Words I Hate
- Thread starter Liquid
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- TenEightyOne
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Holibobs.
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Choledocholithiasis.
Just hate it, has such an unnatural flow and rhythm
Just hate it, has such an unnatural flow and rhythm
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Took me several attempts to pronounce how I expect it is supposed to sound.
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Ooh, I can think of some, how about;
Penalty
Citroen
17x Tire Wear...
But on a more serious note, I'm more annoyed by **** punctuation and grammar. Here are some examples;
Apple's
Would of
Long, run on sentences, with Charles Dickens levels, of comma abuse, unnecessary clauses, making reading, an absolute chore
Penalty
Citroen
17x Tire Wear...
But on a more serious note, I'm more annoyed by **** punctuation and grammar. Here are some examples;
Apple's
Would of
Long, run on sentences, with Charles Dickens levels, of comma abuse, unnecessary clauses, making reading, an absolute chore
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Oh man, don't remind me. I love Sci Fi so it was always highly recommended to me, and I remember it reading more like a shopping list than a story. It really grinds my gears, my brain just can't hack it, it's why I can't rate Dickens at all even though it was much more standard practice back then.
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I hear that. The story itself is fantastic but the writing leaves a lot to be desired. I read Dune coming of the back of Tolkien (the trilogy),too, so it really felt like the work of a teenage English student’s course work in comparison.
Still, I can’t fault it for imagination, and it’s a lot better than more modern classic sci-fis like Snow Crash.
MedigoFlame
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Not really a word, but more of a phrase that I keep coming across.
"Send it"
"Send it"
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- TexRex72
Okay, that may not have been fair; it's the first thing that came to mind to jump off of that particular possessive proper noun. Instead let's substitute it with "products are often white." Or in the case of a conjunction involving the proper noun, "a company whose products are often white." Of course neither of these are to suggest the products are predominantly white or that that being the case is a bad thing, rather that I have observed a great many of their products being white in color, particularly after those translucent-bodied iMacs that came in a variety of colors.
It was really intended to illustrate that an apostrophe followed by the letter s isn't incorrect unless it's used in context as a non-possessive plural. A proper noun followed by that combination is absolutely correct as a possessive or a conjunction.
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- GTP_Liquid
unique
Not the word itself but its misuse. You'll often hear people describe something as being "very unique" or "quite unique". Something unique means the only of its kind or type. By the very nature of the word something either is unique or it isn't; there's no analogue spectrum for uniqueness.
It's a Yes/No adjective.
If you say very unique or quite unique you mean something is distinct, pronounced, rare, unorthodox, noteworthy, recognisable or any number of synonyms.
Not the word itself but its misuse. You'll often hear people describe something as being "very unique" or "quite unique". Something unique means the only of its kind or type. By the very nature of the word something either is unique or it isn't; there's no analogue spectrum for uniqueness.
It's a Yes/No adjective.
If you say very unique or quite unique you mean something is distinct, pronounced, rare, unorthodox, noteworthy, recognisable or any number of synonyms.
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Oh, one-and-one-half percent.
