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longship

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57. Grammar is pretty simple.

Mon May 16, 2016, 04:03 PM

May 2016

There is no "goes" as a substitute for "says" and it's "idiom" not "idom".

For Christ sakes, language is not about obfuscating. (Maybe folks do not understand that word,or the difference.)

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What is going? longship May 2016 #1

Language evolves and idoms emerge Lordquinton May 2016 #7

surely you jest NJCher May 2016 #18

You're point? Lordquinton May 2016 #33

It's "your point", not "you're point". longship May 2016 #37

Well... 3catwoman3 May 2016 #53

Speaking of which, have you noticed the increase in spellcheck mistakes in articles? Albertoo May 2016 #60

Thanks for proving my point Lordquinton May 2016 #56

Grammar is pretty simple. longship May 2016 #57

classicism in that the upper classes didn't use those monosyllables in public. hobbit709 May 2016 #41

So — how ya gonna go? immoderate May 2016 #51

Apparently the word "idioms" also evolves to "idoms" longship May 2016 #21

+1 trof May 2016 #22

Your post reveals more about yourself than anyone else Lordquinton May 2016 #30

Oh, pshaw Android3.14 May 2016 #16

What did Hitler go? longship May 2016 #19

"What did Hitler go?" That word salad was a mic drop? Android3.14 May 2016 #35

Once one has been mic dropped, one remains mic dropped. longship May 2016 #36

Might want to work on those communication skills Android3.14 May 2016 #39

Hitler went ape-shit! Literally Bananas! immoderate May 2016 #52

Don't say "salad" to him ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2016 #54

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Again, valley girl talk. Blah, blah-de-blah! nt longship May 2016 #26

Again, sexism, yadda, yadda... Lordquinton May 2016 #31

Its colloquial. If you are going to trash that, you might as well trash the whole country... phleshdef May 2016 #49

I am sure that you can all go gooder English than I can. longship May 2016 #59

I don't know about that. But I guarantee I can be less of an asshole. phleshdef May 2016 #61

It's called a quotative. Odin2005 May 2016 #32

What does the verb "to go" mean in this context? longship May 2016 #38

You seem to have this misunderstanding that language is supposed to be "rational". Odin2005 May 2016 #45

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And does not understand the English language, so she uses the verb "go" for "talk" longship May 2016 #20

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