11-28-2018, 08:10 AM
(11-27-2018, 09:43 PM)Juniper Wrote:(11-27-2018, 08:39 PM)tvguy Wrote:Or the "F" word. A lot of people do that. They use the "F" word like a form of punctuation. As in: "I hate this effing, thing!" Or "That's effing great".(11-27-2018, 08:02 PM)Juniper Wrote:(11-27-2018, 02:47 PM)tvguy Wrote:(11-26-2018, 09:12 PM)Cuzz Wrote: I think lazy is probably right. I just figure anything that the writer can't bother to take seriously enough to present their idea clearly I can't take seriously enough to read.
Speaking of writing, You do the same thing I do. Use words that are not needed. Like the word above in red.
I catch myself doing that all the time LOL
Well, I'm not actually good at parsing or at English in particular, but the above red lettered word isn't incorrect. It's just a variation. I think. I did read a book about writing that talked about the efficiency of language and it's impact on the reader. The author went to some pains to show how adverbs aren't very powerful and it's best to avoid them, and I remember that.
I didn't say it was incorrect. I said it was unnecessary. But I think you got that
I totally forgot about other words people use over and over when they are speaking that are totally unnecessary.
Basically and actually
That's effing ridiculous.