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Improper use of “me” and “I.”
“I” is used when it is the subject, so “I and my friend were playing pins,” not “Me and my friend were playing pins.”
Proper use of “me” is as an object. And that doesn’t change when it is added to another object. Obviously, “me” is correctly used when saying “He waited for me.” No one would say “He waited for I.” Similarly it is incorrect to say “He waited for my friend and I.” It should be “He waited for my friend and me.”
Quoted from KozMckPinball:very unique for just unique
Definitely agree. “Unique” means one of a kind. Nothing is “very” one of a kind.
Quoted from BigalzPinz:It's not really a word , but a phrase, I hear a lot " these ones" ... Its not, I like these ones, they look the best, its, I like these, they look the best ... leave out the "ones", has no business being in a sentence after these
Guilty as charged. I say “these ones” and “those ones” all the time!
Quoted from ZooDude:Heard one today that always gets my goat
Hot water heater
If your water is already hot why are you heating it?
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Kind of like the redundancy of “ATM machine” or a car’s “VIN number.”
Quoted from pins4u:'Electrocuted' when what is meant is an electric shock (electrocuted means you DIED).
'off of' should be 'from' in most cases - "he moved off of the couch" - NO, he moved FROM the couch!
'I bought it from eBay' - no you didn't, you bought it from a SELLER ON eBay. Which reminds me:
brought and bought - "I BOUGHT the pinball machine and I BROUGHT it home"
'could care less' - OK, so you actually still do care a little bit then! Correct is "COULDN'T care less" meaning you absolutely don't care even a tiny bit - COULD NOT.
This reminds me of how people say “different than” more often than the correct “different from.” The only way former actually works is if describing how one thing varies from a standard more than another thing does, and it would likely be an awkward way of saying that.
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