Making Sense of "Like"
Patricia T. O'Conner writes in today's New York Times column about the bane of so many sticklers' existence -- the word "like" -- and makes a lot of sense.
posted by Martha at 3:10 PM
Sunday, July 15, 2007
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2 Comments:
I like like. I think that it comes down more to breadth of usage and ... understandability(?)
I found myself using it about a year and a half ago, considered its merits and decided to keep it. It's fun and useful! :)
Martha, I don't know if you read "User Friendly" or not, but he's just started a new thread that I think you'll like:http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20070716
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