While I'm on a roll about misuse of our language, here's another one that REALLY irks me.
We aren't on 'tender hooks', we are on 'tenter hooks'.
I'm not some sort of linguistic purist or evangelist ...., but I really get irritated by the constant misuse of language, especially when those who do so are so forthright in arguing that they are right ....Grrrrrrrr
Study in Contrasts
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Last week I read two news stories in such stark contrast to each other that
flummoxed me so much I almost blew a gasket thinking about the repercussions.
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16 years ago
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