She was bear-making, instead of bare naked?
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Her tiny waste, ewww!!! I guess it could be worse.
We think what happened is she heard the expression bare-naked...heard that as bear-makin'. Teddy bears and such. Too, the way she was using her hands and arms suggest bear-makin' instead of bare-naked. She was makin' like a bear.
That was what it sounded like she was doing, imitating people who make bears. That's cute.
Good v. Well (12 S.C. 306 [1859], a court case citation that I totally fabricated)
Doing "well" and doing "Good." To me, very recently, I have started seeing the two as a Venn diagram. You can do one but not the other sometimes. Perfection lies somewhere in the overlap. If I must solely choose betwixt, I go for Good.
Also, I have a right to bare arms.
Doing "well" and doing "Good." To me, very recently, I have started seeing the two as a Venn diagram. You can do one but not the other sometimes. Perfection lies somewhere in the overlap. If I must solely choose betwixt, I go for Good.
Also, I have a right to bare arms.
Hi!
Gee, I'm afeared to write in this hear thread. (Just kidding.)
Things I hear that make my left eye twitch:
"I do do that."
"I borrowed her some money."
"And then she goes, 'I said yes' and he goes, 'I said no' so she goes, 'I don't care...( Somebody should go already.)
"It's raining outside." ( As opposed to inside?)
And double negatives make me cringe.
Thank you!
Peace.
Gee, I'm afeared to write in this hear thread. (Just kidding.)
Things I hear that make my left eye twitch:
"I do do that."
"I borrowed her some money."
"And then she goes, 'I said yes' and he goes, 'I said no' so she goes, 'I don't care...( Somebody should go already.)
"It's raining outside." ( As opposed to inside?)
And double negatives make me cringe.
Thank you!
Peace.
My current pet grammar peeve is "is is". I'd like to think of an example of that to which I refer, but it's the awful habit that too many have of using the verb "is" twice in a row when once is quite enough, thank you very much. Maybe someone can provide an example of this phenomenon.
Ok, keep it up and I'm gonna do it and post pix here.
I always notice when loan is said instead of lend...
What about idear instead of idea?
That's an inflection issue, so imho not a grammatical error.
I can't think of double 'is' sentences, but double 'that' sentences make me cringe. I reword and reword to avoid having to use one, because they sound so awful.
What I think a double 'is' sentence is, is a sentence with an 'is' after an 'is'. I think that that when that happens, it sounds funny...
Yes. Rarely I'll use the same word twice in a row, but usually instead choose another route to say the same thing.
Oh yes you can! Think Slick Willy.
That's what I mean, though sometimes it's not an error. What I'm referring to is this weird bad habit that some people have. Here, let me try an example...
The problem is, is that people can't think of examples.
The problem is that people can't think of examples?
That is the correct sentence. But people say something like my example all of the time.
I try my best to do that as well.