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To: Cicero

You are absolutely correct. And you reminded me of one of my pet peeves, the absence of the use of really, badly, sadly, etc. in today’s language. I am ashamed that I missed that myself. And what is it with this new fad of saying “went missing,” instead of the simpler, one word - “disappeared?”


124 posted on 09/04/2010 1:43:46 PM PDT by CitizenM ("Do you miss me yet?" Yes, George, we do.)
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To: CitizenM

Don’t forget “surely.”


140 posted on 09/04/2010 3:00:36 PM PDT by cantfindagoodscreenname (I really hate not knowing what was said in the deleted posts....)
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To: CitizenM

Is that all you can find to be peeved about? You ignored all the really disgusting examples of the decline of the English language.


155 posted on 09/04/2010 5:01:51 PM PDT by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a leftist is like trying to catch sunshine in a fish net at midnight.)
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