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I resemble the remark about ‘among and between’
Wow, I can’t believe that I knew all of these.
I must be a genius.
People say “intensive purposes”? Wha..?
Then again, someone on Yahoo! Answers thought that “insure yourself” was part of the lyrics to an MGMT song. Yahoo! Answers being what it is, though…
They missed “literally”, now infuriatingly used to add emphasis (“I literally died!”, “He literally exploded!”).
ALAS doesn’t mean “regrettably” anymore, but instead should be read as “finally”. Talk about evolution, huh?
I have never heard “alas” used in context to mean “finally”. :/
And good reference page. I’m surprised they don’t have affect/effect, that’s usually a very common one.
They missed “literally”, now infuriatingly used to add emphasis (“I literally died!”, “He literally exploded!”).
I hate this. Those people literally mean ‘figuratively’.
Exactament. Thanks for that, I needed to hear it, especially today. rolls eyes snobbishly
Eek, sorry, just re-read that post, and I just wanted to let you know, that I was being serious. Believe me, no scathing remark intended. ;)
...not to mention reinventing physics…
Hey Jeni, you should read more of Kenneth Eng’s works: he’s doing wondrous and unimaginable things to English language…
D:
;_;
You win.
Kenneth Eng’s use of ‘alas’ is a comedy all by itself.
Albeit we have a shortage of sporks in the present, sporks that were in the past written are, alas, plentiful.
Misuse of the word “decimate” has always been my pet peeve. To decimate means to kill 1 out of every 10. While 10% suffering casualties isn’t anything to sneeze at, a lot of writers use “decimate” to describe much more crushing defeats.
“Open fire,” the came the commander’s harsh whisper over the radio, and the ambush was sprung. On the ridge of the valley, forty fingers pressed forty triggers on forty machine guns, and their bullet shredded the air, decimating the enemy soldiers in the valley. When the machine guns finally whirred to a halt, there was nothing left to shoot. The few soldiers that had not yet entered the valley were trying to regroup outside the range of the squad’s guns, but their numbers were too small to…
There are other words you can use, damnit! Like “devastated” or “crushed” or “massacred”. [/RAGE]
literally dies from reading Rand’s sentence
cough Anyway. Yeah, the decimate thing annoys me too. I was most pleased when it was used correctly in the Season 3 Doctor Who finale.
Yes, that was very pleasing.
It couldn’t make up for all the plot holes and continuity errors, though. That last episode annoys me so much…
Continuity? Doctor Who?
Really, now.
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