omg yes to all of these, especially would of and the adverb issue (I'm an English teacher so slightly pedantic but these drive me insane!). It is crazy to me that so many native English speakers lack a basic knowledge of English. I teach non-native speakers and they often speak far better than natives. I don't understand how so many people can go to uni, write essays etc and have such poor grammarAnyhoo
Swap out - it’s change
Colourway - what’s wrong with colour?
Would of - it’s would have!
As a person - e.g. “it changed me as a person.” As opposed to what?!
Also I hate the fact that we appear to be losing the “ly” adverbs.
For example - a lot of people would now say “he’s walking slow“ instead of “he’s walking slowly” but perhaps that’s more to do with grammar than banning an expression.
I’m a northerner who lived in London for many years and I haven’t heard anybody say it, north or south.Yes, but I thought it was a Northern thing. It does my nut in. I'm a Londoner who has been living in the North for 7 years. I've noticed not one of my friends down South do it.
I only know one person who uses the word "Boom", a fictional TV character, not exactly widely used by the public.Another one that makes me want to punch people in the face is Boom
It is widely used. I've heard it many times.I only know one person who uses the word "Boom", a fictional TV character, not exactly widely used by the public.
I think possibly Friends circa 1996I'm not crying your crying
Where did that even come from?
Yes it sounds awful to me too!Not entirely on topic but there's a fast fashion company called Miss Pap and it just makes me think of cervical smears. I assume it's short for paparazzi in this case, but you think someone would've pointed it out to them when they were deciding on the name.
On similar lines I hate it when couples say 'we're pregnant'. No, she is.When newspaper websites like the Daily Mail, refer to someone giving birth to a child, as "welcoming" their first child. I find the expression quite toe curling.
Well here is the irony, this popped up on my FB feed.On similar lines I hate it when couples say 'we're pregnant'. No, she is.
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