Condition statements make me smile:
1. Mint condition, apart from...
2. 100% original and matching except...
Another drummed/kicked into us at school was pronunciation of the letter H. We were forcibly told it was "Aych", NEVER, EVER "Haych". In fact we were told "Only Catholics say Haych"
The other pet peeve is the word "The". My daughter came home saying "tha". I corrected her, she told me her teacher says "tha" (teacher is 25 if lucky). I listened to the teacher, and sure enough, she pronounced it "tha". I made sure my girl says "the" (e is an e sound, not an a!)