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In reply to the discussion: Words and usages I am sick and tired of [View all]cyclonefence
(4,483 posts)12. How about "still yet"?
I think "basis" is an innocent bystander (but let's add "innocent bystander" .
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Hopefully, someday, people will learn how to begin sentences without the word "Hopefully"!
lastlib
Feb 2020
#139
A great humorist that wrote for the Atlanta Journal back in the 80s and early 90s
SCantiGOP
Mar 2020
#187
Beginning ANY sentence with "So,.... and some people pronounce it "Sho,......
northoftheborder
Feb 2020
#18
That comes from a lifetime of being chided for using 'me' instead of 'I' ...
mr_lebowski
Feb 2020
#43
People who use 'anymore' like a synonym of 'nowadays' instead of the proper synonym which is
mr_lebowski
Feb 2020
#29
You don't have to understand the definition of 'begs', just that the phrase 'begging the question'
mr_lebowski
Feb 2020
#47
"Each and every" is a pet peeve for me, as is "on a daily basis" rather than just "daily." nt
tblue37
Feb 2020
#56
Not a perfectionist over linguistics but the reason those bother me is....
KY_EnviroGuy
Feb 2020
#136
"absolute" when it isn't. "Did our doctor (hospital) give you absolutely the best care?"
NCjack
Feb 2020
#112
All of these pale in comparison to some of the expressions I read about today
GoneOffShore
Feb 2020
#147
The expressions have been leaking over for years. And I fear that it's only going to get worse.
GoneOffShore
Feb 2020
#155
I suspect that it is older folks using 'seriously, man' or 'in all seriousness', but that was 30 ...
SWBTATTReg
Feb 2020
#160