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post Nov 10 2008, 12:07 AM
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the "i'm doing good" thing bothers me greatly. i, too, yell at people who say that to me.

i also hate when people end their sentences with prepositions. there is still great debate on whether this would be grammatically correct/incorrect, but i really don't care; i dislike it whether it's correct or not.
 
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post Nov 10 2008, 05:20 PM
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QUOTE(synkro @ Nov 10 2008, 12:07 AM) *
the "i'm doing good" thing bothers me greatly. i, too, yell at people who say that to me.

Oh My Goodness I yell at people too. I only yell at them if they say it that way tree times or more though. Because I do not want to lose a friend for being a grammar Nazi.
 
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post Nov 10 2008, 05:44 PM
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Yeah stuff like that totally pisses me off.

You know how some people put gushy shit on their AIM/MSN/whatever status/away message/profile?
Like "Baby, you're my everything" or they put their date there "04.23.08<3"

I remember seeing "baby, I wouldn't give the world for you<33"

It's pretty funny. It's as if they just take a few words, "baby", "give", and "world" and then throw in other words to make it a sentence or something.
 
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post Nov 10 2008, 07:49 PM
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^ "I wouldn't give the world for you" doesn't make sense, haha.

I always learned that "well" was the correct word. It just sounds strange to me when people said "I did good".
 
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post Nov 10 2008, 07:56 PM
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Ah, forgot to put that in.
That's what I meant, though ;D
 
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post Nov 10 2008, 08:10 PM
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I could have sworn there was a topic like this - from you - wayy back. Haha. Strikeout. I realize you just mentioned that. ;P

But yeah, I don't really mind when people go "I could care less," since they're prolly just being sarcastic .. or don't even know half of what they're saying.
 
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post Nov 10 2008, 08:56 PM
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QUOTE(Gigi @ Nov 9 2008, 01:14 PM) *
I never really made that much of a deal out of it until I had a meeting with my counselor once, and she asked me how I was doing, and I replied with "I'm doing well, thank you." And she complimented me on my good grammar. So using "well" correctly makes a good impression.

What if someone asked "How are you?" Is it okay to say "I'm good" instead of "I'm well" then? _unsure.gif
 
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post Nov 10 2008, 11:40 PM
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"i'm fine" rolleyes.gif
 
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post Nov 18 2008, 11:21 AM
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I hate it when people say "I could really give two shits about so and so" when they mean "I couldn't really give two shits about so and so" or "I don't give a shit about so and so."

I also hate it when people say "In Leimus Terms" or "In Lamest Terms" when it's supposed to be "In Layman's Terms."
 
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post Nov 18 2008, 12:25 PM
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"This page intentionally left blank"

irritates the crap outta me. If you meant to leave it blank, why write anything? By writing anything, whether you meant to or not, you aren't fulfilling your stated goal, which was to leave the page blank.

QUOTE(heartquasm @ Nov 18 2008, 11:21 AM) *
I also hate it when people say "In Leimus Terms" or "In Lamest Terms" when it's supposed to be "In Layman's Terms."



On the other hand, if they truly are lame, then their comment would still be valid, because they would be speaking from the POV of 'In lamest terms'...
Reason for edit: posts merged
 
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post Nov 18 2008, 03:00 PM
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QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Nov 8 2008, 11:28 AM) *
does it drive you crazy when people say "i could care less" instead of "i couldn't care less"?
it makes me crazy, becuase it makes no sense. why do 50% of people say this phrase wrong? my brother says it to me all the time and i don't understand why he can't figure out that it's wrong. if you're trying to say you don't care, and you say you COULD care less...then you're saying you care. you have to care to be able to care less.
i think i already made a topic about this before, but it's just one of those things that gets to me for some reason.
what are other things like this that people say wrong all the time to you?


Actually, i was thinking about this subject just the other day and thinking about how it didn't make sense too, so I know what you mean.
 
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post Nov 18 2008, 04:00 PM
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QUOTE(Joannnnnne @ Nov 10 2008, 07:56 PM) *
What if someone asked "How are you?" Is it okay to say "I'm good" instead of "I'm well" then? _unsure.gif

When I go places and someone asks "How are you?" I usually just say "Good, you?". It would probably sound weird to them if I said, "Well, you?".
 
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post Nov 18 2008, 04:41 PM
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Yeah, true. It'd sound like you're mocking them and going "Psht, well how about you???"
 
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post Nov 18 2008, 05:22 PM
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I would probably just say "Fine, thank you" to avoid the confusion, and yet also satisfy the grammar Nazi within me.
 
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post Nov 18 2008, 09:15 PM
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I hate when people mix up: "They're, Their and There"
 
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post Nov 18 2008, 09:19 PM
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i hate hate hate when people pronounce similar "simular" WHTFDSFJDKLSFKLSD
 
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post Nov 18 2008, 09:53 PM
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When people say "Irregardless of such-and-such..." I tend to giggle.
Regardless doesn't require Ir, because then it negates it. (To be honest I only learned this a month ago.

OMG SPEAK OF THE DEVIL I was watching the Real Housewives of Atlanta and Nene said "Shoo I couldn't care less."

Finally, Lil Mama was talking on ABDC and she said "You know, You guy's always cease to Amaze Me!"
You mean they suck?
 
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post Nov 18 2008, 10:03 PM
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^ ME TOO on 'irregardless'!!!!! I laughed so hard when I heard this girl say "irre-f*cking-gardless" because it just sounded so ridiculous.
 
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post Nov 18 2008, 10:08 PM
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I would've slapped that bitch so fast...
"Well, you're irre-f*cking-stupid."
 
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post Nov 18 2008, 10:11 PM
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I just looked it up:

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ir·re·gard·less
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(nonstandard) See regardless

[Early 20th century. Origin uncertain: probably a blend of irrespective and regardless .]
 

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