phrases you hate — Page 6

I hate when people mispronounce the word "jewelry" as "joo -luh-ree".

It's JEWEL followed by a REE - not JOOLUH - REE!

worse than "no problem" is the bogus Spanglish "No problemo", pronounced "No prob-LAME-O!"

LOL, that's funny WickedRocks. :)

I'm kind of loving the phrase: "Shove It" these days.

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Last call.

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Ok, (I understand). :)

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Girls in my town say myin, instead of mine. Do you how annoything that becomes? Very.

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I really dont like it when people use "alot" for a lot. I also dont like it when people ask me " Do you KNOW YOU ARE OVERWEIGHT?" My standard reply to that , " No, but if you can hum a few bars, maybe I can fake it!"

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Updated On: 8/26/04 at 04:24 PM

Well, wow Auggie, since you AXED me two times (OK. I couldn't resist and had to use another mispronounced word that drives me up a wall) here:

BADLY
worse ( P ) Pronunciation Key (wûrs)
adj. Comparative of bad1y., ill.
More inferior, as in quality, condition, or effect.
More severe or unfavorable.
Being further from a standard; less desirable or satisfactory.
Being in poorer health; more ill.

n.
Something that is worse: Of the two routes, the eastern one is the worse. She was accused of cheating on exams, lying, and worse.

adv. Comparative of badly., ill.
In a worse manner; to a worse degree.

Idiom:
for better or (for) worse
Whether the situation or consequences be good or ill: For better or worse, he trusts everyone.

Can be used as an adjective or an adverb, depending upon the phrase.

Adjectives can express degrees of modification. The Positive, The Comparative and the Superlative.

Although English teachers often disagree about this as well (and I've even heard a few correct a student to tell them that they 'feel badly' not 'bad') you are correct that the technical grammatical reference is 'bad' as seen in this 1998 question from a college student to a professor:

Here is a question for you.
Is it correct to say I feel bad, or I feel badly?
I have an ongoing discussion about this with an academic wizard.

I feel bad. If you say you feel badly that means that your faculties for feeling are somehow impaired. The verb "feel" functions as a linking verb in this situation, so we want a predicate adjective, not an adverb. (That last part was for the wizard.)

Now on to the gerunds vs. infinitives discussion :)

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Updated On: 8/26/04 at 08:22 PM

This isn't really a phrase, more of a speech impediment. Up around where I live (Massachusetts), lots of people put r's at the end of words, for some reason. Like, "idear" and "Melisser" (instead of Melissa). It really bugs me.