Comments on: Stuff like that http://badmetaphor.net/2009/12/stuff-like-that/ (my life in parenthetical statements) Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Hannah http://badmetaphor.net/2009/12/stuff-like-that/comment-page-1/#comment-38184 Hannah Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:47:03 +0000 http://badmetaphor.net/?p=2103#comment-38184 The real problem with the phrase isn't the grammar as much as the laziness. As the author of "How to Say Nothing in 500 Words" points out: <i>Notice also what etc. means. It means "I'd like to make this list longer, but I can't think of any more examples"</i>. The real problem with the phrase isn’t the grammar as much as the laziness.
As the author of “How to Say Nothing in 500 Words” points out: Notice also what etc. means. It means “I’d like to make this list longer, but I can’t think of any more examples”.

]]> By: karenology http://badmetaphor.net/2009/12/stuff-like-that/comment-page-1/#comment-38183 karenology Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:55:45 +0000 http://badmetaphor.net/?p=2103#comment-38183 Yeah, maybe that wasn't the best example..I'll try to be a diligent dork and memorize how its used the next time I hear it (which will probably be soon!). Maybe it's not so much "improper usage" that bugs me, as the fact that I keep hearing people say that with a lot of frequency when they are nervous. I myself am guilty of splitting infinitives and ending sentences with prepositions...and stuff like that! Bah... Yeah, maybe that wasn’t the best example..I’ll try to be a diligent dork and memorize how its used the next time I hear it (which will probably be soon!).

Maybe it’s not so much “improper usage” that bugs me, as the fact that I keep hearing people say that with a lot of frequency when they are nervous. I myself am guilty of splitting infinitives and ending sentences with prepositions…and stuff like that! Bah…

]]> By: Hannah http://badmetaphor.net/2009/12/stuff-like-that/comment-page-1/#comment-38181 Hannah Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:29:11 +0000 http://badmetaphor.net/?p=2103#comment-38181 Though the second example is more strained, it doesn't seem odd to me. I'm sure I haven't heard a use like that recently, but probably when I was in Nebraska I did. I think what's awkward in that example is the construction typically is ongoing--but in present tense, not with a gerund. When we go out, he acts uncool, and stuff like that. Though the second example is more strained, it doesn’t seem odd to me. I’m sure I haven’t heard a use like that recently, but probably when I was in Nebraska I did. I think what’s awkward in that example is the construction typically is ongoing–but in present tense, not with a gerund. When we go out, he acts uncool, and stuff like that.

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