Sunday, February 19, 2017

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There are two kinds of people in the world; those who use the word 'literally' to mean figuratively, and the kind of people who get punched in the face for pointing that mistake out to the people who make it.

Professor Steven Pinker gives some very funny examples of both kinds of people plus some other hilarious language mistakes and foibles that you have probably made yourself.

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Hilarious Examples of Awful Language

Steven Pinker, a psychology professor at Harvard University, gives some hilarious examples of bad grammar, mixed metaphors and just A.W.F.U.L. language.

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