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In reply to the discussion: Words and usages I am sick and tired of [View all]Alpeduez21
(1,751 posts)93. Really? Everything?
So if Einstein said Gravity is awesome you'd discount the theory of relativity? Sad.
I'm pretty sure Bill Gates has said things are awesome so you just use macs? Although Steve Jobs strikes me as the kind of person who said 'awesome.' How are you even reading this?
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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