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09-06-2008, 12:29 PM
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Using "good" for "well": Man, you did good. (blech)
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09-06-2008, 12:34 PM
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^^ and speaking of "well," using "well" as a filler.
"um" is bad enough, but dragging out "welllllllllll" when you've got nothing to say, or to prove a point is obnox.
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09-06-2008, 01:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Benzgirl
Using "good" for "well": Man, you did good. (blech)
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A teacher at my job did this yesterday. I wanted to flick her in the back of the head and say "Stop telling that boy he did GOOD, we're supposed to be helping him improve his grammar!"
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09-07-2008, 10:31 AM
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Quote:
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Using "good" for "well": Man, you did good. (blech)
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My 10th grade English teach did that all the time! 
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09-07-2008, 02:06 PM
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Well, it's possible in the Delta Gamma sense to Do Good, but I don't think that's what you all mean.
It wasn't praise for humanitarian efforts, I bet.
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09-08-2008, 11:06 PM
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I cringe when I hear alreaty instead of already!
One thing that seems popular is adding 'ly' or 'y' to everything. IE "she just seems so mally"
To a previous post, when I started my job as a barista, I said expresso. I was ridiculed till I pronounced the word correctly. I now cringe when I hear it pronounced incorrectly.
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09-11-2008, 05:12 PM
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Misplaced modifiers:
"I only want the pink one." It should be, "I want ONLY the pink one."
You don't only want, you want only...
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09-11-2008, 11:35 PM
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I was at a presentation in class last night in which the presenter repeatedly said "detail orientated" instead of "detail oriented."
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09-12-2008, 03:58 AM
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who, whom, subject and object people!
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09-17-2008, 05:45 PM
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Nucular instead of nuclear.
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09-17-2008, 06:06 PM
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Pacific
meaning a certain thing.
Example today, at our twice-monthly staff meeting: "..what pacificially are we supposed to do with these applications?"
I died a little on the inside.
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09-17-2008, 07:18 PM
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lose vs. loose, as in I'm going to loose my mind if I don't get these shoelaces lose.
Ahhhhh...
And supposively...my SIL does it, and she is a teacher!
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09-18-2008, 08:30 AM
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And supposively...my SIL does it, and she is a teacher!
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Supposively, huh? 
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09-18-2008, 08:57 AM
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What I get tired of is all the people who come to GC asking for "advise." I mean, I know we all type too fast sometimes, but it amazes me how often this one pops up.
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