'Give' & 'Take' - Has Grammar Disappeared Completely?

The rampant mangling of the English language continues unabated. Worst of all, incorrect spelling and grammar have come into common (and that would be the correct word to describe it) usage. Public figures and, it pains me to say it, prominent writers and authors, regularly take chainsaws to the forests of our written and spoken words and turn the trees into toothpicks.

Three common manglings spring instantly to mind. First of all, check the spelling of the word 'mischievous'. Is there an 'i' after the 'v'? Nope. Yet this impish word is mispronounced all over the place. There is no word 'mischeeveus' and never will be.

Secondly, the word 'unique' stands alone. Either something is unique or it isn't. There is no 'very unique', neither is there 'totally unique' or even 'kind of unique'. I shudder, I truly do.

Thirdly, 'myriad'. It means 'many of'. It is not possible to have 'a myriad of' anything. Not possible. A clearer example of the mis-usage might be 'I have a multitude of of excuses for being a bonehead'. Thus, there are 'myriad stars in the sky' and 'myriad examples of bad grammar usage' and let's just leave it at that.

New to the maceration of language scene is the inversion of the the words 'bring' and 'take'. How this came to pass, I have no idea but it is rampant. I repeat, rampant (and, yes, I know this is the third use of the word; necessary without question).

"Bring me the bottle of wine to drown the pain of bad grammar" is correct usage; "Did you bring that money to your crack dealer when you visited him?" is incorrect usage.

Similarly, and even more commonly heard; "Take the dictionary with you to your room and learn some words" is correct, while "I'll take your ugly sweater back to you later" is howlingly incorrect. Fast-food from a restaurant is called 'take-out' and not 'bring-out'. You 'take' the food out of the restaurant and, when you get home, you say to your spouse or your cat or dog "Honey, I am now 'bringing' dinner into the family home".

It's so simple. "Bring' is toward something or someone; 'Take' is away from something or someone. For some unknown reason, these words have been (seemingly deliberately) reversed in their meanings and are aggressively used in this bizarre and hideous fashion. It gives me a headache.