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Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
BeoPuppy:
I'm going to assume that written phrases are included.
Reading evidence that people have forgotten the difference between 'you're' and 'your'. That just annoys me.
snalin:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 14 Apr 2009, 23:04 ---I used to despise people for slovenly misconstructions; now I pity them for being products of the modern educational system. Patronising or what?
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It's proof you are old, nothing else.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Ballard on 15 Apr 2009, 00:15 ---Paul, which one of us is incorrect?
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Correct is: "for/to all intents and purposes". The meaning is that the material spoken of is not necessarily exactly correct or appropriate, but is OK for all the purposes it is intended for in this context. See here for the legal origin of the phrase.
pwhodges:
Yes - sometimes. (My avatar is not uploaded to the board but comes directly from my server which is set up to send for that particular request an image randomly chosen from currently about 15; so each of you may be seeing a different avatar for me, which also changes unpredictably without my doing a thing.)
Jace:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 14 Apr 2009, 15:14 ---
--- Quote from: PantsFTW on 14 Apr 2009, 14:00 ---"I could care less"
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Why do people say this instead of the usual (to me), and at least meaningful: "I couldn't care less"?
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I believe that people originally were saying "I couldn't care less" but as people began to enunciate less and speak faster, it began to come out sounding "I could care less." I tried saying it out loud a couple times to realize that if you say it fast enough, one sounds like the other.
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