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On accident

I kind of can't take people seriously when they say On accident, I don't know or care if its more or less grammatical, it sounds like a child sputtering in my mind. It should be By accident or accidentally

Tummy

Any adult has zero business saying this lol

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[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Proper usage of ‘s.

Guy joined my team a few years ago and uses ‘s for literally everything, and now most of the team does it too.

It bothers me every time, and I’ve typed corrections into the message box so many times but never hit send.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

uses ‘s for literally everything

literally everything

literally

I've got news for you.

Okay, honestly, I do have a choice each day about which tickets I work in which order, and 'literally' isn't the only reason a ticket will be the Very Last one I schedule. There's also 'emails', 'the ask', 'the spend', and a list of other pathetic Used Car Salesman words.

And I don't want to stand in the way of people's success; especially when they don't know their nouns from their verbs and are just trying to get through the day before their crayons run out. But people who can use words property will get a bonus of being first.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lmao, I actually debated whether to say “literally”.

I typically hate that word too. But I wanted to convey that it’s a constant thing, not a fluke. He thinks it’s a “literary rule”. So using “literally” seemed… “literally” appropriate.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Lmao

😣 Did you, @kibiz0r@midwest.social ? Are we to believe that you have no ass, because of laughing?

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

At this rate, this thread is gonna become deep and pedantic.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

It's turtles all the way down, my friend.