I misuse the English language so much. It's disgusting when I think about it.
Sometimes I get lazy and say 'er or 'im instead of her or him. How dumb is that? How much harder is it to just add the "h"? Maybe it's regional, I don't know. All I know is I don't like it.
What else? Oh, I have a big problem with the whole sit/set thing. I know you 'set' inanimate objects down. I just have a hard time saying 'set'. I'd much rather 'sit' the plant on the table. I'm a hilljack, for sure. Don't get me wrong - I never 'set' in a chair. I always sit.
I find myself using the word 'torture' when I really should be using 'torment'. Don't know why...it just seems that 'torment' isn't even in my vocabulary. You see, 'torture' means:
Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
An instrument or a method for inflicting such pain.
Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony: the torture of waiting in suspense.
Something causing severe pain or anguish.
To subject (a person or an animal) to torture.
To bring great physical or mental pain upon (another).
To twist or turn abnormally; distort: torture a rule to make it fit a case.
'Torment' means:
Great physical pain or mental anguish.
A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain.
The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.
To cause to undergo great physical pain or mental anguish.
To agitate or upset greatly.
To annoy, pester, or harass.
So I guess torment is the result of torture. To me, though, it's all one big ball of torture. Never torment. If I'm going to annoy, pester or harass you, I'll torture you - not torment you.
Speaking of annoying, I annoy myself. Can you believe the number or times I used parenthesis? Ad nauseam, I say. And the ellipses....? Please! Oh, and periods inside quotes. Outside quotes. Yeah, I'm pretty sure they're supposed to go inside the quotes, but sometimes that just doesn't seem right! And the use of dashes. Read any entry and you'll see gobs of dashes. It's uncontrollable.
I used to never use run-on sentences. Or incomplete sentences. Now it's just insane how frequently I type incompletes. Mostly for dramatic effect. I guess.
I could go on and on and on. But haven't I done that enough already? As you were.
Sometimes I get lazy and say 'er or 'im instead of her or him. How dumb is that? How much harder is it to just add the "h"? Maybe it's regional, I don't know. All I know is I don't like it.
What else? Oh, I have a big problem with the whole sit/set thing. I know you 'set' inanimate objects down. I just have a hard time saying 'set'. I'd much rather 'sit' the plant on the table. I'm a hilljack, for sure. Don't get me wrong - I never 'set' in a chair. I always sit.
I find myself using the word 'torture' when I really should be using 'torment'. Don't know why...it just seems that 'torment' isn't even in my vocabulary. You see, 'torture' means:
Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
An instrument or a method for inflicting such pain.
Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony: the torture of waiting in suspense.
Something causing severe pain or anguish.
To subject (a person or an animal) to torture.
To bring great physical or mental pain upon (another).
To twist or turn abnormally; distort: torture a rule to make it fit a case.
'Torment' means:
Great physical pain or mental anguish.
A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain.
The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.
To cause to undergo great physical pain or mental anguish.
To agitate or upset greatly.
To annoy, pester, or harass.
So I guess torment is the result of torture. To me, though, it's all one big ball of torture. Never torment. If I'm going to annoy, pester or harass you, I'll torture you - not torment you.
Speaking of annoying, I annoy myself. Can you believe the number or times I used parenthesis? Ad nauseam, I say. And the ellipses....? Please! Oh, and periods inside quotes. Outside quotes. Yeah, I'm pretty sure they're supposed to go inside the quotes, but sometimes that just doesn't seem right! And the use of dashes. Read any entry and you'll see gobs of dashes. It's uncontrollable.
I used to never use run-on sentences. Or incomplete sentences. Now it's just insane how frequently I type incompletes. Mostly for dramatic effect. I guess.
I could go on and on and on. But haven't I done that enough already? As you were.
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