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Why not "asked" for "reached out to ask"?
by mbg721 6y ago
Why not "asked" for "reached out to ask"?
- bqmjjx0kac 6y agoAt the end of the day, it is what it is.
- geenew 6y agoIt's certainly not what it's not, and it was what it was. Going forward, it will be what it will be. Despite the claims from some quarters, it wasn't what it wasn't; despite the hopes from other quarters, it won't become what it won't become. Some want it to be what it was, while others want it to not become what it is. Everyone can agree that it might or might not become what it is. All anyone can do is learn from what it was, understand what it is, and work to make what it will be what they want it to be.
- Normille 6y agoOh "going forward" is another good one! It's obviously designed to imply so much more 'progression', 'improvement' and 'boldly striding into the future' than the wholly unambitious "from now on"
- jraph 6y agoAt the beginning of the day too, most certainly.
- anonymfus 6y agoBecause it does not express how hard it was.
- panzagl 6y agoI'm too busy tilting at the 'just say use instead of utilize' windmill, but your cause is worthy.
- anigbrowl 6y agoI hate that one too. I think it's meant to imply a sort of pioneering by making something usable which previously wasn't, rather than merely employing it like some plebe. I've noticed an inverse correlationation between pomposity and substantiveness.
- NathanielK 6y agoI had an english prof who'd take a mark off if you ever handed in anything containing "utilized". Now I see it every where.
- kseifried 6y agoBecause often times they didn't get to the asking stage, they got to the "can we talk to someone about X and ask questions?" stage and nobody replied by the article deadline.
- Normille 6y ago"often times" ?! Where did I put that cat'o'nine tails?