At the end of the Day.

[Skyrad 0]

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Irregardless, I HATE "it is what it is".

As my boss always says, 'we are where we are" and we've just got to deal with it. Funny thing is that no matter how many times we've been where we were we never seem to be able to escape being back where we are and get where we're going.

That is good Jakee

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[DanG 1]

You might want to change your signature if you're going to bitch about people's writing style.

I'm just saying.

- Dan G

[jakee 1,594]

Well, there's quite a distance between being too fussy and being cliched and lazy.

Should probably still change the sig line anway, because Seneca was a dick.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[CarpeDiem3 0]

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I'd also add ALL management speak and use of overtly military language by fat boring middle aged business men and women to make their dull inconsequential jobs sound exciting.

Let's run it up the flag pole and see who salutes it. Then we're going to advance across a broad front with the full spectrum of options and push the envelope.

[kallend 2,146]

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You might want to change your signature if you're going to bitch about people's writing style.

I'm just saying.

Hey, it is what it is.

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[Skyrad 0]

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You might want to change your signature if you're going to bitch about people's writing style.

I'm just saying.

Good spot

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[Stumpy 284]

I'd add "going forward" to this list.
It annoys the hell out of me because 99 times in 100 it's a completely redundant expression.

Never try to eat more than you can lift

[Gravitymaster 0]

I dislike "When all is said and done". When is anything all said and done?

[OHCHUTE 0]

Plesae note: irregardless [sic] is non standard English. Use regardless.

[Stumpy 284]

Oh and while we are on the subject, stop using "Transportation".
There is no sentence or occurrence where "transport" does not work just as well!

Never try to eat more than you can lift

[oldwomanc6 60]

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Oh and while we are on the subject, stop using "Transportation".
There is no sentence or occurrence where "transport" does not work just as well!

Not in 'Merica

There are many accepted uses of words that vary from ("English"-speaking) country to country.

Stick that in your "bonnet", or whatever you call your hood.

lisa
WSCR 594
FB 1023
CBDB 9

[oldwomanc6 60]

"Don't take this the wrong way, but...." Is there any other way to take it? Pretty much anything you have to add "but" to negates the rest.

lisa
WSCR 594
FB 1023
CBDB 9

[popsjumper 2]

The one I most hate hearing is:
No, you can't have any pussy tonight.

And to the list you can add:
Not tonight. I have a headache.

THERE'S something that is what it ain't.

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[OHCHUTE 0]

IMHO i. e. In my humble opinion.

I already know your opinion so you don't need to tell me it is your opinion and how humble you think your opinion is as I might have an opinion that your opinion is not so humble. IMHO totally unnecessary.

[muff528 3]

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Oh and while we are on the subject, stop using "Transportation".
There is no sentence or occurrence where "transport" does not work just as well!

Not in 'Merica

There are many accepted uses of words that vary from ("English"-speaking) country to country.

Stick that in your "bonnet", or whatever you call your hood.

I'd like to add that among other "Britisms" recently making their way into American English common usage are:

"in hospital" ...folks over here are "in the hospital". And the one that really grates is "went missing".

...and it's "counter-clockwise" not "anti-clockwise".

[winsor 236]

The singular of data is datum, and the singular of agenda is agendum.

One should thus refer to THESE data and THIS datum, or THESE agenda and THIS agendum.

What the hell, I s'pose it don't make no nevermind.

[Skyrad 0]

Not to mention the 'word' Gotten instead of got, the other four letters are simply redundant.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[OHCHUTE 0]

I've often wondered about "situation on the ground." Most know any sitution is "on the ground" but is this phrase used to delineate between ground, sea and air?

It really bugs me that a general will say: the situation on the ground in Iraq is.....

When the general might say: the situation on the bed in Iraq is, or the situation in the closet is, or the situation in my Humvee is or ON MY DESK OR UNDER IT etc., might be more fitting as they must not give a holly fck what the situation is anywhere else unless of course there is no bed or desk that would make "on the ground applicable." In that instance, the phase is perfectly acceptable including "boots on the ground," donned or nearby where the situation is occuring.

[CarpeDiem3 0]

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Not to mention the 'word' Gotten instead of got, the other four letters are simply redundant.

Mom always taught us kids that "got" was kind of a crude way of talking, like "I got ten dollars." It was more refined to say "I have ten dollars." It still bugs me to this day when I hear people using "got" where "have" is better. And it seems to be happening with ever increasing frequency.

[Skyrad 0]

Your dear old Mum was correct it is I have ten dollars but that doesn't work when asking 'Have you got the plan' (for example).

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[SkyDekker 1,465]

Well, do you have the plan?

[kallend 2,146]

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The singular of data is datum, and the singular of agenda is agendum.

One should thus refer to THESE data and THIS datum, or THESE agenda and THIS agendum.

What the hell, I s'pose it don't make no nevermind.

"Burglarized" instead of "burgled".

Is the person who burglarizes your house a "burglarizer"?

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[jakee 1,594]

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Not to mention the 'word' Gotten instead of got, the other four letters are simply redundant.

Four? I may be wrong but I don't think 'go' means the same as 'gotten'.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[jakee 1,594]

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Not to mention the 'word' Gotten instead of got, the other four letters are simply redundant.

Mom always taught us kids that "got" was kind of a crude way of talking, like "I got ten dollars."

'Got' is a legitimate word. Just because a lot of people use it incorrectly doesn't mean the word itself is defective or has no place.

Seems like the same kind of thinking that causes people to use "I" all the time because they think "me" isn't formal.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[Skyrad 0]

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The singular of data is datum, and the singular of agenda is agendum.

One should thus refer to THESE data and THIS datum, or THESE agenda and THIS agendum.

What the hell, I s'pose it don't make no nevermind.

"Burglarized" instead of "burgled".

Is the person who burglarizes your house a "burglarizer"?

Well said, that one does my nut in.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca