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compuwiz1

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It's for all intents and purposes, ya dummies! 😉

What other words do you guys find misused and annoying?

I just heard a customer say it wrong, so since I'm bored, I posted about it. 🙂
 
If I didn't read the thread and replied only based upon the topic I would have said "It's intents and purposes dummy."
 
I realize the error there. But are you saying you can't have intensive purposes? You can't have extreme goals?
 
actually someone I used to work with always said, as yet. That is not done as yet. Drove me up the wall she added the as
 
Back in the day, Jimmy Carter used to annoy me with calling it Nucular. It's nuclear, Jimmy, can you learn to say it right? 😉
 
Originally posted by: compuwiz1
I just heard a customer say it wrong
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Was it clearly enunciated as "intensive purposes" or did he just say it kinda fast with a touch of an accent to make it sound like that? Did you ask him "do you mean intents and purposes?" and then he tried to correct you?

I can understand getting annoyed by it seeing it written, but hearing it, I'd give it some leeway and go back to my sandwich.

 
damn, i came into this thread just to tell you you were stupid. way to ruin my fun.

"thanks you" and "you welcome"
it's "thank you" and "you're welcome"!

other debatable things that still annoy me are "sherbert" (unless your an aussie drinking a beer, just say sherbet)
and "myriad" It's a goddamn noun not an adjective! i'll let it slide if your writing peotry but in a newspaper article i want a goddamn "of" after it!
 
Originally posted by: compuwiz1
It's for all intents and purposes, ya dummies!
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Now that I think about it, you should NOT correct us to say "intents and purposes". Instead, correct us to say "purposes and intents". That way, the grammar error will be gone, for all purposes and intents.
 
Originally posted by: Syrch
actually someone I used to work with always said, as yet. That is not done as yet. Drove me up the wall she added the as
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OMFG I couldn't stand that either and don't for get that person in NET OPs used to say liberry instead of library all the damn time!
 
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