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bobhustead said:
Is anyone else flummoxed by seeing a headline that uses a 3d person plural pronoun and then having to reread the headline a couple of times looking for a plural referent only to epiphanize that you are dealing with at an attempt to twist millenia old linguistic conventions into political correctness? I beg the question a myriad of times.
Bob
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here ive been blaming the lyrica i take for chronic back issues....it messes with me, too, but yes! im going nuts too trying to assimilate the info......
 
bobhustead said:
Is anyone else flummoxed by seeing a headline that uses a 3d person plural pronoun and then having to reread the headline a couple of times looking for a plural referent only to epiphanize that you are dealing with at an attempt to twist millenia old linguistic conventions into political correctness? I beg the question a myriad of times.
Bob
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i thought it was my lyrica...
 
Gliderman8 said:
And this is Mr. Malaprop

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The king of Malapropia:
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(I don't think these are the same person?)
 
My grandmother settled it sixty-some years ago: "Hey you!" or "You there!" became the default.
 
Look! Up in the road - a head!
 
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