Monthly Archives: November 2011

Going Forward After Drawing A Line Under

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Philip

Two more awful cliches now. The first of these miserable, hackneyed phrases, worked to death years ago now, is “going forward”. What’s disappointing for me is that everyone says it, even people you’d expect to employ a little more originality … Continue reading →

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Unbelievable, or Fantastic Anyway

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Philip

Another modish phrase we hear all the time is “unbelievable”. This really has been done to death over the last few years, but still people persist in using this meaningless phrase to describe any event in their hum-drum lives that … Continue reading →

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Expressions of Distaste (Part 2)

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Philip

The next one is one you see all over the place, and hear most times you turn on the radio or television. “New innovation”. “Innovation” means “something new”, so why should an innovation be anything other than new? Does there … Continue reading →

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Expressions of Distaste (Part 1)

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Philip

Don’t some expressions annoy you? I regularly come across expressions that debase the English language and cause me to wince. Expressions like “no-brainer”, designed to make the reader believe he doesn’t even need a brain in order to decide to … Continue reading →

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