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I've started trying to break mine up, but it remains a weakness of mine.
By far my biggest weakness. I could write a five paragraph post on here that would only consist of five sentences.
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Heh. You must be related to James Joyce.By far my biggest weakness. I could write a five paragraph post on here that would only consist of five sentences.
We had a younger guy take over as a boss and he loved to use the word "simplistic." He didn't know that most of the younger guys were making fun of him when they said it.I use Grammarly. Made me realize how bad I was at some things, which made me change some of how I write. One issue I have is repetitiveness, and I need to get better about that. Have several words I use too frequently, but I guess the first step is at least becoming a little more self-aware.
So between that and @captain stone , I'm pretty well covered on both sides to catch any mistakes whenever I try to write something intelligent on here.
Something like that is the commonly employed and universally mis-used expression "fish or cut bait". This originated in the days of dory fishermen and was an admonition to not sit around doing nothing. You were either to be actively handling your longline or you were cutting bait for lines hauled in to be re-baited. In its current usage the "cut bait" part has come to mean "give up" or "punt".I try to stay away from criticizing grammar here, like the "I could care less" mistake I see most often.
The game perfectly summed up the season, bad QB play, turn overs, no buy-in.Until the last game of this year, the Patriots had been dominant over the Jets. They were able to dominate them over many years.
Grammarly flips the "and I" to "me and" ... which has been a little frustrating. I've had to manually override that a few times.We had a younger guy take over as a boss and he loved to use the word "simplistic." He didn't know that most of the younger guys were making fun of him when they said it.
I try to stay away from criticizing grammar here, like the "I could care less" mistake I see most often.
What bugged me for many years was my wife's insistence on putting herself first in a sentence, like she does when she says "me and dad" to the kids instead of "dad and I." That kind of mistake still makes me cringe.
As for myself, I sometimes struggle with affect and effect.
can I add Lose & Loose to the mix?
I prefer Rats.It's JETE not Jets, that one drives me up a wall
That might be a holdover from German immigrant days - "Kommen sie mit?"Mostly a Midwest thing but this really bugs me, “I’m going to the store, wanna go with?”.
i perfer not two dwell on that, anybody could of make a mistake like that to easily if they aint payin attention too what they are actully typignOr, people using to when it should be too.
Flew right over your headThe game perfectly summed up the season, bad QB play, turn overs, no buy-in.
My mother: IRREGARDLESS IS NOT A WORDIrregardless
I enjoy stuff like that.Something like that is the commonly employed and universally mis-used expression "fish or cut bait". This originated in the days of dory fishermen and was an admonition to not sit around doing nothing. You were either to be actively handling your longline or you were cutting bait for lines hauled in to be re-baited. In its current usage the "cut bait" part has come to mean "give up" or "punt".
My mother and all her sisters grew up in PA and used the word "youns" to describe a group of people. I don't recall ever hearing it from anyone else.My mother: IRREGARDLESS IS NOT A WORD
Me: but it's right here in the dictionary...
Mom: I don't care. The dictionary is wrong!
For some reason that mistake bugs me.can I add Lose & Loose to the mix?