 43% say their spouses have, quote, “let themselves go.”

–And one final note, in case this wasn’t enough of a downer already. 14% of people surveyed said they’ve had an affair . . . and two-thirds of those people say the sex was MIND-BLOWING compared to what they’re having back at home.

MADONNA’S 13-year-old daughter LOURDES was photographed by the paparazzi, wearing a wristband with a picture of a POT LEAF on it.

U2 are currently on tour in Europe . . . and at a show in Finland on Saturday, they debuted a new song called “Every Breaking Wave”. After the performance, BONO said, quote, “No one has heard that before . . . including the two of us.”

(–You can watch them perform “Every Breaking Wave”, here . . .)

Sure, your boyfriend or girlfriend is great and you can’t imagine life without them . . . but can they offer you free checking and no ATM fees? According to a new survey, most people have been loyal to their BANK longer than they’ve been loyal to their spouse, girlfriend, or boyfriend.

–The average person has been with their bank for 16.5 years, and with their partner 14.1 years. 18% of people have even been with their bank for more than 30 years. Only 7% of people have changed banks more than twice during the past decade.

(Source: AFP)