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| Thread ID: 125106 | 2012-06-07 01:15:00 | Hated phrases | Richard (739) | PC World Chat |
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| 1280127 | 2012-06-07 05:25:00 | They aren't taking the stands anywhere - they're standing on them! en.wikipedia.org Just like cricket commentators with their 'he walks out to the wicket'. News flash guys - the wicket is 3 small sticks of wood at either end of the PITCH. Its that PITCH he's walking out to, not the 'wicket'. Really annoys me when they say that. I'd be a bit worried of they took the stand. Burglary in court is not acceptable :D |
Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1280128 | 2012-06-07 05:41:00 | "Hone in on" whatever it is that they are talking about. I always thought it meant "to sharpen". "Hone" by itself does mean "to sharpen" - but what you're talking about is a misuse (but accepted) of "Home in on" |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1280129 | 2012-06-07 06:22:00 | Yes. But not concernING. Well, it's slowly becoming the norm. Like "dis". As in disrespecting. Some illiterate twat starts it and next thing it's everywhere. Doesn't make it right.? I was asking if it was wrong, I wouldn't normally use concerning in that fashion but I struggle to understand how it's ok to add "ing" to only one meaning of a word. English is a haphazard language as evidenced by the fact that apparently concern has two meanings but concerning only has one. I wasn't aware of this one until today. It would seem to follow that if I can "have a concern" and something "concerns me"(ok dual meaning on that one) that it could be described as "concerning". Certainly it's not in the same league as "arksking a question" as far as grammatical errors go. I get annoyed at common misuses becoming accepted also, I just never knew about that one. My pet hate is "must of", "should of", "could of" instead of "must have", "should have", "could have" |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1280130 | 2012-06-07 06:36:00 | Decimated. When they really mean almost all. Decimated really meaning 1/10th |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1280131 | 2012-06-07 07:54:00 | Alledged. There could be 10,000 witnesses and it would still be used! Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1280132 | 2012-06-07 07:58:00 | Weather clowns saying fog will get burnt off by the sun. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1280133 | 2012-06-07 08:33:00 | Weather clowns saying fog will get burnt off by the sun. It's a common enough phrase worldwide. Basically describes the process when the sun heats up the air sufficiently so the water content in the fog evaporates and becomes invisible. Burnt off by the sun is a pretty apt description. :) |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1280134 | 2012-06-07 08:43:00 | Lost their battle with cancer... a battle?For some people, they have been battling for survival through various treatments. | Jen (38) | ||
| 1280135 | 2012-06-07 08:54:00 | "Should of" "Could of" "Would of" |
somebody (208) | ||
| 1280136 | 2012-06-07 09:38:00 | It's a common enough phrase worldwide. Basically describes the process when the sun heats up the air sufficiently so the water content in the fog evaporates and becomes invisible. Burnt off by the sun is a pretty apt description. :) You cant burn water lol |
prefect (6291) | ||
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