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Alot vs. A lot: 9 Language Crimes to Watch Out For
Dictionary.com ^
| 24 October 2013
| Dictionary.com
Posted on 10/24/2013 10:50:34 AM PDT by COBOL2Java
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To: COBOL2Java
Alright, hopefully people will learn something from this, but anyways....
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posted on
10/24/2013 10:51:55 AM PDT
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GeronL
To: COBOL2Java
“I informed you thusly. I so informed you thusly.” Dr. Sheldon Cooper
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posted on
10/24/2013 10:52:04 AM PDT
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: COBOL2Java
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posted on
10/24/2013 10:54:09 AM PDT
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null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: COBOL2Java
Similar to “anyways” is “towards.” There’s no need for the “s,” AFAIK.
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posted on
10/24/2013 10:55:40 AM PDT
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St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: COBOL2Java
One man’s crime is another’s colorful use of language.
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posted on
10/24/2013 10:58:58 AM PDT
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DannyTN
To: COBOL2Java
While it’s a spelling issue rather than grammar, my pet peeve is seeing the past tense of “lead” spelled “lead” instead of correctly as “led”.
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posted on
10/24/2013 10:59:15 AM PDT
by
workerbee
(The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
To: COBOL2Java
To: COBOL2Java
Also, the overuse of “impacted” has replaced good old “affected.”
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posted on
10/24/2013 11:03:31 AM PDT
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Salvey
To: COBOL2Java
‘Folks’ (pronounced FOKES)
-used to refer to everyone from American families of 4 to Al Qaeda terrorists.
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posted on
10/24/2013 11:03:51 AM PDT
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relictele
("An elective despotism was not the government we fought for..." - James Madison)
To: GeronL
Alright, hopefully people will learn something from this, but anyways....I know I learned alot. /sarc
To: COBOL2Java
My editor’s pet peeve was ‘first annual’ anything. An event can’t be called ‘annual’ until it occurs a second time, one year after the inaugural event.
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posted on
10/24/2013 11:06:19 AM PDT
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Bob
To: SeaHawkFan
ewe all!
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posted on
10/24/2013 11:07:59 AM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: COBOL2Java; a fool in paradise
I’m sure a lot of posters here could care less!
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posted on
10/24/2013 11:08:39 AM PDT
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Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Living Free in NH
LOL! I knew this thread would generate a few chuckles. :-)
I'm an volunteer editor over at www.fanfiction.net (I have a few stories of my own there as well), and this entry in dictionary.com caught my eye.
Thanks for the posts!
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10/24/2013 11:09:55 AM PDT
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COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: COBOL2Java
Like it will matter next month, when the great majority of people in America will be trying desperately to find something to eat.
Yeah, the FR headlines are a little gloomy this morning.
To: COBOL2Java
Aaargh! “a” volunteer; I had “an” amateur volunteer....sigh
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posted on
10/24/2013 11:11:40 AM PDT
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COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: COBOL2Java
Even though it is proactive, I doubt this will have the desired affect.
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posted on
10/24/2013 11:11:46 AM PDT
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Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: SeaHawkFan
Is it yall or yall? It's youse. :-)
-PJ
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posted on
10/24/2013 11:12:53 AM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: COBOL2Java
“Hopefully, it won’t rain tomorrow.”
Perfectly grammatical, but why is ‘it’ hopeful? Is ‘it’ ever hopeless?
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