Rhetorical Disfluencies that I Hate
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Jim Karr
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The one I hate is when someone writes, "Party hardy" instead of "Party hearty". One means you'll last longer, and the other would indicate a bit more effort invested. 
torbanac
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Phosphates??? you don't look that old. Phosphates were 10 cents and aCherry Coke was 15.
cheezydemon3
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"Im just sayin"
................well of course you are, you dip **** piece of crap motherphucker...I didn't think you were conveying thoughts by telepathy with that underdeveloped, inbred brain of yours...........
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................well of course you are, you dip **** piece of crap motherphucker...I didn't think you were conveying thoughts by telepathy with that underdeveloped, inbred brain of yours...........
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"You know" drives me batty. Maybe I do, maybe I don't.
"So I have this thing on my penis, you know."
No, I don't and I don't need to know about. STFU on both counts.
"So I have this thing on my penis, you know."
No, I don't and I don't need to know about. STFU on both counts.
djinn88
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Effects vs affects. Ugh. I still have pains when I read it used incorrectly. Although, I pain myself trying to use them properly on occasion.
Accept vs except. People are really bad about using these properly. Just because they almost sound the same without proper annunciation doesn't mean that they are.
The majority of the problems in the entire thread are the result of the typed word reflecting a lack of writing critique in school or at the workplace.
Accept vs except. People are really bad about using these properly. Just because they almost sound the same without proper annunciation doesn't mean that they are.
The majority of the problems in the entire thread are the result of the typed word reflecting a lack of writing critique in school or at the workplace.
dstar26t
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Me, personally,...
Me, personally,...
Ceedubya
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"Im just sayin"
................well of course you are, you dip **** piece of crap motherphucker...I didn't think you were conveying thoughts by telepathy with that underdeveloped, inbred brain of yours...........
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I was going to post both of these!
How about a combonation of the two: "You know what I'm sayin"
This usually follows a completly simple, or stupid, statement. "I like bananas, you kow what I'm sayin". Yes you simpleton, I know what you are saying.
Joemama474
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Right on!
I went round and around with my advisor years ago on my master's thesis with the two words accept and except. Unfortunately for him, I had it correct! Guess my minor in English got used for something!
But yes, when I read a letter from an organization or company that has NOT been properly "proofed" by someone actually familiar with the language, and I find glaring errors in grammar and/or spelling, my opinion of the sender immediately goes into the garbage can. You know what I'm sayin'?
glenn514
But yes, when I read a letter from an organization or company that has NOT been properly "proofed" by someone actually familiar with the language, and I find glaring errors in grammar and/or spelling, my opinion of the sender immediately goes into the garbage can. You know what I'm sayin'?
glenn514
motobrewer
I'm no atheist scientist, but...
klyph
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If it is the first one ever, there is nothing annual about it.
ChshreCat
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cheezydemon3
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If the intention is to hold the event each following year, come hell or high water, then I am OK with calling it an annual event, but I see your point.
brewingkitty
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How dare you misunderestimate me! i will make haste and order you an amba-lance!
motobrewer
I'm no atheist scientist, but...
if it only happened once that year, there sure is.
annual comes from botany, it defines a class of plants that complete their life cycle in one year.
gratus fermentatio
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In this ever changing world in which we live in... - Paul McCartney's Live & Let Die.
Mixing up "respectively" and "respectfully"...
"at about"...i.e. "Come to our house at about 8PM"
"Please prepay in advance"....stickers on gas pumps
This one is more about inaccurate pronunciation -- try saying the following:
"I certainly will be merry when I marry Mary."
Many, many people pronounce the underlined words the same, so that you wind up with the auditory equivalent of Mary Christmas, Just Maryed, and Mary Queen of Scots.
"at about"...i.e. "Come to our house at about 8PM"
"Please prepay in advance"....stickers on gas pumps
This one is more about inaccurate pronunciation -- try saying the following:
"I certainly will be merry when I marry Mary."
Many, many people pronounce the underlined words the same, so that you wind up with the auditory equivalent of Mary Christmas, Just Maryed, and Mary Queen of Scots.
I think that last one is actually correct.
cheezydemon3
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Lol. I think you are right. I looked a couple of times, but figured that "My carboy was used for something" sounded more right.
brewingkitty
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I, personally....
ChshreCat
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I mashed in my Gott.
Ach mein Gott!
iggie
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The last sentence of the usage discussion says it all.
iggie
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But it clearly states that it IS a word. And that it's been around for almost 100 years.
sensibull
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Surprised that no one has mentioned the egregious and ubiquitous misuse of the first person personal pronoun. Several entire generations, it seems, are scared to death of using the word "me," even when used as the object of a sentence. You wouldn't say, "Give all your beer to I" so why would you say "Submit your beer requests to Bob and I" ? And no, "myself" is not an acceptable substitution, unless "I" was used earlier in the sentence.
klyph
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Merriam Webster? HA! Merriam Webster is a whore.
http://nws.merriam-webster.com/opendictionary/newword_display_recent.php
http://nws.merriam-webster.com/opendictionary/newword_display_recent.php
cheezydemon3
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THANK YOU.
.......It IS a word! But it is a double-negative!! Let's look!
IRRE - meaning : NOT or "reverse whatever follows" as in:
irreverent - not reverent
irreversible - not reversible
irrelevant - not relevant
LESS also meaning "NOT"..........
irregardless......hmmm....let's see: NOT regardless??????
SO.......the double negative irregardless means REGARDFUL!!!!!! the OPPOSITE of what 99% of the dipsh!ts that use it mean.
Irregardless is as much a word as irreversibleless would be if millions of people who didn't know any better used it.
HA! I bet you find "gangsta", "dis", and "supercalifragelistic expialidocious" in there too.
klyph
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Merriam Webster says "crunk" is a word and cites Little John the rapper.
Laughing_Gnome_Invisible
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I'm glad someone else said that. The very idea that someone should re-write a whole dictionary of an established language and change a large percentage of the spelling in that language just because of a little tiff is definitely a whore of some kind.
motobrewer
I'm no atheist scientist, but...
iggie
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Nobody stated anything about it's usage. The argument was that it wasn't a word.
Also, note that I didn't use the "whore" dictionary nor the "urban dictionary" that so many people turn to in order to defend their improper vocabulary.
Anyway,
