Word use that drives you up the wall!
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"Ride" instead of: Car, truck, etc.
White guy ebonics...
White guy ebonics...
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"Up the wall" as in "Word use that drives you up the wall." What and where is said wall, and how does one get up it?
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Adding to the already lengthy list is the all-too-common misuse of the pronouns "I" and "me."
Correct: My sister and I went to the mall.
Incorrect: My brother accompanied my sister and I to the mall.
Correct: My brother accompanied my sister and me to the mall.
Correct: My sister and I went to the mall.
Incorrect: My brother accompanied my sister and I to the mall.
Correct: My brother accompanied my sister and me to the mall.
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They're
There
Their
I've lost count of how many times I've hit reply, wanting to correct someone on a forum (this and others).
Never have hit the submit button.
There
Their
I've lost count of how many times I've hit reply, wanting to correct someone on a forum (this and others).
Never have hit the submit button.
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speach - Please it's speech!
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Not trolling but I hate it when people use that "word." In fact it's not even a real word, the word is regardless. You might've been making a joke and if you were I apologize because it's hard to sense humor in text.rdhetrick wrote:I have a few, but I usually don't comment on them irregardless of who their from....
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Jaguar wrote:I need more coffee, its to early in the mourning and this is making my head hurt.
Irregardless - I hate that.
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People who say "you" instead of "thou" as the second person singular pronoun.
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DIY video for driving up the wall. "The Electric Company"G26ster wrote:"Up the wall" as in "Word use that drives you up the wall." What and where is said wall, and how does one get up it?
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Unless it's a peach of a speech. Then maybe they're just being economical with their syllables.Abraham wrote:speach - Please it's speech!
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Fortunately, it's not used anymore, but I always hated "groovy".
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Far out!
Outta sight!
Lame, sixties hippie speak, ugh...
Although, some mockingly said: Farm House, outta state!
Outta sight!
Lame, sixties hippie speak, ugh...
Although, some mockingly said: Farm House, outta state!
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Gravy, man!
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Prolly, it's just so cutesy...
Or, maybe the "Prolly" folk actually think "Probably" is spelled that way...
Or, maybe the "Prolly" folk actually think "Probably" is spelled that way...
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guilty...Abraham wrote:Prolly, it's just so cutesy...
Or, maybe the "Prolly" folk actually think "Probably" is spelled that way...
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