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06-08-2007, 11:59 AM #1
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06-08-2007, 12:01 PM #2
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"Irregardless"
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06-08-2007, 12:03 PM #3
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I hate this too. there's a guy here who is supposed to be smart
Originally Posted by Regina
and he says it all the time. Drives me NUTS!
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06-08-2007, 12:05 PM #4
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LOL! Lots of us must have been posting at the same time! Originally Posted by Regina
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06-08-2007, 12:08 PM #5
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how about this:
"you wouldn't believe it, she literally blew up!"
but she didn't really blow up, she just yelled.
LITERALLY is overused.
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06-08-2007, 12:16 PM #6
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Two of the first words in reply to this thread (good thread idea, btw!!!) are "care" and "caring"
What does that say about our society and our misuse of words?
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06-08-2007, 12:19 PM #7
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My sons fave word at the moment is "addicting"... UGH! When is school going back again?? All I hear is "Oh I LOVE those. They are addicting" all day LONG!
Ten year olds! They latch on to one thing and run with it!
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06-08-2007, 12:21 PM #8
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06-08-2007, 05:54 PM #9
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How about the poor use of countable & non countables in sentences. Also, the use of present progressive versus present simple.
There is 5 cars in the parking lot. GRRRRRRRR..
I want to jump up and down and tell the person to go back to primary school to learn english.
"Like" ARHGHGHGHHGHGH..I sit beside a young lady at work & every second word is "Like". I'm supposed to be a nice team member & not say anything AHRHRHHGHGHGHHG..
I'm going to go off and kill a few small imaginary creatures..
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06-08-2007, 06:02 PM #10
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Oh, you guys really posted a lot of good ones already!
How about "real" when it should be "really". i.e. It was a real hot day. Not.
And for some reason, just when DH says it to me, "let's pick up the pace here" argh. Can't you tell I'm going as fast as I can?
There are so many! When I think of more funny ones I'll get back to ya!
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06-08-2007, 06:02 PM #11
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We live in an area where I'm convinced that no one was taught proper english:
"We have went to the mall" Huh????????
"We have did our job" GEEZZZZZZ!
"we done done it now"
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06-08-2007, 06:22 PM #12
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One mispronunciation that bugs me: when people say "defribulator" when they mean "defibrillator". As for words I just plain dislike, I'd have to say the "f-bomb" tops my list.
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06-08-2007, 07:38 PM #13
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Yeah but my pet peave is a colleague who uses it differently .. Originally Posted by mimitabby
he'll say something like
'I literally just got off the phone with [so and so] about that'
when he says it, it is usally true - but I'd hope that if it wasn't true he wouldn't say it, so why does he need to add the literally
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06-20-2007, 08:04 PM #14
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Regina, are we related? That was one of the words my Dad hated regardless of who uses it. Worse still and equally made up: more importantly Originally Posted by Regina
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06-21-2007, 03:36 PM #15
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Since when did the word "as" become a substitute for "because"? OK, OK, I know that it is a correct use, but that use has become so very popular lately, and it grates on me. "I have written my term paper with a pencil, as my computer has just exploded."
Just say "because," or "since," when you mean "because," and save "as" for one of its many other uses, such as "during the time", or "like." E.g., "As I was riding along, a turtle crossed in front of me." Or, "As I said before, we have to use these cover sheets on our TPS reports."Last edited by Voodoo Sally; 06-21-2007 at 03:57 PM.
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