<p>“Have a good one.” </p>
<p>I always want to ask what the one is referring to.</p>
<p>I think this one is kind of funny…especially if you are standing in line behind someone who is buying beer, wine or condoms…sorry.</p>
<p>“Perception is Reality”</p>
<p>no, it’s not.</p>
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Or so you perceive.</p>
<p>“just my 2 cents ($0.02).”</p>
<p>Another one is when someone signs a letter with simply “Best” instead of something more meaningful such as “Best regards”</p>
<p>Well, if we are talking about signing off on letters, I know it’s a leap to another subject but I am irritated by e-mails written in all lower case. I find them hard to read if they are in a small font. I don’t mind a short note in lower case such as “i’ll be home late” or something like that. But a lengthy e-mail with paragraph after paragraph without caps makes my eyes hurt. If it’s something you put some time into writing, then please use standard punctuation so I can read it easily. When did caps become optional?</p>
<p>Also, I hate to listen to phrases on business phone mails urging me to wait for my sales “counselor” or “specialist” which leads me to the voice message that says, “We appreciate your patience” as they spin me into another 20 minutes on hold.</p>
<p>just got done with a 2 day meeting at work. </p>
<p>“you’ll need to write a system change request” for that.</p>
<p>Since when did some that is wrong, has always been wrong, should NEVER have been wrong and should be fixed immediately morph from being a BUG to a ‘system change request’ to be put in the ‘queue’.</p>
<p>There is no I in TEAM. Really? then why am I the one on this TEAM doing all the freaking work.</p>
<p>Any sentence starting “I don’t mean to be rude but”. If you have to start a sentence that way you *know *you are about to be rude so if you really don’t mean to be - then don’t say it.</p>
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<p>I can honestly say that I’ve never heard this. I wonder if it’s regional. The lawn needs mowing, the kitchen needs cleaning–I’ve heard. But wouldn’t those phrases be correct English? Where’s the grammar police?</p>
<p>Tonight I said, “Needless to say” and my son commented that when he hears people say that he wants to say, “Then why say it?” He said the phrase really irritates him.</p>
<p>ellemnope, I know two people who say “the car needs washed” and “the floor needs swept” (and by swept she meant using a vacuum claner not a broom). Both are from Ohio. Must be very regional.</p>
<p>I’m from western Pennsylvania and it’s said there…so let’s narrow it down to maybe a midwestern thing. needs to be…ugh!!! Please just use needs to be…</p>
<p>to poster 22:</p>
<p>Both phrases are correct, and both mean the same thing- one is not misused. They are both intended to indicate the speaker is indifferent to the idea. Nevertheless, if you’re tired of one phrase more than the other, that is in the context of the op’s query.</p>
<p>If the amount of care could actually be physically measured(0 to 10 for example), here’s a real life example:
If one <em>could care less about American auto industry</em> that phrase would be used to show that one might have some degree of care for the industry- and the American jobs/families it supports,a 1 or a 2; but that the degree of care is so insignificant it makes the speaker so indifferent that it wouldn’t be enough to act on. It could become a 0 or 1 and not bother the speaker.
If one <em>couldn’t care less about the American auto industry</em> the phrase would then indicate the speaker has zero care about the jobs/families, etc., so it is physically impossible to be less than zero.
In both of those examples the result is the same; the speaker cares so little(whether it is measured as 0, or 1, out of 10 for this example) about the industry that he would be indifferent about it. In both cases the speaker would take no action toward helping the industry because he didn’t care enough. The speaker might even take actions to hurt the industry because in both examples he didn’t care enough to want to help it. </p>
<p>What might result- if my example were real life- is debate for a whole different thread. Hopefully my examples will demonstrate the 2 phrases have the same meaning- 6 of one, 1/2 dozen of the other!</p>
<p>I’m from north-western PA. When I went off to college, I learned for the very first time that I needed to use “to be.” The room needs cleaned. The car needs washed. Sounded fine to me. I honestly did not know what was wrong. I’ve been away long enough that it sounds funny to me now, but my family still speaks this way. It is frequent that we have these Shakespearian discussions. To be or not to be.</p>
<p>Younghoss–thank you! I have been arguing the same about " could care less" for years. The speakers aren’t being universally stupid; I have always heard the unspoken “but it’s hard to see how” when I hear that phrase.</p>
<p>“Decimate” used to mean general destruction. It refers to killing one in ten, people. ONE IN TEN!!!</p>
<p>Okay, I feel better now. ;)</p>
<p>While I’m at it, it drives me crazy when people apply the word “tragedy” to every sad thing that happens. It also drives me crazy when the local newscasters who are the worst perpetrators of tragedy-misuse gather their papers together and say, “That’s gonna do it for us.” ARGH!!</p>
<p>Oh binx–you made me laugh! I need entertained.</p>
<p>I’m going to go ahead and . . .
(Just do it!!!)</p>
<p>It’s all about . . .</p>
<p>ellemenope - Glad I made you smile. (And I didn’t catch your “mistake” until I read it the second time.) To infinitive and beyond!!!</p>