I posted this a couple of years ago somewhere else, but I came across it today and decided to post it again, because I don’t know that I’ll ever be beyond the need for this reminder:
Everyone has their weird little pleasures. Some enjoy breezes, some watching others trip, I enjoy grammar. There’s something about a perfectly structured sentence that just makes me smile. As a result, it really bothers me when people say things that don’t make sense, as if they do. Like when somebody is trying to display indifference to something, and they say, “I could care less.” Well, if you can care less, that means you care some. What you mean to say is, “I couldn’t care less.” Usually I’m able to keep this to myself, thankfully.
My wife and I were leaving the bank the other day, and a Robinson Glass commercial came on the radio. The announcer tells us all about Robinson, and also about the competitors. At the end he asks something like, “Why would you take your car–which carries, your family, friends, and loved ones–to a place that’s added ‘and glass’ to it’s name?”
And I said, “What kind of phrase is that–friends, family, and loved ones? Aren’t your friends and family your only loved ones? Who do you love that isn’t a friend or a family member.”
“Your enemy,” she said.
Yeah.
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