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Pokit
"Due to the fact that...."
Just because FFS
kadomony
i hate people who say "is" twice

as in:

"the problem is, is that..."

just say "the problem is that..." DAMMIT
sweds00
boxkick
inconspicuous
quote:
Originally posted by kadomony
i hate people who say "is" twice

as in:

"the problem is, is that..."

just say "the problem is that..." DAMMIT


I thought I was the only one who noticed that.

I figured it out, though. The problem is (is) that people are finishing the sentences as though they had begun them with 'what.' "What the problem is is that" is correct. They've just taken out 'what' to sound idiotic.
jonas
definately
inconspicuous
who let you out?
jonas
I chewed through the cage
inconspicuous
then where is dave's mom?
jonas
still in the cage
kadomony
quote:
Originally posted by inconspicuous
I thought I was the only one who noticed that.

I figured it out, though. The problem is (is) that people are finishing the sentences as though they had begun them with 'what.' "What the problem is is that" is correct. They've just taken out 'what' to sound idiotic.


ah yes, i see.

also people that substitue "it" for "there"

it was two books on that table.

DIE

Frenkieee
quote:
Originally posted by kadomony
ah yes, i see.

also people that substitue "it" for "there"

it was two books on that table.

DIE

Else you'd get "there was two books on that table".

That doesn't make sense either.


Hmm.. too easy?
inconspicuous
people who don't know how prepositions work.

'there were a pair of books on the table.'
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