I think for the longest time, it was stressed so strongly to use "and I" rather than "and me" or "me and" when the speaker is one of the subjects that there was an overcorrection and "I" is now much more commonly used as an object than "me" was ever used as a subject.
And it should be such an easy thing to figure out just by removing the other person from the sentence and see how it sounds.
"He told the story to Eric and I."
"He told the story to I." Yeah, that doesn't work.
Sometimes people type there, their or they're or too, to, or two, or your and you're, it's its', know no, won one, - just out of haste, not ignorance.
the one grammatical error that should be king here is the oxford comma and the fact some people try and argue against its' necessity makes it even more important.
People don't know what "per se" means. They often spell it "per say". And virtually no where outside of academic literature is it actually used correctly. It should almost be abolished in popular discourse since I think I just confuse people when I say it, because they're thinking of the per say version, which seems to be more of discourse marker (like a nervous tick for speakers, like uh or um).
Using "them" instead of "those" is one of my worst. I don't even hear myself say it but I do, often. As in "I was talking about them train tickets yesterday."
People don't know what "per se" means. They often spell it "per say". And virtually no where outside of academic literature is it actually used correctly. It should almost be abolished in popular discourse since I think I just confuse people when I say it, because they're thinking of the per say version, which seems to be more of discourse marker (like a nervous tick for speakers, like uh or um).
This is one that I use fairly frequently, but now I’m worried. Do you have examples of misuse? For example, “I’m not worried about the Big Cat’s new contract per se, but I am concerned about how we gave up draft picks simply so we could assess him in the locker room.” Okay? Or not not okay use?
People don't know what "per se" means. They often spell it "per say". And virtually no where outside of academic literature is it actually used correctly. It should almost be abolished in popular discourse since I think I just confuse people when I say it, because they're thinking of the per say version, which seems to be more of discourse marker (like a nervous tick for speakers, like uh or um).
This is one that I use fairly frequently, but now I’m worried. Do you have examples of misuse? For example, “I’m not worried about the Big Cat’s new contract per se, but I am concerned about how we gave up draft picks simply so we could assess him in the locker room.” Okay? Or not not okay use?
perfect use of "per se" which basically means "in and of itself"
People don't know what "per se" means. They often spell it "per say". And virtually no where outside of academic literature is it actually used correctly. It should almost be abolished in popular discourse since I think I just confuse people when I say it, because they're thinking of the per say version, which seems to be more of discourse marker (like a nervous tick for speakers, like uh or um).
This is one that I use fairly frequently, but now I’m worried. Do you have examples of misuse? For example, “I’m not worried about the Big Cat’s new contract per se, but I am concerned about how we gave up draft picks simply so we could assess him in the locker room.” Okay? Or not not okay use?
perfect use of "per se" which basically means "in and of itself"
People don't know what "per se" means. They often spell it "per say". And virtually no where outside of academic literature is it actually used correctly. It should almost be abolished in popular discourse since I think I just confuse people when I say it, because they're thinking of the per say version, which seems to be more of discourse marker (like a nervous tick for speakers, like uh or um).
This is one that I use fairly frequently, but now I’m worried. Do you have examples of misuse? For example, “I’m not worried about the Big Cat’s new contract per se, but I am concerned about how we gave up draft picks simply so we could assess him in the locker room.” Okay? Or not not okay use?
You're good. That makes sense. It literally means "by itself".
I was going to go with grammatical errors but I was being ironic. Or was I?
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This is my #1.
I think for the longest time, it was stressed so strongly to use "and I" rather than "and me" or "me and" when the speaker is one of the subjects that there was an overcorrection and "I" is now much more commonly used as an object than "me" was ever used as a subject.
And it should be such an easy thing to figure out just by removing the other person from the sentence and see how it sounds.
"He told the story to Eric and I."
"He told the story to I." Yeah, that doesn't work.
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Sometimes people type there, their or they're or too, to, or two, or your and you're, it's its', know no, won one, - just out of haste, not ignorance.
the one grammatical error that should be king here is the oxford comma and the fact some people try and argue against its' necessity makes it even more important.
Time for an espresso. Anyone got an eXpresso?
It's actually two words: et cetera.
I dunno why it's written as "etc." instead of "et c.".
Et al. (short for et alia) is similar and it retained the space...
And I actually see people writing "Midas whale" instead of "Might as well."
Holy shit.
I have a friend who is a really large fella but has a heart of gold. I think his new nickname is going to be Midas Whale
This is one that I use fairly frequently, but now I’m worried. Do you have examples of misuse? For example, “I’m not worried about the Big Cat’s new contract per se, but I am concerned about how we gave up draft picks simply so we could assess him in the locker room.” Okay? Or not not okay use?
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People don't know what "per se" means. They often spell it "per say". And virtually no where outside of academic literature is it actually used correctly. It should almost be abolished in popular discourse since I think I just confuse people when I say it, because they're thinking of the per say version, which seems to be more of discourse marker (like a nervous tick for speakers, like uh or um).
This is one that I use fairly frequently, but now I’m worried. Do you have examples of misuse? For example, “I’m not worried about the Big Cat’s new contract per se, but I am concerned about how we gave up draft picks simply so we could assess him in the locker room.” Okay? Or not not okay use?
perfect use of "per se" which basically means "in and of itself"
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People don't know what "per se" means. They often spell it "per say". And virtually no where outside of academic literature is it actually used correctly. It should almost be abolished in popular discourse since I think I just confuse people when I say it, because they're thinking of the per say version, which seems to be more of discourse marker (like a nervous tick for speakers, like uh or um).
This is one that I use fairly frequently, but now I’m worried. Do you have examples of misuse? For example, “I’m not worried about the Big Cat’s new contract per se, but I am concerned about how we gave up draft picks simply so we could assess him in the locker room.” Okay? Or not not okay use?
perfect use of "per se" which basically means "in and of itself"
Well their it is than, were all aligned.
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People don't know what "per se" means. They often spell it "per say". And virtually no where outside of academic literature is it actually used correctly. It should almost be abolished in popular discourse since I think I just confuse people when I say it, because they're thinking of the per say version, which seems to be more of discourse marker (like a nervous tick for speakers, like uh or um).
This is one that I use fairly frequently, but now I’m worried. Do you have examples of misuse? For example, “I’m not worried about the Big Cat’s new contract per se, but I am concerned about how we gave up draft picks simply so we could assess him in the locker room.” Okay? Or not not okay use?
You're good. That makes sense. It literally means "by itself".