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Expressions You Hate!
Monika:
--- Quote from: Kerry on November 19, 2008, 04:12:43 pm ---
Her response? She said, "Imagine you're a team of one."
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;D ;D ;D
Kerry:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on November 19, 2008, 04:29:54 pm ---I always laugh when I hear someone say:
"I don't mean/want to complain, but"
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And "I'm not a racist, but . . . . " :-\
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Kerry on November 19, 2008, 04:12:43 pm ---a team of one."
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For some unfathomable reason, the United States Army has adopted the slogan, "An Army of One," in its recruiting ads. :-\
Brokeback_Dev:
--- Quote from: oilgun on November 17, 2008, 03:08:26 pm ---I picked the same one as BrokebackDev but for different reasons: Shouldn't of
Is that as in "I should not of done that?" Obviously the correct way is "Shouldn't HAVE" . It's amazing how many intelligent people substitute OF for HAVE, it's certainly rampant on the net.
English is not my first language and I know I often mangle my sentences but this OF business drives me NUTS!
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I began to type shouldn't have because I do know thats the way to use proper english, but thats how it was read so thats how I used it. :)
Brokeback_Dev:
Plus you've got to remember we use a lot of slang when speaking the american engilish language, so we tend to use it when we are writing informal things like IDK message boards!
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