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Hello. Is this on? Testing...
My peevoid is the current and constant, IMHO, misuse of "pre-" when employed as an adverb. This is manifestured whenever used with the past tense of a verb. Car dealers really enjoy the now ubiquitous, "pre-owned", as a replacement for the traditional and simple, yet politically incorrect, "used". As in, oh, the horror, "used cars". The rationale is that "pre-owned" is short for "previously-owned". Logical, as we are known for our abbrevity. However, this COMPLETELY CHANGES THE MEANING. Simply put, "pre-" means "before", "not yet", maybe even, "un-". To me, "pre-owned" means, "new", as in, "not yet owned". Some things either are or are not. Plastic modelers are fond of the terms "pre(or post)-shaded", "pre-painted", "pre-assembled", etc. Same deal. An item is either "assembled" or it isn't, likewise, "shaded", "painted", and so on. Example: One would say, "I owned that car", not, "I pre-owned that car". "Pre-" does not splay my contentment, nor, yea, verily, nail-scrape my chalk board when coupled to a noun, however. "Pre-flight", for example, is perfectly acceptable. And, of course, there's a redundancy factor has yet to be addressed...but not today. I fully appreciate the tenet adopted by Colin Chapman, "Simplicate and add lightness". Now, y'all'll excuse me, I must attend to my pre-mowed lawn.... |
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I've always wondered why the opposite of hilarious isn't lowlarious.
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If Pro is the opposite of con,
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Nailed it.
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When you marry the right woman, you are complete. And when you marry the wrong woman, you are finished. And when the right one catches you with the wrong one, you are completely finished! - I just saw this online :D
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Severely peeved.
The one that rattles the bars of my cage is people who say "I could of...."
instead of "I could've....." I will NOT mention Manchester at this time. Liz
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See the first post of this thread
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By the way, is there any difference at all between "exact", "precise" and "accurate"?
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I always thought incontinent meant that you were somewhere in Europe, as apposed to being in the UK.
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Dear Mirco
As you should have realised (Pre-thought ?) from the term "Pre-owned" 1/ Exact - The scene before this one. 2/ Precise - How big you used to be. 3/ Accurate - A religious churchy type person.. I cannot for the life of me understand why people find English so hard to understand. Liz
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