Word Vandals

So, as a published author and PhD I can't write colloquially in a forum? That ain't right.
There are far more important things to stress over in this world... for example, breathable bacon

 

Is that like breathable wood? Or wait... Wood that breathes? Bacon doesn't breathe, does it?

 

Tone bacon does.

 

That's thebkind that sizzles?

Damn, now I'm hungry...

 

Yes, maple bacon sizzles...

 

Damn it... now you've started another maple bacon vs RW bacon debate!

 

You do a great job for someone speaking English as a second language. I’m no English major but I do not believe what you wrote would be considered a double negative. As far as I know, in the English language we don’t use double negatives- correct me if I’m wrong. But in certain languages, it is proper to use them. For example, in Russian, if you said “I never want to go”

я никогда не хочу идти

You’re technically saying “I never not want to go”, which would be a double negative.

 

https://www.breathablebacon.com/

 

THIS. This to me is the one thing that drives me crazy with today’s younger crowd. From memory more young women than guys. It stands out so bad to me, some people use it between each thought I swear.

A very common phrase that I’m sure we’ve all heard a million times is “I told him I said”. I mean when someone points that out, it’s just amazing how many people say that. Be listening when people talk of other people, especially wives talking about their husbands.

 

Yes and I wouldn't have thought it but evidently it is not a new word based on this:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conversate

 

Agreed - my favorite quote on writing comes from Jack Lynch:

"Know as much as you can about the rules, but strive above all for clarity and grace."

 

If this whole thread was just a setup for this post, it was worth it.

 

No, I didn't miss your point.

 

Thanks my friend. I will print this to show at the school where I work. Maybe they'll give me a little more respect Just joking. I have always liked the English language. It's good for communication, and quite impersonal, compared to my mother tongue. I like the fact that it's not so loaded with feelings in every sound. It's just like communicating thoughts directly. Of course it can and does transmit feelings, but romance languages are just too insane in this aspect. Sometimes I feel exhausted just to say one simple sentence in Portuguese, with a great chance of my own fellow speakers not getting it, because it' such a mess of feelings and "I meant this and not that!".
I gotta say that I'm not so fluent with spoken English, but I don't have a terrible accent. Of course you guys would spot it immediately, but I could get by. Just need more practice and to be sonically submerged in the language.

Now, speaking Russian- that really is a thing. I don't know any of it, but you have all my respect.

 

Top 10 first-world problems:

1. When the biggest issue of the day is a little two letter word
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In this context it would probably be a Maple vs. Hickory debate

 

So - a needle pulling thread...

 

Not only "So" but "Yo" is another one; if you want to hear a Goober then watch Andy Griffith.

 

So let me get this right...