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  1. Paul Anthony

    A word that you detest

    Right on the mark. It's like, "Our thoughts and prayers...". Yeah, right, you (the police spokesperson, etc,) really know the person or family and are going to be thinking of them, and of course actually saying a prayer for them as well. "Toronto" caught me eye. Born and raise in Toronto and...
  2. Paul Anthony

    A word that you detest

    "dynamics" It is so overused now in order to sound, perhaps, more educated. "These are the dynamics of..." etc., rather than just, "This is the situation."
  3. Paul Anthony

    The Third Person Plural of the verb "to be"

    What is happening to the verb conjugation, "are"? Every time I hear people speak it's "is" this and "is" that instead of correctly saying, "are". Example: "There is three things I don't like when..." or, "There's three things I don't like when..." ("there's"--the contraction of "there is"). I...
  4. Paul Anthony

    Third Person Plural of the Verb "To Be"

    What is happening to the verb conjugation, "are"? Every time I hear people speak it's "is" this and "is" that instead of correctly saying, "are". Example: "There is three things I don't like when..." or, "There's three things I don't like when..." ("there's"--the contraction of "there is"). I...
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