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"I could care less..."
Jan 2, 2017 03:11:42   #
JW
 
... is properly followed by the words, "...but not much less."

Similarly, the proof is not in the pudding. The proof of the pudding is in the tasting.

And, 'begging the question', is a logical fallacy for what is also called circular reasoning, not a request/prompt for a question.



What are some other commonly misused words and phrases?

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Jan 2, 2017 03:39:22   #
200MPHTape
 
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Heads Up

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Jan 2, 2017 07:14:49   #
pafret Loc: Northeast
 
JW wrote:
... is properly followed by the words, "...but not much less."

Similarly, the proof is not in the pudding. The proof of the pudding is in the tasting.

And, 'begging the question', is a logical fallacy for what is also called circular reasoning, not a request/prompt for a question.



What are some other commonly misused words and phrases?


A little learning is a dangerous thing.

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Jan 3, 2017 20:28:13   #
padremike Loc: Phenix City, Al
 
JW wrote:
... is properly followed by the words, "...but not much less."

Similarly, the proof is not in the pudding. The proof of the pudding is in the tasting.

And, 'begging the question', is a logical fallacy for what is also called circular reasoning, not a request/prompt for a question.



What are some other commonly misused words and phrases?


We're referring this to the department of redundancy department.

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Jan 5, 2017 09:30:08   #
qrpnut
 
"very unique , really unique, absolutely unique, etc." There is no degree of uniqueness. Something is either unique or not unique.

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