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Originally Posted by fresnelly
Can you cite a few other examples? I've never heard this before and it doesn't make any sense to me.
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It doesn't make any sense to me either, which is why I made this thread
As for other examples, it's hard for me to even think in that way, but I'll try to create one by mimicking the sentence I came across today...
"I tend to be skeptical anymore when I hear about a new study showing a certain food is bad for me."
It's just...odd.
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Originally Posted by Kaimi
I work with people from all walks of life. Sure some things said do grate on me, but I am also sure that the manner I speak is imperfect and others may find me rubbing their nerves as well. Don't sweat the small stuff, it can be overwhelming.
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Which is why I ignore it most of the time and haven't bothered to correct one of my friends who is notorious for this. Still, no reason not to express my thoughts once in awhile
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Once we found it acceptable to end sentences with prepositions, I think we became more flexible with the use of our language. The pre-dictionary use of English would appall some of you. Language is a living entity; it is prone to change.
If you can't live with that, at least stop ending sentences with prepositions. It will add weight to your cause, and it will make you sound far more educated, if not stuffy.
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Like I said to ratbastid, I'm just as much a speaker of the language as anyone else is. Therefore, I do get a say in how it changes. Most of the time I don't care - such as when a sentence is ended with a preposition - but when I'm forced to go back and decipher my own language to figure out what someone is trying to say, then I'm more prone to speak up and be mildly annoyed. I recognize language is living, but as a part of that I see no reason why it's less valid for me to dislike a particular usage than it is for someone else to use a word improperly. (Being in the dictionary doesn't necessarily mean something is proper: Random House Dictionary, for example, includes "coincidental" as a definition of "ironic," but 78% of American Heritage Dictionary's usage panel rejects that use.)