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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 244663" data-attributes="member: 23">Oh gosh. The last thing I&#039;d want is to think of you feeling embarrassed or bad off the back of my pedantry. My question about there no longer being a difference between &quot;excited for&quot; and &quot;excited about&quot; was a genuine one. &quot;Excited for&quot; is widely used, but I suppose I&#039;ve only really noticed it in the last couple of years, so I&#039;m a bit behind the times (again, perhaps due to my lack of social media) and felt as though I missed the memo. Yes. On reflection, the word &quot;deliberate&quot; was a bit strong. In reality I&#039;d agree that it&#039;s much more like this:Well,&nbsp; we may be coming at it from different angles but at least we&#039;re discussing, so it&#039;s all good. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> It&#039;s the stuff of sitcom.Maybe he&#039;s asking you to pop by and help keep him dry.&nbsp;&nbsp; I can&#039;t even think where an &quot;I&quot; could be inserted. Was it &quot;mandaitory&quot; or something else?Same here. It&#039;s as futile as the fight to keep &quot;literally&quot; literal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 244663, member: 23"] Oh gosh. The last thing I'd want is to think of you feeling embarrassed or bad off the back of my pedantry. My question about there no longer being a difference between "excited for" and "excited about" was a genuine one. "Excited for" is widely used, but I suppose I've only really noticed it in the last couple of years, so I'm a bit behind the times (again, perhaps due to my lack of social media) and felt as though I missed the memo. Yes. On reflection, the word "deliberate" was a bit strong. In reality I'd agree that it's much more like this: Well, we may be coming at it from different angles but at least we're discussing, so it's all good. :D It's the stuff of sitcom. Maybe he's asking you to pop by and help keep him dry. I can't even think where an "I" could be inserted. Was it "mandaitory" or something else? Same here. It's as futile as the fight to keep "literally" literal. [/QUOTE]

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