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| english-language expressions that are grammatically wrong or ambiguous |
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| kanew2000:
--- Quote from: Drydess on January 14, 2018, 12:46:27 PM ---neither pots nor kettles are black and regardless of this that's like a short person calling someone else short. it's a statement of fact, you cant loving compare it to name calling --- End quote --- --- Quote from: Mardalf on January 14, 2018, 02:19:48 PM ---It's called cast iron and it's black babeee! --- End quote --- also i'm pretty sure the point isn't to compare it to name calling, rather to point out hypocrisy |
| Mardalf:
Anyone else see people trying to "sale" something or putting something up "for sell" It's ridiculous but maybe not exactly on topic, being more a case of ignorance. |
| Snaked_Snake:
--- Quote from: Drydess on January 14, 2018, 12:46:27 PM ---neither pots nor kettles are black and regardless of this that's like a short person calling someone else short. it's a statement of fact, you cant loving compare it to name calling --- End quote --- I'm sure back a while ago they were black. |
| Juncoph:
--- Quote from: Foxscotch on January 14, 2018, 01:54:29 PM ---how doesn't that make sense --- End quote --- bed isn't a name "go to your bed" would be correct --- Quote from: Nonnel on January 14, 2018, 02:28:09 PM ---Adding insult to injury seems fine though. Someone kicks you and calls you a bitch. Makes it a little worse. --- End quote --- "adding an insult to the injury" would be proper |
| St. Francis Xavier:
--- Quote from: Juncoph on January 14, 2018, 02:50:36 PM ---bed isn't a name "go to your bed" would be correct "adding an insult to the injury" would be proper --- End quote --- --- Quote from: Juncoph on January 14, 2018, 12:40:00 PM ---why does english have so many bizarre sayings which don't really fit modern colloquial english? --- End quote --- The proper is not the concern here since you are talking about colloquialisms which are, by definition, not formal/proper. Colloquialism - a word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation. In modern colloquial english, the phrases mentioned in the op are not incorrect. |
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