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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 244701" data-attributes="member: 23">Interesting. It&#039;s quite possible that it has always been used this way and I simply haven&#039;t noticed. Just as you said about people&#039;s personal circumstances influencing how they speak, similar factors may also influence the expressions that people notice.The blog I linked to in the first post had someone with a similar experience to mine, who was noticing it as a recent change. They felt it was due to &quot;entertainment writers&quot;, but who&#039;s to say they&#039;re right? Perhaps they just hadn&#039;t noticed it before and were also trying to understand how it fitted into their world. I suppose I have that similar mindset where I find it easier to accept something if I can begin to understand its usage history.I&#039;m always interested to know what people&#039;s language bugbears are. It&#039;s telling that of the half a dozen or so members who&#039;ve discussed theirs so far in this thread we all have different ones. There are some language &quot;rules&quot; that I follow and notice. There are many I&#039;ve discarded. And no doubt there are more still that haven&#039;t even registered with me. Again, there will be all kinds of factors behind it, some of which I&#039;ll never know and understand. Which is part of the reason why I find the topic so fascinating.Well I&#039;m glad you did hit send. Everyone&#039;s free to express opinions in a way that is right for them, and nobody&#039;s in a position to criticise the way another member writes something. It&#039;s the participation that&#039;s important.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 244701, member: 23"] Interesting. It's quite possible that it has always been used this way and I simply haven't noticed. Just as you said about people's personal circumstances influencing how they speak, similar factors may also influence the expressions that people notice. The blog I linked to in the first post had someone with a similar experience to mine, who was noticing it as a recent change. They felt it was due to "entertainment writers", but who's to say they're right? Perhaps they just hadn't noticed it before and were also trying to understand how it fitted into their world. I suppose I have that similar mindset where I find it easier to accept something if I can begin to understand its usage history. I'm always interested to know what people's language bugbears are. It's telling that of the half a dozen or so members who've discussed theirs so far in this thread we all have different ones. There are some language "rules" that I follow and notice. There are many I've discarded. And no doubt there are more still that haven't even registered with me. Again, there will be all kinds of factors behind it, some of which I'll never know and understand. Which is part of the reason why I find the topic so fascinating. Well I'm glad you did hit send. Everyone's free to express opinions in a way that is right for them, and nobody's in a position to criticise the way another member writes something. It's the participation that's important. [/QUOTE]

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