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I don't like the use of the verb "grow" with non-natural things. Nothing wrong with "I want to grow tomatoes" but "I want to grow the business" just irks me. There are many terms in common use in business or politics that bug me in the same way - "I've been tasked with doing x,y,z" comes to mind.
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06-08-2007, 02:26 PM #31
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06-08-2007, 02:27 PM #32
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06-08-2007, 02:29 PM #33
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oh yeah..
and "on my plate"
to refer to non-edibles "I have a lot of things on my plate, i need your help"
and waitresses that say about the $100 meal you are eating "are you still WORKING on that?" BLEAH!
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06-08-2007, 02:59 PM #34
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out here in the country...
Mimitabby -- I live in rural south Texas, but REALLY, all of us do not speak this way!
Originally Posted by Voodoo Sally
Here are my peeves.
"Could care less." If you could care less, than you must care some amount. It's supposed to be "couldn't care less."
OH YES!!! I almost posted that one myself!
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06-08-2007, 03:08 PM #35
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"solutions" As in, "Our company provides solutions". Ok, that tells me nothing.
"variability" What happened to "variation"?The best part about going up hills is riding back down!
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06-08-2007, 03:12 PM #36
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Oooh, I hate "on my plate". We hear that a lot around here. How about "dialog" as in "We need to dialog with XXX"
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06-08-2007, 03:19 PM #37
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06-08-2007, 04:05 PM #38
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Oh, that one really irks me too! The word is "incent". Originally Posted by SadieKate
We "Incent" people! We don't "incentivize" them!
If you don't grow where you're planted, you'll never BLOOM - Will Rogers
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06-08-2007, 04:06 PM #39
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"nucular"
Come on Mr. Prez....the man with his finger on the bomb should know what kind of bomb it is!If you don't grow where you're planted, you'll never BLOOM - Will Rogers
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06-08-2007, 04:07 PM #40
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and my absolute most hated word impact instead of affect or effect . Cold weather impacted the crops.
NO
It's how did that affect the crops or what kind of effect did that have on the crops?
Though it can be used in place of effect, the more common usage means the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact or collision.
Impact is overused. As you may have concluded by now, this one really has a negative effect on me.Last edited by Zen; 06-08-2007 at 06:02 PM.
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06-08-2007, 04:58 PM #41
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Oh, heck. In the regulatory world, under the various statutes, we deal with "negative impact" all the time. Like when a regulation puts you out of business. That would be a negative impact. You balance that with the positive impacts: like those rare occasions when a regulations is (bonus!) going to boost your business (well, assuming it's doing that NOT because the reg put all your competitors OUT of business. Oops!). Originally Posted by Wahine
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06-08-2007, 05:02 PM #42
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Two of my biggies have already been mentioned.
Conversate. The word is converse.
& grow a business. Hate that!
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06-08-2007, 05:57 PM #43
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I hear ya. I just wish people would say negative effect, instead of impact. (See Zen's post above). Originally Posted by Regina
Oh, heck. In the regulatory world, under the various statutes, we deal with "negative impact" all the time. Like when a regulation puts you out of business. That would be a negative impact. You balance that with the positive impacts: like those rare occasions when a regulations is (bonus!) going to boost your business (well, assuming it's doing that NOT because the reg put all your competitors OUT of business. Oops!).Living life like there's no tomorrow.
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06-08-2007, 06:54 PM #44
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verbs
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, 07:02 PM #45
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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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