"Trump for president". Anyone who honestly believes that misogynistic, xenophobic, homophobic, racist, sexist, bigoted, deluded narcissist should be president is clearly beyond all hope...
"Smashed it!" - when used to describe anything done with moderate success... "I'll take it" - when used to describe the reward for anything moderately successful...
People who talk in the present tense when describing things that have happened. "The king comes to power in..." - NO, he CAME to power! People who talk in the present tense when describing predictions and forecasts. "Then tomorrow afternoon the rain starts to ease off..." - NO, it WILL START to ease off!
Most of the phrases used by football pundits. The latest one to get 'right up my nose' is "they had an overload down the right", meaning the defence was outnumbered. Just recently this seems to have become the accepted phrase for some reason...!
I hate the modern phrase 'I made an error of judgement'.Why not man up and say 'I made a mistake ,I apologise'.
All the way, used as though it was a momentous event Shell v power all the way for me People who "win" things on ebay, and "source" things from everywhere else
My bad! Ffsake. My bad? Whatever happened to the English language? I'm loathing it almost as much as the present tense shit. Damon Runyon wrote in the present tense in the 1930's and made it very entertaining but now the epidemic of present tense 'speak' is just beyond belief.
