maddog348
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Pet peeve Phrases (Got any?)
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DonTom
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Lou (onaquest) said:
Words that mean nothing until they are defined each and every time.
For a few examples, words such as:
1. best
2. freedom
3. Love
As Taoists say, "excessive is equal to insufficient."
And each of the above words (as well as many others) have excessive definitions which makes the definitions insufficient.
-Don- SSF, CA
DonTom
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seilerbird said:
But . . .
"It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not."
--Andr? Gide
-Don-
DonTom
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Lou (onaquest) said:I think I may have to add "phrases purposely designed to make me feel stupid" to my list
But we all should feel stupid because:
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity--and I'm not sure about the universe."
-Albert Einstein
"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits."
-Albert Einstein
"It is impossible to underrate human intelligence--beginning with one's own."
--Henry Brooks Adams
-Don-
Some great answers so far, but to steer the thread where I had hoped it would go, I offer the following:
Things that sound like "fingernails on a chalk board" to me are;
Spoken word(s):
Supposably - for supposedly
Acrost - for across
Written word(s):
Are - for our
your - for you're
silicon - for silicone
There are many more. My brain just isn't working this morning.
Things that sound like "fingernails on a chalk board" to me are;
Spoken word(s):
Supposably - for supposedly
Acrost - for across
Written word(s):
Are - for our
your - for you're
silicon - for silicone
There are many more. My brain just isn't working this morning.
Marc L
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carson said:
Carbon dioxide is an important gas. Without it, my beer would be flat.
geodrake
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Irregardless - no such word.
People who would never say the F word but feel comfortable with Fricken???????
ax - ask
People who would never say the F word but feel comfortable with Fricken???????
ax - ask
George, You hit one of my biggest disliked verbal words - Ax and axed for ask and asked
Lou, Don't forget on your misused in writing list - its and it's used incorrectly (it's is it is, its is possessive)
And my all-time written grammar irritation - commas and periods always go inside quotation marks (I'm talking double quotation marks and American vs. British English)
Wendy
Lou, Don't forget on your misused in writing list - its and it's used incorrectly (it's is it is, its is possessive)
And my all-time written grammar irritation - commas and periods always go inside quotation marks (I'm talking double quotation marks and American vs. British English)
Wendy
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DonTom said:
Bummer
Wendy said:
Wendy, I'm afraid that I may be the worlds worst when it comes to the use of commas. I just throw one in a sentence where ever I have to pause and take a breath.
BTW - I have a large box of commas on my desk so I won't run out soon.
A less noticeable misuse is:
Maybe - for may be, (or vice
