I want to murder people who say or write...

[Anonymous]

You might hear my friends and me say "it is what it is, yo" but we're quoting Faith from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. That statement is not acceptable without the "yo" and the social context.

PP, I'm with you on "happily". More frequently, it's "fortunately", as in "fortunately, it didn't rain".

And for the non-native English speaker and the ending of sentences in prepositions, avoid "at" and you'll be fine. It would sound terribly pretentious to say "from where do you come". "Where are you from" is just fine. "Where are you at" is NOT fine. Sorry, no easy-to-remember rule here. You know English... it's more exceptions than rules!

[Anonymous]

Everyone on this board that says “that said“, “with that being said“ or “for what it's worth“. Morons. Just say what you intend to say without qualifying it with a meaningless, overused phrase.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone on this board that says “that said“, “with that being said“ or “for what it's worth“. Morons. Just say what you intend to say without qualifying it with a meaningless, overused phrase.

Disagree. All these are very useful phrases in an appropriate context.

[Anonymous]

"I can't recall" ESPECIALLY when DH says it. . .can never "recall" anything!!

[Anonymous]

"Stated" instead of "said".

"utilize" instead of "use".

Didn't we have this conversation already?

[Anonymous]

For what is it's worth, personally, I am livin' the dream.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You might hear my friends and me say "it is what it is, yo" but we're quoting Faith from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. That statement is not acceptable without the "yo" and the social context.

PP, I'm with you on "happily". More frequently, it's "fortunately", as in "fortunately, it didn't rain".

And for the non-native English speaker and the ending of sentences in prepositions, avoid "at" and you'll be fine. It would sound terribly pretentious to say "from where do you come". "Where are you from" is just fine. "Where are you at" is NOT fine. Sorry, no easy-to-remember rule here. You know English... it's more exceptions than rules!

I prefer to say "where are you at" because without "at" it seems very brusque. I just imagine this very attitude-y "ugh, where ARE you" Valley Girl-esque voice. I feel like "where are you" seems more inconvenienced than "where are you at."

I don't know why. It's me, it's not you. I'm sorry.

[Anonymous]

I have to admit many of the aforementioned items don't annoy me at all.

The only thing that does irritate me is the "utilize" things - e.g. on a plane when they tell you "We will be commencing the beverage service" etc.

The purpose of language is communication, not proving what an over-educated snob you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"in regards to," it's "in regard to"

actually, it's "with regard to"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone on this board that says “that said“, “with that being said“ or “for what it's worth“. Morons. Just say what you intend to say without qualifying it with a meaningless, overused phrase.

Morons? Really?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My neighbor calling me at 5am to say, "You got to do something about that baby crying, it's every morning..." Yes he cries once sometime between 5-8am. He is 9 weeks old! He is a baby, he gets hungry...

I want to scream on the top of my lungs because she is clearly trying to make me feel bad that my infant cries. For 10 minutes. Once at night. I feel so lucky and then she goes and ruins it by being a b*tch.

Call her one morning at 5 AM and say "listen, baby isn't crying!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:so please save me!!!
how do I ask where one is from without sounding like a complete ignorant????

"Are you from the area?"

[Anonymous]

I really, really hate, "I feel badly". Sometimes I say, "I'm so sorry you've lost your sense of touch". or, alternatively, "do you ever feel goodly"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never actually want to murder anybody for grammatical offenses,but I do often consider people with too much time on their hands to be a random annoyance.

Yes, this. Murder is a bit much....

[Anonymous]

The person who says nothing more than "this". Learn how to use your words or don't bother typing up an answer.