Originally posted by northernladuk
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
Exactly. It's an attempt to subliminally suggest "This is so", or "so be it", like an all-knowing oracle uttering unassailable words of wisdom.
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Originally posted by malvolio View Post
Beginning with "so" is incorrect, if there is no preceding statement from which this statement follows on, or if "so" is followed by a justifying statement (as in, "So, because people start speaking with the word 'so', they are irritating f***wits"). "So, I'm James and I'm a f***wit" is grammatically incorrect.
"So, I'm the departmental head. My name is Dee, and I'm part mental!"Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostWhen people use literally incorrectly. Only this morning some put in our chat they 'literally drank their bodyweight on Friday night'Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
And why is that? It's not incorrect.Leave a comment:
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When people use literally incorrectly. Only this morning some put in our chat they 'literally drank their bodyweight on Friday night'Leave a comment:
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"To be fair...." - someone trying to justify something they know doesn't have support of others
"I, personally, ....." - as opposed to someone else personally?Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
Maybe he wanted to sound vaguely Japanese, in the (probably forlorn) hope of subliminally encouraging renowned Japanese speed and efficiency in his staff!Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by HoofHearted View PostSo, beginning a sentence with a conjunction really gets my goatLeave a comment:
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Originally posted by La Petite Valse View PostA project manager used to always start his meetings with "okay..."
But, instead of pronouncing it okay he would, bizarrely, pronounce it "hock-eye" instead. Maybe he had some kind of speech impediment, or something, but it really got my goat.Leave a comment:
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