Even though I had to work yesterday afternoon, I still give the weekend an A.
PSA: If anyone is thinking of going to the Hopper exhibit at the Whitney, I wouldn’t bother. It was very disappointing. And there’s $18 I’ll never see again. Plus which it was hot as a blast furnace in there.
Strunk & White is just a snarky list of pet peeves.
A much better use of your time: “Class” by Paul Fussell.
I believe irregardless actually has now made it into the dictionary as a synonym for regardless as a result of so many people misusing it.
How about ex cetera and expresso?
Even though I had to work yesterday afternoon, I still give the weekend an A.
PSA: If anyone is thinking of going to the Hopper exhibit at the Whitney, I wouldn’t bother. It was very disappointing. And there’s $18 I’ll never see again. Plus which it was hot as a blast furnace in there.
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I had to eat CDog’s Beggin’ Strips last night
ew!
*rob*
Acquaint them with Misters Strunk and White
http://www.bartleby.com/141/
Overusing “utilize”, misusing “comprised”, and “a miriad of” are my personal pet peeves.
(But I still utilize sentences comprised of a miriad of punctuation marks.)
Inglorious Basterds ruled.
It was gooooood, Snappy. But didn’t satisfy my craving, which is why I had to eat CDog’s Beggin’ Strips last night (and she’s none too happy).
Oh, and how about the overuse of the word “myself”, when the user should say “me”?
a word can’t be ugly, only the person mutterfying it can be
*rob*