Just found this on facebook and it is annoying
1. ‘I could care less’ is not wrong, it’s just American. Despite what many people think, these terms are not synonymous.
2. There was a convention to use an apostrophe to pluralise loan words coming from a different system that couldn’t be easily made plural in English; for example, soprano’s, pizza’s, sofa’s, etc. You still see this around.
8. (MY FAVOURITE) Actually there is a noun ‘affect’ (to do with emotions and emotional content of art etc) and a verb ‘effect’ (to cause; see ‘effected a change in sth’).
10. People use it so it is a word.
The whole point of a native language is that you don’t have to learn it because you already know it. Not being able to write it down is a secondary issue.
For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.
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| — | F. Scott Fitzgerald (via dreamersmind) |
A sad thing in life is that sometimes you meet someone who means a lot to you only to find out in the end that it was never bound to be and you just have to let go.
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My way of joking is to tell the truth. It’s the funniest joke in the world.”
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
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Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when the reader gets to the end of the chapter, he or she must turn one more page. When people tell me I’ve kept them up all night, I feel like I’ve succeeded.
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| — | Sidney Sheldon (via writingquotes) |
