Bad English 101: Hackneyed Phrases (1 Viewer)

[Cees Alons]

Rex,
I wasn't referring to the construct, which I understood (the same construct is still present in my own language and perfectly correct), but to the fact that someone declares to be unsure what he remembers (in fact if he remembers something). Not altogether impossible, and most of the time rather ironical, but in general and, in the sense of this thread, rather illogical.
Cees

 

[Rex Bachmann]

Cees Alons wrote:

I think not. I often hedge my bet when I'm not quite sure of the factuality of a given memory. There's nothing illogical about it. "Hackneyed", maybe. "Illogical", no way.

 

[Cees Alons]

Cees

 

[David_N]

I think the worst use of grammer is in some commercials. When they say:
"Up to 50% off or more"
It makes me very irate, since the price is EITHER up to 50% OR it is MORE!!!!!
Makes me mad just thinking about it.

 

[Marvin]

Can I ask you a question?

Good point. In this case, in order to avoid the response "You just did", one should say "Can I ask you 2 questions?"