Anyone who says "very strongly" should be shot.
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I very strongly concur with Dylan that very is very overused and strongly eschew the prolix.
waitingforgodo
Level 8
Aug 31, 2021
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Maybe we should have a grammar police group.
JackPedigo
Level 9
Aug 30, 2021
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Ah, but to whose grammar should we adhere?
@anglophone In that case there would be no standard grammar rules and anything goes.
@JackPedigo We could adhere to the rules of German, French or Esperanto, I guess.
@anglophone Of course, three completely different languages. That would work (not). Besides, where's the fin in that?
@JackPedigo Well, I did restrain myself from adding traditional Chinese and Egyptian hieroglyphs.
And in the manner of John Cleese' Argument Clinic
"You want fin? Look in the shark fin soup, you cretin!"
Yes! They should be shot the very strongestly of all irregardless! Ain't nobody should mistalk the English language!
Charles1971
Level 7
Aug 30, 2021
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can we include people who say "yet again?" (again, again)
lerlo
Level 8
Aug 30, 2021
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Yet again, Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you somebody who yet again has used the phrase yet again, yet again.
@anglophone what a surprise that you are the head of the Department of Redundancy Department
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