Language Pet Peeve of the Day: Anymore vs. Nowadays
I cannot stand it when people use “anymore” without a prior “not”—in other words, to mean “nowadays.” As in, “Everyone has a mobile phone anymore” (rather than, “Nobody has a landline anymore”). A...
View ArticleLanguage Pet Peeve of the Day: Bemuse
It does not mean what you think it means. People always seem to use “bemused” to mean, “slightly amused, sometimes in a curious and/or eye-rolly way.” But that’s not what it means. It means...
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