I can thank my old boss for this one. If you told him something that included the phrase “to be honest,” “to tell the truth,” or something similar, his immediate reply was “have you not been telling me the truth up ‘til now?”, and now that’s what I think when I hear that phrase. Even worse, I find myself editing those phrases out of my own speech and writing.
The one that gets me is “I feel that X is happening” or “I feel like this is what we should do.” Don’t tell me what you feel, tell me what you think, or, better yet, what you know.
The one that gets me is “I feel that X is happening” or “I feel like this is what we should do.” Don’t tell me what you feel, tell me what you think, or, better yet, what you know.
Well to be honest, I feel that you know what I think. [emoji16]
Think it’s my bad instead of saying my fault
In recent months I have been hearing “imporant” instead of important. Not an idiom, but a curiosity….
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People who say ideal when meaning idea; "I have an ideal"; like finger nails on a blackboard (idiom) for me.
Like I said.
I see a lot of then instead of than.
I agree. It isn't the kid's fault he was born out of wedlock. They named the kid the bastard when it is the parents that should be the bastards.
