PEEVES [Here's the first of some usually small objections I have to things I hear or see, with the hope improvement might be sparked]:

1. - It's not "couple of" -- it's "a couple of".

Example: Q. What’s it like to be in a meeting run by Steve Ballmer? A. I’ve changed that, really in the last couple [SOMETHING MISSING RIGHT HERE] years. Namely "OF"!!!