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Should People Stop Saying “Absolutely” So Much? Absolutely! – A Short Rant...
Archdiocese of Washington ^
| 01-12-15
| Msgr. Charles Pope
Posted on 01/13/2015 8:32:15 AM PST by Salvation
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posted on
01/13/2015 8:32:15 AM PST
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Salvation
To: Salvation
Unabridged title:
Should People Stop Saying “Absolutely” So Much? Absolutely! – A Short Rant on an Overused Expression and Why it Should be Avoided
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posted on
01/13/2015 8:33:05 AM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
A lot of comments at the site with other suggestions of over-used words. Want to add your own?
I know I’m guilty on the absolutely! LOL!
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posted on
01/13/2015 8:34:22 AM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
It is a strange paradox that in an age of relativism...
So, THAT’s been my problem all these years. I’m a black and white thinker and ABSOLUTELY support such thinking.
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posted on
01/13/2015 8:34:48 AM PST
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: Salvation
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posted on
01/13/2015 8:36:23 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: Salvation
To: nickcarraway; NYer; ELS; Pyro7480; livius; ArrogantBustard; Catholicguy; RobbyS; marshmallow; ...
Jesus gets the last word: Let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No’ mean ‘No.’ Anything more is from the evil one (Matt 5:37). Monsignor Pope Ping!
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posted on
01/13/2015 8:36:43 AM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
Is Obama a radical Muslim?
ABSOLUTELY!
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posted on
01/13/2015 8:37:32 AM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Obama: 7 acts of blatant treason and counting.)
To: Salvation
I’m noticing more and more words are becoming “irritating” to some people who see them as “over used”. The first such complaint that ever hit my radar was against the word “Awesome”.
I don’t buy it any more. Some people over-use a word, some people over-use a different word. Is it annoying? Absolutely! But what is more important is to not use the same word in the same paragraph, chapter, etc. i.e. the first time something is great, you say it’s great. The next thing you want to say is great should be called “wonderful”, etc.
I find more and more I use a thesaurus when posting.
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posted on
01/13/2015 8:39:45 AM PST
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: Salvation
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posted on
01/13/2015 8:40:04 AM PST
by
Rodamala
To: GrandJediMasterYoda; cuban leaf
This is definitely (is that an overused word?) going to be a fun thread.
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posted on
01/13/2015 8:40:25 AM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: cuban leaf
“It is a strange paradox that in an age of relativism...”
Absolutely.
To: cuban leaf
**I find more and more I use a thesaurus when posting.**
Good idea!
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posted on
01/13/2015 8:42:05 AM PST
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Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
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posted on
01/13/2015 8:42:21 AM PST
by
Russ
(Repeal the '17th amendment)
To: Salvation
I like the word absolutely. It says “not wishy washy” and in the case of my work, I have the hard evidence. Kind of a Perry Mason statement.
To: Salvation
Without question, at the end of the day, absolutely absolutely should be put to bed.
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posted on
01/13/2015 8:44:59 AM PST
by
samadams2000
(Someone important make......The Call!)
To: Salvation; GrandJediMasterYoda; cuban leaf
Dump it, but we also need to broom......
AWESOME
IT IS WHAT IT IS
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posted on
01/13/2015 8:45:34 AM PST
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: Salvation
What’s the most annoying overused word to start off a response? SO
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posted on
01/13/2015 8:45:59 AM PST
by
1Old Pro
To: Salvation
Too much analysis.
It is just a way of saying an affirmative response.
Also, think about when people ask you “what is going on?” and you say “not much”, even when you are extremely busy. Also when someone says “how are you?” and you say fine, no matter how bad your day is.
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posted on
01/13/2015 8:47:02 AM PST
by
Codeflier
(Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama - 4 democrat presidents in a row and counting...)
To: Salvation
How about not using the ‘much’ so much?
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posted on
01/13/2015 8:48:10 AM PST
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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