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Originally posted by Jdoe
It's been a while for me but I would have to say the adverb modifying the verb. An easy example, "You do a good job, but you do it well."
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YES. This probably bothers me more than it does most other folks. When I say "well" to somebody who asks me how I am doing and they say "'well...' what?" I cringe.
Here are a few that haven't been mentioned:
1) saying, "Here's [number greater than 1]." "Here's" is a contraction of "Here" and "is" so the proper conjugation of "to be" in this case (involving a plural) is "are."
2) saying "itch" when you mean "scratch"--Wow, my arm really itches... "So itch it!"--AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
3) using "quote" as a noun--"This is a quote from Supple Cow." While I hope to be wise enough to be quoted one day, I do hope that the introduction to my quotation will be correct when it happens.