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[susandennis]

On Google+ (https://plus.google.com/110340962945642622580/posts/ayuiRjKFBiq), I said:

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Dear TV news people - local and national. Adjectives modify nouns. Verbs are modified by adverbs. (A really big clue would be the "verb" that's right there in the word - adverb.) But for people who's job depends on communicating in English, you sure do constantly and consistently butcher the rules. So stop it, k? thx. sd

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I know what you mean.

[lefthanded99.livejournal.com]

Inaccurate use of language irritates me too. The one that I hear on the television frequently is "could of" when they mean "could have". I have even heard the news anchorman say this.

Re: I know what you mean.

[mhaithaca.livejournal.com]

I like to give them the benefit of the doubt, if they're speaking instead of writing, that they're saying "could've" rather than "could of."

(Also, Susan, I think you mean "whose." ;-)

Re: I know what you mean.

[susandennis]

:)'s