Yes, I was trying to Sage the credit he deserves for his awareness that "in my humble opinion" rarely means that, just like "with all due respect" and "no offense" rarely mean what they purport to.
So shouldn't "end" a sentence either (referencing someone upthread who I believe said it shouldn't "start" a sentence, IIRC).
Um
Just
Anyway especially when followed or preceded by so, um, just or but
Now, excuse me, those *&^% urchins are trampling my recently mowed grass.
[redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.
"I got this", or "You've got this". Makes me wanna puke when I hear that..lol
"My bad."
Yes it is, and that phrase of hyper-obvious accountability does not absolve you from ridicule.
A category of words I do not like: Non-words when real words will do. Two recent examples.
1. In a group text, A mentioned something good that had just happened to him. B replies, "Jelly!"
2. A friend sent me a recipe after I enjoyed the breakfast she had cooked. Along with the link to the recipe, she texted, "Brekkie."
Would it have been so difficult to text "jealous" (although envious would have been more accurate) or "breakfast?"
Words I like for no apparent reason: penultimate, dodgy, daft, vapid, and splendid.
The Oxford comma — the often-skipped second comma in a series like “A, B, and C” — is an unnecessary nuisance or a sacred defender of clarity? Review and discuss: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/u...mma-maine.html
Rich
"Failure is Not a Destination"
Coach K on the Dan Patrick Show, December 22, 2016
If I hear “dilly dilly” one more time, I’ll snap.
Oxford comma, and two spaces after a period. Always.
Oxford comma always.
Oxford Comma is also an enjoyable song by Vampire Weekend.
Using ‘disinterested’ to mean ‘uninterested’ (disinterested means having no stake in the outcome: a referee or judge should be disinterested)
Using ‘flaunt’ to mean ‘flout’ (flaunt means to parade or display oneself conspicuously)
Using ‘refute’ to mean allege to be false or try to refute (it means to conclusively prove to be false)
I’m claiming the Duke; semicolon. It is a randomly-placed semicolon, also known as a “Shatner.”
This one's for you, my friend -- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.151943d18562
Rich
"Failure is Not a Destination"
Coach K on the Dan Patrick Show, December 22, 2016
I refuse to shop or do business (if I can) at a place that intentionally misspelled it's name to seem cool/edgy or even worse... flips a letter backwards.
Examples:
X-treme
Skool
Kewl
Pictures R Us (but the R would be backwards)
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge" -Stephen Hawking