Fellow pedants may like this ...

Yes, 'nice', especially, was rather despised at my school as a descriptive word. Our fierce English teacher used to say "Think beyond bland, girls!". Of course, her nickname became 'Beyond Bland'.

No, I don`t like it either. When I was at school in the fifties and sixties, we were asked not to use words like: nice, get and - indeed - a lot, when writing essays. I suppose that life has become much less formal than it once was.

Alot.

I wonder if the brilliant artist/blogger can now come up with a picture of a 'boardof'?
I'm very bored with hearing 'I'm bored of going clubbing', or 'I'm bored of beans on toast for lunch'................ etc
I very much fear that 'bored of' is replacing the more correct 'bored with'.

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Love it .Thank you NannaAnna.A good start to the day. I was feeling down.
this made me laugh so much.

I hate 'gonna' for 'going to' - not only used in pop songs now, but also in written messages (not on GN though!)
'Should of' is used because grammar (i.e. auxiliary verbs) is no longer taught.

I have always liked the descriptionof the beach with "muscles on the groin". That sounds the same too - and even makes sense in its own sweet way!

It comes down to what makes sense. "I would of" simply doesn't . It's irrelevant whether it sounds nearly the same, lots of words do and are stuill wrong. One wonderful (I suppose malapropism) example I heard recently was that "I bear the grunt"....!

Phoenix, do you mean 'like' when 'as if' should be used? One of my 'betes noir', along with 'I would of..' Instead of 'I would have ..' or even I would've..' Why do these things make us so cross, it's only words after all!

Thanks NanaAnna, cheered me up Alot.

It's probably very similar to the one I have about "nice"!

Oh, ignore, I think I may have cocked up made a mistake, often do.

I do have a thing about "like" though.

Please elaborate, phoenix - which like don't you like? (If you see what I mean!

OK, but it does contain the dreaded "like". Or is it only me?

Glad you all enjoyed it
My eldest daughter posted it on Facebook as it's a blog she follows.

Loved it! (Alot)

Great!

Oh, I just love that, NanaAnna! Thank you for brightening my morning

Wonderful - but now I have to read the rest of the blog!

alot better than some I've seen!

It is brilliant. Perfect therapy for pedants everywhere. Be kind to your blood pressure and read this instead of the Daily Telegraph.
I like it ALOT

I like that blogalot! Thanks, anna.