What's that word for duplicating a word?

[Jeff]

Best know example, Microsoft Works :icon_lol:

Police intelligence?

 

[bocadillo]

Best know example, Microsoft Works :icon_lol:

Has Microsoft Works got a spell checker?

 

[Billyjof]

pleonasm



incidentally, there is a really strange tendency of people to use "myself" and "yourself" lately instead of me/i/you

"john and myself went the pub"
"sent that to myself"

urgh

Speaking on the phone formally I have a habbit of saying

"I'm fine, and yourself?"

Would you consider this to be incorrect use of English?

I am a firm believer in a language evolving but I would hate to think I was begining to use chav terms "innit".

 

[fcukcov]

I don’t have a problem with the use of myself at all and I think it is just a development of the language rather than a major error. I use it in my letters all the time. It sounds less harsh then me. IMO.

 

[SJN-Fox]

I think it depends on how it's used. If it's a substitute for me or you, then that may well be fine. However, if it's used in place of I (as in the previous example of "John and myself went to the pub" then that is just awful.

 

[Darth Vodka]

Speaking on the phone formally I have a habbit of saying

"I'm fine, and yourself?"

Would you consider this to be incorrect use of English?

I am a firm believer in a language evolving but I would hate to think I was begining to use chav terms "innit".

if it sounds ok, it is ok, languages are spoken not written

people split infinitives now

i always say "me and john went the pub" when i know its "i and john" it just sounds better

"i'm fine and yourself?" sounds almost as good as (the supposedly more correct) "i'm fine and you?"

it's like saying pedantic latin plurals (stadia, plectra, fora) it may correct, but it's a bit bellendy and the vernacular is fine

oh and the conditional "if i were to do that" as opposed to "i was to do that" sounds wanky and i don't care what english teachers say

 

[Macky]

Speaking on the phone formally I have a habbit of saying

"I'm fine, and yourself?"

Would you consider this to be incorrect use of English?

Yes, 'habbit' is definitely an incorrect use of English.

 

[SJN-Fox]

if it sounds ok, it is ok, languages are spoken not written

people split infinitives now

i always say "me and john went the pub" when i know its "i and john" it just sounds better

"i'm fine and yourself?" sounds almost as good as (the supposedly more correct) "i'm fine and you?"

it's like saying pedantic latin plurals (stadia, plectra, fora) it may correct, but it's a bit bellendy and the vernacular is fine

oh and the conditional "if i were to do that" as opposed to "i was to do that" sounds wanky and i don't care what english teachers say

It's not "i and john" it's John and I. You always put yourself last.

 

[Darth Vodka]

It's not "i and john" it's John and I. You always put yourself last.

aaaah i didnt know that, ha

oooops, no wonder it sounds gash!

here to learn

 

[Macky]

if it sounds ok, it is ok, languages are spoken not written

people split infinitives now

i always say "me and john went the pub" when i know its "i and john"

I'm sure it's 'John and I', and it isn't a split infinitive either way.

 

[Darth Vodka]

I'm sure it's 'John and I'.

i had the rule wrong

:icon_redf

 

[Darth Vodka]

I'm sure it's 'John and I', and it isn't a split infinitive either way.

that was a separate paragraph!

 

[SJN-Fox]

that was a separate paragraph!

Technically, I would question that as you failed to use any full stops to indicate that any of the previous statements were sentences.

 

[Billyjof]

Yes, 'habbit' is definitely an incorrect use of English.

:icon_lol: An oversight. :icon_redf

 

[Darth Vodka]

Technically, I would question that as you failed to use any full stops to indicate that any of the previous statements were sentences.

full stops end sentences

carriage return line feed = paragraph

:icon_bigg

 

[FIF]

Omg Roflol Wtf

 

[Macky]

Omg Roflol Wtf

innit

 

[Melton Fox]

I don’t have a problem with the use of myself at all

Neither do I, it can be great sometimes.