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I have a question ... which of the following sentences are correct?
1. I graduated from high school in 1990.
2. I was graduated from high school in 1990.
I recall an English teacher who asserted only #2 was correct.
Similarly, that teacher taught us that when most people use the phrase, "Hopefully, xxxxxx" they almost always should say "I hope xxxxxx" instead.
What say you?
I had a writing workshop instructor who told me that "Hopefully", which I used way too much, implies something personal that one is hopeful about. "Hopefully, I'll be pregnant this year" is therefore OK, while "Hopefully, the war in Bermuda ends soon" should be "I hope the war in Bermuda ends soon."
It bothers me when people say, "a light bulb went off" when describing when an idea, realization or epiphany happened. Shouldn't be, "a light bulb went on"? I mean, the light bulb goes off and you are in the dark. A light bulb goes on and you can see.
Good point.
Closely related: "based off". Things better be based ON something or gravity is going to cause a real problem.
And "play a factor" instead of "play a role/part" or "be a factor".
And: "Yeah; no." What in the world?
Finally: "confirm whether" instead of "confirm that". Since confirming means determining that something presumed to be true *is* true, it's inconsistent with the equivocation inherent in "whether".
I have a question ... which of the following sentences are correct?
1. I graduated from high school in 1990.
2. I was graduated from high school in 1990.
The second is better in the sense that it better describes what happened. Almost anything can become "correct" over time with enough support in popular usage, including usage #1 above, but if you read my diploma and translate it from Latin to English you will learn that my alma mater honored/decorated me with the grade/degree of bachelor of arts. The university was the actor; I wasn't.
Of course, in deciding how you want to say it you will probably want to consider the fact that most people will find #2 strange, and some of those same people will turn up their noses at people who say, "I graduated high school in 1990."
Closely related: "based off". Things better be based ON something or gravity is going to cause a real problem.
And "play a factor" instead of "play a role/part" or "be a factor".
And: "Yeah; no." What in the world?
Finally: "confirm whether" instead of "confirm that". Since confirming means determining that something presumed to be true *is* true, it's inconsistent with the equivocation inherent in "whether".
LOL!
Ending a sentence in "so", and not poetically:
"Yeah/no I'm just gonna take off of work so......" *people staring, waiting for sentence to be finished*
originally posted by hyperthetic my mother was lying on her back coming out of a brain hemorrhage and when the nurse' aid asked her, "how do you feel?", my mother answered, "with my hands".
I think we might be related.
And going all the way back to post #5:
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originally posted by reebo
-“he did a 360” when talking about people making a change. Then he’s facing the same direction he started from. He did a 180 if he changed.
When I was really little and my mom was dressing me and she told me to turn around, I'd do the 360. Her instruction was ambiguous, right?.
I had a writing workshop instructor who told me that "Hopefully", which I used way too much, implies something personal that one is hopeful about. "Hopefully, I'll be pregnant this year" is therefore OK, while "Hopefully, the war in Bermuda ends soon" should be "I hope the war in Bermuda ends soon."
I was taught not you use hopefully at all. But of course I do.
We have perfectly good words for the 'rest of your day'....afternoon, evening, and even....day.
And I'm flabbergasted by the number of educated people I encounter who use the word amount instead of number.
Hahaha, I don't like or use that, but almost all of my co-workers do. It has to do with being in an enclosed space and not knowing the specific time of day, while having to deal with endless streams of people. I've had more than a few strange looks form people when I've told them to have a good morning or afternoon and it's hours upon hours past that time of day. I guess my co-workers feel safer using a non specific phrase. I'll sometimes use 'enjoy the rest of your day', I think it sounds much better.
No, Sally is not a disorder. Sally HAS OCD. Sally could be OC, but not OCD.
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