So. You know the word "scapegoat"? Overheard: "You know, I hate it when my boyfriend tried to make like I'm his escape goat..." Can't you just picture it? A stealth goat that is used to escape dangerous situations? He'd probably need a goat sized mask. Maybe even a cape...
One gal thinks that the word "remind" means "to tell you something for the first time". As in, "I need to remind you that this is our new policy that you've never heard of before"- she thinks that is how you use it.
Another one- instead of condescending- condomsending. Uh, yeah. I'll leave it alone.
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Oooh! Can I axe you a question? What, pacificaly bothers you about the use of nucular weapons, irregardless of their efficiency?
(I find it sad that the spell check missed irregardless. That really bugs the hell outta me)
AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I may as well give up- this is clearly a lost cause.
"Anyhow, at my hubs job, there are a few Grammar Offenders that come up with some doozies."
Shouldn't those wicked people be Grammar Offenders WHO come up with some doozies?
Oh Jonathan... Even though I am wrong, I am glad that I still have you to tell me! :) Would you serve as he High Grammar Inquisitor?
The master prescriptivist, à vôtre service. I must tell you, though, that prescriptivism is frowned upon by actual linguists, such as the ones at Language Log. The best place to find it in a reasonable state of preservation is in handbooks for legal secretaries. (Lynn Truss and her spiritual sisters are repugnant, because they get it wrong so much of the time.)
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