Abolishing the word "automobile" since it mixes Greek and latin.
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Stoplights at a junction should be done in phases and not in straight on green and turn on green only if it's clear.
If you have a 4 way junction then each way should green for you to go straight or turn off for a period of time.
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The kilometre—with the accent on the ki and the re ending—is a unit of distance. A kilometer—with the accent on the lo and the er ending—would be a device that measures kilos, like perhaps a bathroom scale? centimetre, millimetre, speedometer, altimeter.
I'm actually fairly forgiving about people saying it the wrong way, but when Siri gives me GPS directions, it really grinds my gears. She should know better!
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Anyway not anyways. I don’t care what the dictionary says. Anyways sounds backwoods, plural, and the “s” is pointless.
People say "I'm just gonna go try and do it"
No.
Say "I'm just gonna go try to do it."
really stupid, really pointless, I've never corrected anyone on it, but oh, how I want to