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Old 01-09-2015, 01:19 PM
 
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Wife cringes when people use the 'word' supposevly for supposedly

Hear it all the time..
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Old 01-09-2015, 02:08 PM
 
Location: Paradise
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Or, more often - supposubly.
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Old 01-09-2015, 02:09 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Wife cringes when people use the 'word' supposevly for supposedly.
That should be supposably.

And another thing - (see what I did there?) - we seem to be mostly in agreement that starting a sentence with a conjunction isn't necessarily wrong. Can we also agree that a preposition can be a fine word to end a sentence with?
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Old 01-09-2015, 02:18 PM
 
Location: So Ca
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Can we also agree that a preposition can be a fine word to end a sentence with?
As long as you don't ask, "Where's it at?"

There's some disagreement about using a preposition at the end of a sentence on another thread here:
https://www.city-data.com/forum/writi...-unfairly.html
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Old 01-09-2015, 04:01 PM
 
Location: Richardson, TX
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That should be supposably.

And another thing - (see what I did there?) - we seem to be mostly in agreement that starting a sentence with a conjunction isn't necessarily wrong. Can we also agree that a preposition can be a fine word to end a sentence with?
It's not fine when adding it is superfluous, such as the above, "where it's at" or "where's it at." It's redundant.
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Old 01-09-2015, 07:56 PM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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As long as you don't ask, "Where's it at?"
Right before the at!

I heard that so many times when growing up, drove me crazy...and now I say it to correct others.
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Old 01-09-2015, 08:08 PM
 
Location: Elsewhere
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I've done that before. I get in a hurry and don't proofread thoroughly.

I feel like a doink when I discover it.
I found a "their" that should have been a "there" in one of my own posts, and it was too late to edit. I hate that.
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Old 01-09-2015, 10:15 PM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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I found a "their" that should have been a "there" in one of my own posts, and it was too late to edit. I hate that.
I do that two.
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Old 01-09-2015, 10:26 PM
 
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When people are discussing traveling and destinations, the question "Have you been?" sometimes pops up. I always thought the phrasing was weird, but probably correct.
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Old 01-09-2015, 10:27 PM
 
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Is positivity a real word?
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