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Me fail English? That's unpossible!

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Rusty Shackleford, Aug 26, 2010.

  1. Crash

    Crash Active Member

    This is a little bit different, but you know what I hate (and our president is terrible at it): dig yourself out of a hole.

    For example: "We're trying to dig out of the hole that is the bad economy."

    No, you're not. Digging out of a hole makes no sense.
     
  2. Flip Wilson

    Flip Wilson Well-Known Member

    That article was very unique.
     
  3. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    I used to deal with reporters who didn't understand the that-which/restrictive-nonrestrictive thing.
    Now I deal with academics who don't understand it.
    It's quite vexing.
     
  4. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    Actually, if you were in a hole deep enough that you couldn't climb out of it, but you had a shovel, you could dig your way. You would just dig at an upward angle.
     
  5. WBarnhouse

    WBarnhouse Member

    Buck:

    That which I find vexing.
     
  6. albert77

    albert77 Well-Known Member

    It's six of one-half, dozen or the other, right?
     
  7. bydesign77

    bydesign77 Active Member

    Two that drive me nuts:

    It's "champing at the bit" not "chomping." Most people don't get that one.

    Also, it's "ex-ce-tra" rather than the correct "et-cet-er-a" (should be 4 syllables; no "x"). and the abbreviation for that is etc., not ect.
     
  8. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    It also should be noted that the spell check in Word has ruined the ability of otherwise educated adults to understand the rule for prefixes and hyphenation.
     
  9. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    Da woman says that and it drives me berserk every time.
     
  10. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    Also, you take a different tack, not a different tact.

    I want to say it's from sailing -- tacking is changing directions, no?
     
  11. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    Tack is alignment to the wind, so it determines direction.
     
  12. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    The chair is not my son!
     
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