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  1. #181
    Quote Originally Posted by NSDukeFan View Post
    I ... It reminds me of “with all due respect “... or even better “no offence...”
    Quote Originally Posted by Reilly View Post
    "In [Sagegrouse's] humble opinion" ...
    Quote Originally Posted by BD80 View Post
    I thought he gave up the pretense ...
    Quote Originally Posted by OldPhiKap View Post
    Yeah, I think it is more properly “in Sagegrouse’s [humble] opinion.”
    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.

  2. #182
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    Quote Originally Posted by Reilly View Post
    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.
    All of these are used as invisibility shields that prevent anyone from being offended by what is said next. I’m not sure that it always works.

  3. #183
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    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.

  4. #184
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    "I got this", or "You've got this". Makes me wanna puke when I hear that..lol

  5. #185
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    Quote Originally Posted by Devilwin View Post
    "I got this", or "You've got this". Makes me wanna puke when I hear that..lol
    I actually like both of these phrases, although technically the first one should be "I've" got this. Still, I enjoy its brevity and its confidence.

    Even better is "on it" or "I'm on it" in response to an assigned task.

  6. #186
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    I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
    "My bad."

    Yes it is, and that phrase of hyper-obvious accountability does not absolve you from ridicule.

  7. #187
    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.

  8. #188
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    Quote Originally Posted by KnightDevil View Post

    Words I like for no apparent reason: penultimate, dodgy, daft, vapid, and splendid.
    That should read, dodgy, daft, vapid, penultimate, and splendid.

  9. #189
    Quote Originally Posted by rasputin View Post
    That should read, dodgy, daft, vapid, penultimate, and splendid.
    should this be: "That should read 'dodgy, daft, vapid, penultimate, and splendid'"? I do like your re-ordering of the words.

    I guess the use of commas belongs in a different thread.

  10. #190
    Quote Originally Posted by DukieInKansas View Post
    ... I guess the use of commas belongs in a different thread ...
    Maybe even on a different message board? I thought; we were a semicolon crowd.

  11. #191
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    Since we're talking about grammar

    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

  12. #192
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    If I hear “dilly dilly” one more time, I’ll snap.

    Oxford comma, and two spaces after a period. Always.

  13. #193

    Cool Grammar and Music

    Oxford comma always.
    Oxford Comma is also an enjoyable song by Vampire Weekend.

  14. #194
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    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)

  15. #195
    Quote Originally Posted by KnightDevil View Post
    Oxford comma always.
    Oxford Comma is also an enjoyable song by Vampire Weekend.
    Agreed. That last comma is the difference between civilization and anarchy.

    One word that really annoys me: synergy.

    I hate it, and I especially hate to hear it in nearly every meeting.

  16. #196
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    Quote Originally Posted by OldPhiKap View Post
    If I hear “dilly dilly” one more time, I’ll snap.

    Oxford comma, and two spaces after a period. Always.
    I agree completely with all of the above.

    I recently learned that the Oxford comma is also sometimes referred to as the Harvard comma. I don't like that. I'm sticking with Oxford. Although perhaps it could be called the Duke of the north comma?

  17. #197
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    Quote Originally Posted by rsvman View Post
    I agree completely with all of the above.

    I recently learned that the Oxford comma is also sometimes referred to as the Harvard comma. I don't like that. I'm sticking with Oxford. Although perhaps it could be called the Duke of the north comma?
    Maybe *safety* comma.
    [redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.

  18. #198
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    I’m claiming the Duke; semicolon. It is a randomly-placed semicolon, also known as a “Shatner.”

  19. #199
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    Quote Originally Posted by OldPhiKap View Post
    Oxford comma, and two spaces after a period. Always.
    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

  20. #200
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    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

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