Things People Say but Shouldn’t Say
I wanted to put some things here which people say frequently, but which are, in fact, incorrect. So, just don’t say these things anymore, it’ll be great! I’ll just start with this first one:
2008:
“A Whole ‘Nuther”
June 25th: “Big of a deal”
June 30th: “A myriad of” – APPARENTLY, as my esteemed colleague and “brother” has pointed out to me, myriad is a noun too. THUS! I am wrong.
July 6th: Overusing ‘Actually’
July 10th: “All of the sudden” – “a” works much better here
July 11th: “For all intensive purposes” – “intents and” is the way to go. What the hell is an intensive purpose? I’d love to meet one someday.
July 15th: ”Based off of” – on.
August 5th: ”Yeah, no.” Which is it?
November 20th: “As per.”
November 21st: Creative as a noun. Gross.
November 22nd: “It means when…”
December 24th: “Butt Naked” – Buck. It’s Buck.
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Can I add to this list, please?
“Guesstimate” (noun or verb form)
“Heighth”
“Mediums” (unless you’re talking about those who communicate with the dead, and even then it’s questionable)
Any marketing jargon
… and for the love of God, please use “literally” only when you mean it.
“Irregardless”, I am horrified to report, is now IN THE WEBSTER DICTIONARY.
The definition:
adv. Nonstandard.
Regardless.
i’ve been telling people that
DAESH ONOTOLE V PRAVITELI VSELENNOI!
Nice site, thanks for information!
Not bad… Not bad.
“Recent criticism of the use of myriad as a noun, both in the plural form myriads and in the phrase a myriad of, seems to reflect a mistaken belief that the word was originally and is still properly only an adjective. As the entries here show, however, the noun is in fact the older form, dating to the 16th century. The noun myriad has appeared in the works of such writers as Milton (plural myriads) and Thoreau (a myriad of), and it continues to occur frequently in reputable English. There is no reason to avoid it.”
-Websters
Jesus Christ, Ethan.
Um, but, like, aren’t you forgetting something?
Should of, would of, could of.
Overheard the other day: “My brother and I literally do not get along.”
Hello everyone. I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.
I am from Kuwait and bad know English, give please true I wrote the following sentence: “Imitrex is used for the short term treatment of most types of.”
Best regards
, Dot.
Excuse me. If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
I am from Comoros and also am speaking English, give please true I wrote the following sentence: “Question I have taken imitrex for migraine when needed for several years is there a chance of the combination of imitrex and paxil causing an adverse.”
THX
, Field.
To manage such a human life is nozt enough, the life expectancy of members of elite families on average – years.
I am from Nauru and too bad know English, give please true I wrote the following sentence: “How does being able to jump help a flea that looking for blood.”
Regards
Selma.