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I truly hope people say things like that for the shock value. Otherwise....
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Originally Posted by Drover
That's one I haven't heard in a long time. And yes, the phrase was meant for emphasis; using the past form implies that we're in such a hurry we should have left already.
Actually it's a catchphrase from an old TV show. The Cisco Kid's sidekick Pancho said it often. Pancho was the comic relief in the show and his broken English was one of the sources of humor. "Let's went, Cisco", didn't imply urgency, just ignorance.
I'm a tolerant man. I'm not the Spelling Police or the Grammar Police. I can overlook many things with a smile and loving understanding. But I cannot, I will not, stay silent when someone says, 'conversate.' Call me rude. Call me a snob. Call me a troll, but I hate that non-word with a passion that burns deep within my soul and has the red hot intensity of two thousand burning suns.
Theatergypsy is correct. (Otherwise, my 7th grade English teacher would be rolling over in her grave, Drover.) Pronouns | Grammar Rules (see rule #5)
Theatergypsy is only half-correct. "Than" in this context can be either a conjunction or a preposition. If "than" is used as a preposition, then "me" is correctly used as the object of the preposition.
I hear people use "simplistic" to mean, well, "simple." And I don't think they realize that calling their designs simplistic is not exactly flattering! : "I have created something that is naive and lacks any sense of complexity. I hope you like it."
Being a Baseball coach, I hate the phrase, 'giving 110%'. I just hate it!!!
You can't give 100and 10 %. It just isn't possible, nobody ever actually
gives 100 %.
Being a Baseball coach, I hate the phrase, 'giving 110%'. I just hate it!!!
You can't give 100and 10 %. It just isn't possible, nobody ever actually
gives 100 %.
ROFL, I just read that phrase again in the newspaper last night and was thinking, "I HATE when people say that..."
I did not read all previous posts so this may have been mentioned already. One of my pet peeves is _ etc. _ Lots of people say it "eck-setera" when it really is short for et cetera.
I have to chime in on the "acrossed" or as it sounds to me, "acrosst". Isn't it either across or crossed?
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: "I have created something that is naive and lacks any sense of complexity. I hope you like it."
