{"id":4667,"date":"2018-03-22T11:58:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T11:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2018\/03\/22\/language-rant\/"},"modified":"2018-03-22T11:58:56","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T11:58:56","slug":"language-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2018\/03\/22\/language-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Language Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Walter\"<\/a>It is time again for another language rant. The visage of Jeff Dunham's  'Walter' alerts you to what's coming in case you cannot stomach this sort of thing.<\/span><\/p>\n

1) If you know English, you know that the correct response to 'thank you' is 'you're welcome,' not 'thank you.'  So why does almost every guest on Tucker Carlson's show respond to his 'thank you for coming on' with 'thank you'? <\/span><\/p>\n

That pisses me off. Only one guest recently made the correct response.  I am of course not objecting to the following sort of exchange: <\/span><\/p>\n

'Thank you, Mark Steyn, for that brilliant analysis. You're welcome, Tucker. And thank you<\/em> for inviting me on.'<\/span><\/p>\n

2) To peruse a document is to read it carefully and thoroughly or to examine a matter carefully or at length.  See here<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Note that peruse means \u2018read\u2019, typically with an implication of thoroughness and care. It does not mean \u2018read through quickly; glance over\u2019, as in documents will be perused rather than analysed thoroughly.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Prescriptivism rules.<\/span><\/p>\n

Related:<\/span><\/p>\n

58 Most Commonly Misused Words and Phrases<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
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A list<\/a> by Steven Pinker. Refreshingly prescriptivist. I agree with every example. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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