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Subject:Re: pet peeves From:Sally Marquigny <SALLYM -at- MSMAILHQ -dot- NETIMAGE -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 22 Aug 1994 11:56:00 PDT
One I've heard lately, even on *newscasts* is, for example:
"There are a roomful of people..."
Sally Marquigny Network Imaging Systems
sallym -at- msmailhq -dot- netimage -dot- com Herndon, VA
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From: TECHWR-L
To: Multiple recipients of list TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: pet peeves
Date: Monday, August 22, 1994 8:25AM
One of my favorite is "there is" or "there are." Unless the sentence is
intended to focus on the actual *existence* of something (rather than the
thing itself) I consider these words verbal baggage.
John Endicott
jendicot -at- nyx -dot- cs -dot- du -dot- edu
