Word Nerd Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 That one doesn't bother me, though some nouns that have been verbified do. http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/verbification-noun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 You are not alone! I hate the term "gifted" and don't reach out to me unless I'm drowning and you're wanting me to grab a life preserver. I also find it irritating when someone adds, "as a family" to the end of whatever their plans are. "We're going to the park as a family." What else would you be going as? A sleuth of wild bears? :smilielol5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 It really bugs me. I've mostly heard it within the church setting, and any new fad term that comes out of that tends to bug me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 I dislike it, but not as much as I dislike "ask" used as a noun. ("So my ask for you is . . . ") I have never heard this, thank goodness! Please stop complaining about it, though, lest it catch on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 . She said grammar doesn't count any more because nobody cares. Sobbing into my Starbucks right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 I think it adds more detail to the language when it is used. It's more specific. Kind of how the French have great verbs for many things we would normally use only one verb for. More specific than what? "Give"? How? This is not like the Norwegians having 16 words for different types of snow; this is about a new word that means exactly the same thing as the old word. Nope, not a fan of innovation for no reason. It is a solution in search of a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shukriyya Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Sobbing into my Starbucks right now. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peach Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 It drives me nuts too. And one I never heard till I got to Montana is 'these ones'. Here, that is apparently the plural of 'this one'....instead of just saying these. Makes me want to stab things :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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