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Should of, could of but in the end just couldn't
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Let me add - people who put "things" in quotes and speech 'marks' (and other invented forms of @punctuation@) that *have* no business being in <(!!quotes!!)> and ##speech## marks! No ""*business*"" at all!
There's one forum I normally enjoy and yet dread visiting (not an MSE one) because of a particular posting ***menace*** who is an especially <<egregious>> offender. Essentially it's making %%up%% an "entirely" new system of ''!punctuation!'' for ""emphasis"" (and a **<complete>** eyesore!)
Do these "people" not understand the actual '**function**' of <quotation marks> and <"speech marks">?
*****!!!"""@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''?????0 -
I hate reading about something quite unique or very unique. Unique means the single one of its kind therefore cannot be quite or very. People who do this are wasting their time with unnecessary words.
Another thing I have noticed recently is the creeping habit of not putting spaces after a punctuation mark. Quite often I come across posts filled with word,word errors and it annoys me so much I stop reading them. Is it really so difficult to press the space key a few extra times?
wonders how many mistakes she's made typing this :think:0 -
A couple of my pet hates:
decimate (used to describe destruction of a high proportion of something rather than 10%)
quartile (used when people are actually talking about a quarter or 25%)0 -
I do smile when I hear on a train...
"This train has now reached its final destination. Please take all your belongings..."
I wonder what other type of destination there might be. Other than a final one, that is.0 -
interim destinations?0
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I do smile when I hear on a train...
"This train has now reached its final destination. Please take all your belongings..."
When I hear that, I think of the Brockwood Necropolis RailwayHi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure - MSE ForumTeam0 -
I hate reading about something quite unique or very unique. Unique means the single one of its kind therefore cannot be quite or very. People who do this are wasting their time with unnecessary words.
That infuriates me as well. Something is either unique or it isn't, there are no varying degrees of uniqueness. Adding unnecessary words into sentences seems to be on the increase unfortunately. It's as if people don't think a single word will suffice, they must add "really" or "very" or "absolutely". I saw "absolutely unique" recently. Makes me want to get the red pen out. I won't even start about apostrophes.0 -
I do smile when I hear on a train...
"This train has now reached its final destination. Please take all your belongings..."
I wonder what other type of destination there might be. Other than a final one, that is.
And when did they become train stations instead of railway stations?0 -
And when did they become train stations instead of railway stations?Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure - MSE ForumTeam0
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