tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post5693320406892123500..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Correct use of the word "like".Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-24234467175910462982015-11-29T20:24:26.075+00:002015-11-29T20:24:26.075+00:00Mark the snag about being a pedant is that you mus...Mark the snag about being a pedant is that you must be correct yourself, so saying "I was in too minds" is a bit of an own goal. Motes and beams and all that.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-49238293372949902002015-11-29T12:35:06.827+00:002015-11-29T12:35:06.827+00:00B, I was in too minds about the punctuation but de...B, I was in too minds about the punctuation but decided not to give the buggers the benefit of the doubt.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-16294344999161236472015-11-29T12:16:29.691+00:002015-11-29T12:16:29.691+00:00No 3 is wrongly punctuated; it should be written &... No 3 is wrongly punctuated; it should be written "I am, like, sitting in the garden." "Like", here is a different word to "like" in No 2, meaning "similar to", so what this literally means is "I am doing something similar to sitting in the garden" That may be inaccurate, in that the speaker is not doing something similar to sitting in the garden, but is actually sitting in the garden, but it's not completely meaningless.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-78489727966079268712015-11-29T11:31:03.373+00:002015-11-29T11:31:03.373+00:00MIM, that sort of thing really get's up my nos...MIM, that sort of thing really get's up my nose.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-41943009636279985002015-11-29T09:16:46.548+00:002015-11-29T09:16:46.548+00:00I saw "get's" the other day.I saw "get's" the other day. Mark In Mayennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14987723233401368368noreply@blogger.com