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Maggie got there ahead of me - yes, it is as she said. "Desert", in this context, is pronounced as "deserve", only without the final "ve".
Oh, and one that I just HATE:
"I'm, like, ..."
This is only appropriate when you are comparing yourself to someone or something else.Last edited by Dave1982; 02-02-2012, 08:34 PM.
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Was just skimming the last 5 pages so I don't know if anyone's mentioned this: People who use "whom" because they clearly think it makes them sound smart...they almost invariably use it wrong.I don't go in for ancient wisdom
I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious
It means that they're worthy - Tim Minchin, "White Wine in the Sun"
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Using the word "repeat" with the word "again." As in, "please repeat that again." Arrghhh.....
If you repeat something, you are by definition saying it again.
Also, I hate when people say "3 AM in the morning...." Well, DUH, there's no 3 AM in the afternoon or the evening, is there??When you start at zero, everything's progress.
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Quoth Eireann View PostOh, and one that I just HATE:
"I'm, like, ..."
This is only appropriate when you are comparing yourself to someone or something else.
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Quoth BookstoreEscapee View PostWas just skimming the last 5 pages so I don't know if anyone's mentioned this: People who use "whom" because they clearly think it makes them sound smart...they almost invariably use it wrong."Things that fail to kill me make me level up." ~ NateWantsToBattle, Training Hard (Counting Stars parody)
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Quoth ArcticChicken View Post"PIN number" hate hate hate hate hate
Quoth firecat88 View PostDon't forget the people who use 'wherefore' to try to sound smart, but ultimately end up using it wrong. I've seen it happen, and it's annoying. For the last fracking time, people, wherefore =/= where.Last edited by BrenDAnn; 02-02-2012, 05:46 AM."And though she be but little, she is FIERCE!"--Shakespeare
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"I have a friend of mine..."
Oh, really? You don't have a friend who really belongs to someone else?
And MoonCat, the song "Moonlight Shadow" commits that error. "4 a.m. in the morning..." I want to write to Mike Oldfield and point it out, but I'm sure many other people have done it already.
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Quoth MaggieTheCat View PostAlso, people who (see what I did there? not "people that...") think that when referring to yourself and another person, you ALWAYS use "and I." Not true in every situation. To know whether to use "I" or "me", take out the other person's name and see how it sounds:
Jane and I are going to go to the store. That's correct, because if you took out Jane, you'd say "I am going to go to the store."
There is nothing wrong with saying "me" and "you".
I don't know where this trend started, but it's really out of hand. When someone uses a "self" pronoun where a simple pronoun is called for, it is almost always because he mistakenly thinks the reflexive form sounds more intelligent or classy. It doesn't.
I hear interviews on TV with supposedly intelligent people and they will say something like, "...between the committee and myself..." instead of just saying, "...between the committee and me..."
My boss uses it all the time.
"If you have any questions about this new sales promo, see Mary or myself."
"I have cut back the schedule so that the only people here to close will be John and yourself."
He wouldn't say, "See myself about this," or "Yourself will be closing."
I will hear someone ask, "How are you?" and the answer will be, "I'm fine, and yourself?"
You wouldn't ask, "How are yourself?" which is pretty much what the person is asking in reply.
"Myself" is a reflexive pronoun, as are "himself", "herself", "yourself", "itself", "ourselves", and "themselves".
That means it is used when the subject and object of the sentence are the same.
"I prefer coffee, myself."
"I did it for myself."Too tired of living and too tired to end it. What a conundrum.
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Just thought of another one. The use of "There's" when it should be "There are" because what you're dealing with it plural.
Examples:
There's some oranges. = wrong
There are some oranges. = right
You wouldn't say "There is some oranges."The original Cookie in a multitude of cookies.
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