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I would of.
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Yeah, me neither...Don't worry, I'm sure there's plenty more silliness to come...
I can't hardly wait.
Here's one more that drives me batty: Unless you're talking about the instrument, the expression is NOT "Viola!" It's also not "Walla!"
It's "Voila!" (Literally, "Look there!") Learning one actual French word won't make you a commie, I swear.
Ah, a million thanks to you.
Depending on the use, it can also be the perfect past of the verb "to rape", violer. Which is why sensible folks don't scream "Viola" in a crowded French place.
Also, Voilà! is said voo - ah - lah. There's no W.
Haha, I just had this conversation with my wife yesterday. You are right, it's "converse," not "conversate." Bless her little heart
OMG, I hear that whole -ate thing more and more at work and it drives me crazy. I could be sitting in a meeting at work with people I've never met before and I can pick out all the climbers based on the number of times they try to blow out of proportion anything they're taking credit for by adding -ate to the end of words that clearly don't need it. Same thing goes for -tion and -ize and probably other suffixes I can't think of off the top of my head right now. The worst of the offenders, the climbers who aim the highest but have no hope of ever getting there, even combine those suffixes to create even more annoying non-words.
Good thing we aren't allowed to bring weapons into work!
Here's another one: "loan" instead of "lend". It isn't "will you loan me some money?" it's "will you lend me some money?".
The "Anyway" person.
You're having a conversation and give some useful input or give provide another opinion and they follow with Anyway. It's SO dismissive of your input. It's not a conversation at that point it's something else. When "anyway" shows up I usually reply in kind. "Anyway I need to get going. Talk to you soon. Bye!"
You're having a conversation and give some useful input or give provide another opinion and they follow with Anyway. It's SO dismissive of your input. It's not a conversation at that point it's something else. When "anyway" shows up I usually reply in kind. "Anyway I need to get going. Talk to you soon. Bye!"
The heavy daily offenders are mixing up your/you're, there/their/they're, and to/too.
Still fairly common is mixing up then/than: "My amp is louder then yours," and using apostrophes for any word that ends in 's': amp's, cab's, etc.
Less common but still seen at least once a month is using commas instead of apostrophes (this is so visibly wrong that I just don't understand it): I,m don,t can,t
Still fairly common is mixing up then/than: "My amp is louder then yours," and using apostrophes for any word that ends in 's': amp's, cab's, etc.
Less common but still seen at least once a month is using commas instead of apostrophes (this is so visibly wrong that I just don't understand it): I,m don,t can,t
So how do the word Nazi contingent feel about made up words that are a complete part of our vocabulary now?
Google it! ( as a verb not a number )
Texting
Google it! ( as a verb not a number
)Texting
How about "I could care less" vs. "I couldn't care less"
The first one: Really? How much less could you care?
The first one: Really? How much less could you care?
"off of", as in "Please take that hat off of your head"...
So many people use this now, that it has become accepted practice....but it is not correct English.
"please take that hat off your head"
or, "Please remove that hat from your head"
are more grammatically correct.
So many people use this now, that it has become accepted practice....but it is not correct English.
"please take that hat off your head"
or, "Please remove that hat from your head"
are more grammatically correct.
+1,000,000! Disagree with me all day; that's cool. Just don't dismiss what I have to say.
So how do the word Nazi contingent feel about made up words that are a complete part of our vocabulary now?
Google it! ( as a verb not a number
Texting
There's a big difference between using a new word to describe a new concept, and defacing an existing word out of laziness.
Yep, close relation to "whatever", especially when they hold out the "ever" part of it.
