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Hopefully (Not)
I love Jesse Kornbluth's rant on Ten usage and grammar errors that could (or should) cripple a career at mediabistro.com: Articles: Hopefully (Not). He says: I'm as obsessed with good grammar and proper usage as I am with the books, CD's and movies I choose to recommend (at his website headbutler.com). Now that's what I'm talkin' about! Be as enthusiastic and opinionated as you wish, say it out loud, but say it well. Kornbluth offers his ten peeves of common grammatical and usage errors, like ITS and IT'S, VERY UNIQUE, SINCE and BECAUSE, and EVERYONE and THEY. I have one more to add, one that I just heard a television news reader intone: KILLED DEAD.
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posted by Georganna Hancock M.S. | 6:54 AM
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My pet peeve, aside from your/you're and that ilk, is "free gift."
Sort of still on the topic of words and writing, mine is "free coupon". The only thing free about it is the coupon!
I thought of another: COMPLETELY DESTROYED. What would "partially destroyed" be?
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