Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I hate "the bottom line is" because my dear husband says it a hundred times a day.
Also loathe corporate-speak, in any form. I wish they'd all "move forward" and "circle the drain" with their "sweet spots" and "low-hanging fruit". Yech.
Yeah. And I wish they'd all go on a "vacay". I hate those little baby talk abbreviated words that get used over and over again.
The one that I hate the most is "graduated college" instead of graduated from college. I don't know when that started but it makes me cringe when I hear it.
Well, back in the days when they actually taught grammar, I recall a teacher telling us ways to know the appropriate use of the pronouns, "I" and "me". Generally if the pronoun is the subject of a sentence, "I" is appropriate, and if it's used as the object of a preposition (ie, to, about, for, with, towards, by, etc.) the appropriate word is "me". Since it seems a lot of folks seem to think that the pronoun "I" should be used any time it's added to another name (as in "Bobby and I"), this teacher told us an easy way to remember which was right was to take the other name out to see if "I" or "me" by itself sounded better. As in "Bobby and I" went for a ride", as opposed to "Bobby and me went for a ride". Well, no doubts as to which of "I went for a ride," vs. "Me went for a ride" is appropriate. Or "Our friends came with Bobby and I" or .....Bobby and me", leaving Bobby out would leave "Our friends came with I," or our friends came with me". Though there's a tendency (very annoying to me when I see it) for people to say Bobby and I after a proposition, seeing the pronoun alone in context makes it easier to use the correct one. And of course, one of the rules of grammar is to put the pronoun I or me after the other nouns or pronouns in the sentence. So "me and Bobby" is never correct.
That's silly logic. Why does the sentence have to remain the same whether you are referring to yourself and Bobby versus just yourself? If you were to say "Bobby and I hurt ourselves" does that mean without Bobby it would be "I hurt ourselves"?
Just the rules of grammar, ma'am. Though if you got hurt but Bobby didn't because he wasn't there you'd likely say, "I hurt myself.
Worse: Server asking "How are we doing?" or, "What are we having this evening?"
We are not dining together...
To which I always respond, "I don't know how you are doing, but I'm doing fine".
Another use of the royal we I find rather amusing is when a couple says, "WE" are pregnant. Meaning the father is pregnant too.? I always wonder how he managed that.....
Last edited by Hyperthetic; 11-11-2019 at 11:56 AM..
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
