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Common sayings that are commonly misstated
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Exactly. If someone asks how you are feeling then it would be "I'm feeling well." However, if you just covered yourself in petroleum jelly it would be appropriate to ask your partner to touch you because "i feel good."
Crap, I always thought "criteria" was like "deer;" singular and plural depending on context. Now I know and knowing if half of the battle.
This may only be a Pennsylvania thing, but I hear people say "winner" when talking about the season . It's WINTER!!!
This is a writing/typing issue..."would of" instead of "would have" or "would've" drives me crazy. Seriously, I've read this in news articles.
ok, i need educated. What is the issue with "unprecedented?" It's in the dictionary as an adjective.
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I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process...
Exactly. If someone asks how you are feeling then it would be "I'm feeling well." However, if you just covered yourself in petroleum jelly it would be appropriate to ask your partner to touch you because "i feel good."
Crap, I always thought "criteria" was like "deer;" singular and plural depending on context. Now I know and knowing if half of the battle.
This may only be a Pennsylvania thing, but I hear people say "winner" when talking about the season . It's WINTER!!!
This is a writing/typing issue..."would of" instead of "would have" or "would've" drives me crazy. Seriously, I've read this in news articles.
LOL and AHHHHH!!!!!
the winner one makes me mad.Couple of genuine ones from Ireland:
Instead of 'Saturday' some say 'saherday'
Instead of 'Do you know?' some say 'Jah know?' (actually I don't mind this one).
Instead of 'sandwiches' some say 'sangiches' or samwiches.
Instead of 'utter' people, depending on the region and most pronounced in British accents is 'utt-ztah', 'uhh-hah',or some other spasm that doesn't have the proper effect.
I know I have imperfect grammar and elocution but I at least try to sound like the word. Maybe I don't I think I'm better at it, I don't pretend to know I'm better at it
LOL and AHHHHH!!!!!
Couple of genuine ones from Ireland:
Instead of 'Saturday' some say 'saherday'
Instead of 'Do you know?' some say 'Jah know?' (actually I don't mind this one).
Instead of 'sandwiches' some say 'sangiches' or samwiches.
Instead of 'utter' people, depending on the region and most pronounced in British accents is 'utt-ztah', 'uhh-hah',or some other spasm that doesn't have the proper effect.
I know I have imperfect grammar and elocution but I at least try to sound like the word. Maybe I don't I think I'm better at it, I don't pretend to know I'm better at it
I would asy those are all examples of regional dialects and accents, not misuse.
"All of THE sudden," instead of "All of A sudden."
"I should of went," instead of "I should have gone."
Should of, would of, could of instead of should have, would have, or could have.
Or any of these:
"I should of went," instead of "I should have gone."
Should of, would of, could of instead of should have, would have, or could have.
Or any of these:
This one irks me so much that I'm starting to irk others with my irkiness:
"X is comprised of A, B, C" literally means "X is was composed of of A, B, C".
Correct use is "X comprises A, B, C"
Worst part is that "is comprised of" has become common usage. Can't people tell how IRKED I am??
"X is comprised of A, B, C" literally means "X is was composed of of A, B, C".
Correct use is "X comprises A, B, C"
Worst part is that "is comprised of" has become common usage. Can't people tell how IRKED I am??
A few more I hear often
wouldja, couldja, shouldja, didja, wouldjew, couldjew, shouldjew, didjew instead of would you, could you, should you, or did you
whatdaya instead of what do you
dubya instead of double-u
More stronger or More closer instead of just stronger or closer
wouldja, couldja, shouldja, didja, wouldjew, couldjew, shouldjew, didjew instead of would you, could you, should you, or did you
whatdaya instead of what do you
dubya instead of double-u
More stronger or More closer instead of just stronger or closer
Well we can agree they're not sayings anyway
.I guess the 'winner' vs. 'winter' thing set me off.
Since we abandoned the OP's intention long ago, can I say how much I hate CGI that doesn't obey the laws of physics?
Love this thread!
I was just helping interview people for a Client Management Executive position in my group at work, and one of the "top" candidates used the word "strategical" over and over, as "I am very strategical". Needless to say she didn't get the job.
I also have an associate that uses "etcetera" all the time, except she pronounces it "et-CED-ra" with an emphesis on the "D". Drives me nuts.
I was just helping interview people for a Client Management Executive position in my group at work, and one of the "top" candidates used the word "strategical" over and over, as "I am very strategical". Needless to say she didn't get the job.
I also have an associate that uses "etcetera" all the time, except she pronounces it "et-CED-ra" with an emphesis on the "D". Drives me nuts.
That's another one that bothers me. You're not alone in your state of irkedness.
My understanding is that "good" is an adjective, and "well" is an adverb. Since "feel" is a verb, the correct modifier would be "well", both in a health-related connotation and in any other connotation.
A possible translation of "I feel good" could most generously be described as one saying that they have a good sense of feeling, or touch- and that would be an incorrect construction nonetheless.
But I am interested in an elaboration on your part. And of course English is a living language, and "I feel good" to describe a sense of mental happiness has definitely entered into common usage. But for a strict construction, it is incorrect, according to my 12th grade English teacher.
This is true. I have heard this used by older folks I have known in my life. Also reference Peter Tosh's song "Steppin' Razor" - don't you watch my size, I'm dangerous!
I will listen the James Brown cut carefully and see if I have been wrong all these years. Entirely possible, but I will decide for myself, because since I know about razors as self-defense weapons I would not have substituted another word because of sensibility and context.
This is not my understanding. Feel is verb in that sentence, and badly is an adverb, the correct word to modify/describe a verb. Using bad, an adjective, would be incorrect.
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