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What are your pet peeves re English usage?
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coluber2001
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Sat 28 Oct, 2023 12:40 pm
The overuse of acronyms to save having to write it out. They are fine so long as you know what they stand for, otherwise you have to look it up.
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roger
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Sat 28 Oct, 2023 01:17 pm
@coluber2001,
Couldn't agree more, and they often don't save time or effort.
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sumeya
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Sat 30 Mar, 2024 10:54 pm
@ailsagirl,
You seem like the person nobody wants to be around!
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izzythepush
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Sun 31 Mar, 2024 05:52 am
@sumeya,
You seem like an attention seeker.
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coluber2001
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Mon 1 Apr, 2024 02:09 pm
@izzythepush,
When people use a small i as a personal pronoun to show their lack of ego thus attracting great attention to it. Maybe substitute "We" instead.
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