Our favorite entry from our favorite grammar grouch, Robert Hartwell Fiske, in his Dictionary of Unendurable English.
Like is used to mean “whatever word or words its user does not know or cannot be bothered to think of… Like means everything and nothing at once.”
What a powerful word to mean nothing and everything.
everyday you learn something new like this
I plead guilty…
I want to read this book, now.
Shamefully a horrid habit of my everyday speech.
Wow, I was like, “That makes a lot of sense…” *lol*
Whenever I misuse the word “like” when I stumble for words, I correct myself grammatically, even if it doesn’t make...
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