Should starting every second sentence with the word "So" automatically attract a death sentence?
Or constantly using the word "clearly" in news interviews. I remember when this started..with some two-bit sheriff in a small town in the 1980s where a sniper was shooting people on the interstate and at gas stations.
All the news TV cameras were focused on the overwhelmed sheriff and he began almost every paragraph with "clearly" and soon news people everywhere were using the term. I now hear it on BBC and other international news channels.. "Clearly, the gunman though that he would.."
There are worse things but that can be annoying. So why does it bother you? It isn’t so much the word itself but the repetitive use perhaps. So maybe instead of every second sentence it could be less repetitive. LOL.
@Halfempty I agree. It also bugs me when words are used in an overkill sort of way. Usually by drama queens, for example, instead of saying something was unpleasant or difficult they say something DESTROYED their life, or it was the WORST thing ever happen. Words are powerful and should be used with care.
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@Halfempty Why??
I really despise this. My professor friend does it and although he is a lovely man, it goes right through me. I am only just over the misuse of the word 'impact'. I was quoting a consultant psychiatrist in a paper I was writing and had to resist the urge to correct his English.
@Halfempty If I remember correctly , it was a university professor boasting to student nurses about all his magnificent achievements (which included running a marathon the day previously) eyesroll. I can't remember the precise context. I think I was in shock at that stage. It wasn't anything sexual