Is Our Adults Learning?

Some language pet peeves that simply drive me f'ing crazy:

• The incorrect use of terms such as "only" or "just," where they are intended to emphasize a small number. For example, most people would say "I only ate one piece of pie" when the clear meaning is "I ate only one piece of pie"...where "only" is supposed to apply to the number, not the verb. In the former case, did the speaker do anything else but eat a piece of pie? Breathe? Blink? Watch reality television? I would think so.
• "Presently" does not mean "at present." It means "in the near future," save for those dictionaries which routinely set their standards based on lazy-usage bastardization of the language. Look it up.
• Egregiously-lame understanding of when to use apostrophes, even in the simplest of situations (pluralization), such as when persons who should know better have a sign in front of their McMansions (not McMansion's) saying "The Smith's."
• "Premiere" means "first public performance." "Premier" means "first in order or importance." Examples: "President Bush is the premier a-hole in the land." "The premiere of President Bush's performance of Mangling the English Language, Thereby Causing Embarrassment for All Thinking Citizens will be Tuesday, September 13."
• The response to the phrase "Thank You" in any polite conversation is "You're Welcome," not "You Bet," "No Problem," "Uh-huh," etc. I can completely understand this happening on Fox News, but regrettably, it happens all too often on NPR as well. Go figure.

You're welcome.