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Phrases you wish people would get right

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nicola
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"I could care less"

The right phrase is:

"I couldn't care less".

If you could care less, then you obviously do care somewhat.

"Less then" as well. It's "less than".

Thank you
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"irregardless"

It's "regardless".
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And it's "throes". not "throws", people....
sprite
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For all intents and purposes NOT for all intensive purposes smile

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MrNudiePants
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"And so forth, and so on."


And so forth... AND so on?
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It's not you its me!
It's not you its me!

How many more times do I have to tell you?

It's not you its me!

I'm sorrrrry I couldn't resist that one
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The use of Noone. Instead of no one. As in "No one cares about me."


Anyways. No s please. "Anyways, I just wanted to say hello."
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Quote by chefkathleen
Anyways. No s please. "Anyways, I just wanted to say hello."


I can understand you point, however, the example you used is dialogue and therefore should be given a little more leeway. It's just a fact that people talk that way, unforturnately.
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Unfortunately being the key word. Mispronunciation of words is a pet peeve of mine.
I cringe when I hear someone say height as hei-th.
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Unfortunately being the key word. Mispronunciation of words is a pet peeve of mine.
I cringe when I hear someone say height as hei-th.


I have an acquaintance who pronounces 'clothes' as 'closes'.

It makes my head hurt to hear that.

By the way; "acquaintance". That is one mean word to spell! lol
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Quote by chefkathleen
Unfortunately being the key word. Mispronunciation of words is a pet peeve of mine.
I cringe when I hear someone say height as hei-th.


I have an acquaintance who pronounces 'clothes' as 'closes'.

It makes my head hurt to hear that.

By the way; "acquaintance". That is one mean word to spell! lol


Thanks gawd for spell check. God is hard to spell too.
WellMadeMale
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The same GQP demanding we move on from January 6th, 2021 is still doing audits of the November 3rd, 2020 election.
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"All of the sudden".
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I cringe when I hear someone say "TRUST ME"
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When people use the verb 'to OF' - could OF, should OF, would OF and so on - I feel as if I want to strike them down like a righteous Nemesis!

I also hate it when someone writes 'TOW the line'.

Memo to snowlover - I think you'll find that 'gesundheit' is German for 'good health', like an English speaker saying 'bless you' when someone sneezes, because your soul was thought to be in danger.
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I cringe when I hear someone say "TRUST ME"


This is annoying me now! This thread is going wrong!!!!

This topis is about phrases that people say the wrong way round; not words that irritate you!!!
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Quote by sugarbabe
I cringe when I hear someone say "TRUST ME"


This is annoying me now! This thread is going wrong!!!!

This topis is about phrases that people say the wrong way round; not words that irritate you!!!



Right you are, Honey Bee. Thanks for speaking up.
obscura
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'Yin/yang', not 'ying/yang.'

'A whole other', not 'a whole nother.'

'As long as', not 'so long as.'

'Let it be', not 'leave it be.' Just like the Beatles song suggests.

Excetera...

Oh no wait, I mean, et cetera.
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Quote by obscura
'Yin/yang', not 'ying/yang.'

'A whole other', not 'a whole nother.'

'As long as', not 'so long as.'

'Let it be', not 'leave it be.' Just like the Beatles song suggests.

Excetera...

Oh no wait, I mean, et cetera.


To my knowledge, 'so long as' and 'leave it be' are both valid expressions.
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Quote by magnificent1rascal
To my knowledge, 'so long as' and 'leave it be' are both valid expressions.


'So long as' is not in SPEU hence I automatically assume its wrong. But I guess 'as...' can be used the same as 'for the duration' and 'so...' can be used as a conditional, like 'provided that'.

The verb of leave is 'to go away from', and let is to allow or permit. 'Leave it be' is a tautology, just like 'free gift' or 'the reason why'.

But I am no English professor and I guess its all in the context, so I stand corrected.
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Quote by magnificent1rascal
To my knowledge, 'so long as' and 'leave it be' are both valid expressions.


'So long as' is not in SPEU hence I automatically assume its wrong. But I guess 'as...' can be used the same as 'for the duration' and 'so...' can be used as a conditional, like 'provided that'.

The verb of leave is 'to go away from', and let is to allow or permit. 'Leave it be' is a tautology, just like 'free gift' or 'the reason why'.

But I am no English professor and I guess its all in the context, so I stand corrected.


Oh, I'm certainly no English professor; I was simply sharing what I thought was correct. Your reasoning against 'leave it be' is sound.
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He was going to try and have sex with her.

"try and" should be "try to"

He was going to try to have sex with her.
WellMadeMale
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Throw out the gantlet or Run the gauntlet?
The same GQP demanding we move on from January 6th, 2021 is still doing audits of the November 3rd, 2020 election.
frenchtoastman
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One blunder that I've seen quite a bit -- and ONLY in erotic fiction, for some inexplicable reason -- is the 2-in-1 word "eachother."

A ridiculous word that used to be quite common in smutty paperback novels (back when you could find such things in every local convenience store) is the adjective "cuntal." As in "Bill buried his face in her cuntal split." I'm guessing this one was coined by someone who didn't have sex very often, if ever.

A controversial confession: I've always hated the use of the word "cum" when taken to mean "orgasm," as in "When Bill ate Annie, tongue flicking at her clitoris like a velvet chainsaw, he made her cum so hard that she died." Some of you may scream in outrage, but the correct word in that context is "come," damn it.

(We need someone to rewrite the old Lenny Bruce song so it goes "Cum is a Substance, Come is a Verb.")
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Quote by frenchtoastman

A controversial confession: I've always hated the use of the word "cum" when taken to mean "orgasm," as in "When Bill ate Annie, tongue flicking at her clitoris like a velvet chainsaw, he made her cum so hard that she died." Some of you may scream in outrage, but the correct word in that context is "come," damn it.

(We need someone to rewrite the old Lenny Bruce song so it goes "Cum is a Substance, Come is a Verb.")


I don't know how accurate it is, but Wiktionary disagrees with you.

Noun

cum

1. (slang) Male semen.
2. (slang) Female ejaculatory discharge.

Synonyms

* (Semen): jizz, spunk

Verb

to cum (third-person singular simple present cums, present participle cumming, simple past came or cummed, past participle came, cum or cummed)

1. (slang) To have an orgasm; to ejaculate or to feel the sensation of an orgasm.
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Here's one that has bugged me since I was in grade school ...

People writing 'alright'.

That is not all right at all.

Well said!
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