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Old 04-21-2023, 09:36 AM
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Default Use of Words and Expressions

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Originally Posted by shut the front door View Post
My biggest et peeves:
Rampant misuse of the word "myself". My team and myself performed well.
Ahead of. Just use the word before.
Behind that, just use the word after.

And worst of all, even newscasters are using that horrible dropping letters out of words. Saying diunt instead of didn't.
I agree so many use "myself" incorrectly.
I also hear people use "below" as an adjective rather than an adverb like in "The below listing..."

"What I mean", and "I'm like", have replaced "you know" and "to be honest".