I can't take it anymore. (meaning, quote, difference)
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Doesn't anybody know the word "emigrate"? Do these writers have the same amount of trouble with bring/take, or with come/go?
Several years back, I recall seeing a HUGE graffiti scrawl on a vacant building, displaying the following message: Emigrants rob jobs from Americans
So...the person who shared those thoughts with the world did know the word, "emigrant", although he clearly did not know the meaning of it. However, I guess that this should not be surprising in regard to people who write on walls as a pastime.
Concerning your other question, some folks do have a problem with bring/take and come/go, and--in fact--a friend of mine from college not only had difficulty with those concepts but also reversed the meanings of make/made and let/allow.
We both became teachers, and I can recall him telling me something along the lines of, "I made him go to the lavatory", rather than, "I let (or allowed) him to go to the lavatory". Similarly, he used the term, "let", incorrectly. While I found this type of mistake on his part to be almost mind-boggling for an intelligent person, the fact of the matter is that he constantly confused the meanings of those two words.
Something that I find particularly puzzling is the use of, "off", when somebody actually means to say, "on".
To what am I referring?
I am referring to people who say/write things like, "Then the alarm went off".
Based on the context clues in their speech/writing, they actually mean that, "the alarm went ON".
Something that I find particularly puzzling is the use of, "off", when somebody actually means to say, "on".
To what am I referring?
I am referring to people who say/write things like, "Then the alarm went off".
Based on the context clues in their speech/writing, they actually mean that, "the alarm went ON".
I don't know... seems to me that is really splitting hairs. If my alarm goes off, I'm probably going to say it went off. The alternative way to say it is that the alarm came on, not went on.
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