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To: paulat
My pet peeve is everyday and every day.

I read Free Republic every day.
Reading Free Republic is an everyday habit.

49 posted on 07/28/2008 5:46:56 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Lizavetta

How about “irregardless” as a pet peeve?

I hate the word irregardless whenever and whomever uses it.


148 posted on 07/28/2008 6:19:32 PM PDT by Joe Marine 76 (God Save the Republic and God Bless the United States Marines!)
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To: Lizavetta
My pet peeve is everyday and every day.

That, and those who insist on using the non-word "alot".

301 posted on 07/29/2008 9:36:55 AM PDT by TChris (Vote John McCain: Democrat Lite -- 3% less liberal than a regular Democrat!)
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To: Lizavetta
My pet peeve is everyday and every day.

My pet peeve is William Safire's---the pet peeve.

One of these days, ongana buy a dog and name him Peeve, so I can introduce him to my friends, in the thrill of indignation, "This is my pet, Peeve."---William Safire, On Language.

Two cheerful dogs grace our household, but in my imagination we also have a dog named Peeve. He is perpetually grumpy; complains about his dog food, collar is too tight, bed lumpy, not getting enough exercise, all that. What especially gets his hackles to rise is human language he doesn’t understand.---William Safire, "And Now This," The New York Times, 28 October 2008.

After lamenting the disuse of "the fine old airline verb" deplane, in favour of debark, Safire ended with this jewel: Have to go now; my pet, Peeve, is debarking.

339 posted on 07/29/2008 5:50:41 PM PDT by BluesDuke (My schizophrenic career has made my life no bed of neuroses.---Goodman Ace.)
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