If you say "sip on" rather than "sip," why?

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[Anonymous]

What waste time say lot word when few word do trick?

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Anonymous wrote:I've noticed a trend of adding "on" to verbs that don't really require it. My fitness instructor tells us to "grab on" our weights, a newspaper article I just read described someone as "sipping on" a matcha latte. "Grabbing" your weights and "sipping" your matcha latte is just as grammatically correct (if not more so), and simpler, so why has this linguistic trend appeared?

It’s just less educated ways of talking, like “I’m gonna get me a Coke” or saying “shook” when you mean “shaken.”

Can't me openly bragging about my ignorance of linguistics

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Anonymous wrote:My least favorite, that is said constantly in our school district, is "share out." As in, "we'll share out the survey results." Why not just share?

"Share" is ambiguous. "Out" conveys the direction of the transfer.

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Clowning on ignorant OP.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My least favorite, that is said constantly in our school district, is "share out." As in, "we'll share out the survey results." Why not just share?

"Share" is ambiguous. "Out" conveys the direction of the transfer.

Better to say “we’ll share the survey results with you.”

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Anonymous wrote:Clowning on ignorant OP.

This sentence is word salad.

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I'm fixin' to whup some a$$

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Sipping on involves a certain attitude and is a whole activity. Sipping is just sipping.

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Anonymous wrote:It's because people come from different parts of the country. There are a lot of variations of simple things like this, depending on where you live (or are from).

My least favorite right now is "On tomorrow" "On yesterday." So stupid sounding. Not sure what part of the country this is from but not a very well educated one.

Or doing something “on accident” instead of “by accident.”

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Anonymous wrote:I find it’s a linguistic trend to sound less educated than you are, particularly among Black people.

+1 to the first half. It's because Rs have made being educated sound like something to be ashamed of. I am so proud of being one of the "East Coast Elites" who have a college education and can speak correctly! So shoot me! Wait, has Trump taken over the authority to do that? Don't really shoot me.

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Anonymous wrote:

What waste time say lot word when few word do trick?

And why waste the letter s?

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Anonymous wrote:

LOL get a Jobby Job.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My least favorite, that is said constantly in our school district, is "share out." As in, "we'll share out the survey results." Why not just share?

"Share" is ambiguous. "Out" conveys the direction of the transfer.

How can you share without going out? Do you share with yourself?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm fixin' to whup some a$$

Open a can of whoop ass is how we say it in these parts.