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Why 'outside of'?

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Greatnan Fri 16-Mar-12 13:09:07

I hope I have plenty of gorm!
I do get stroppy about journalists not being able to spell or use correct grammar - surely words are their stock in trade. I even notice them using unnecessary apostrophes when making words plural - e.g. dog's instead of dogs. (It happens on forums, too, but most posters are not professional wordsmiths)

Anagram Fri 16-Mar-12 13:01:48

Going forward - have we had that one? As in "going forward into the future". MPs say it all the time, it's just wordiness for the sake of it angry

Oxon70 Fri 16-Mar-12 12:55:57

Tell us, Bagitha?

bagitha Fri 16-Mar-12 12:42:46

Possibly, jeni, but don't you think it adds something to twerpiness? I do. grin Besides, 'gorm' is a lovely word and so are its relatives.

jeni Fri 16-Mar-12 11:17:13

baggy isn't the gormless redundant?.

bagitha Fri 16-Mar-12 10:55:18

The queen "walked into dinner". Messy!

Annobel Fri 16-Mar-12 09:33:06

And 'reversing back' - as in 'she reversed back into a BMW'.

kittylester Fri 16-Mar-12 09:26:45

My current hate is 'returning back to' but it can change every morning depending on what is said on 'Breakfast'!

Gally Fri 16-Mar-12 09:24:47

Estate Agents - 'this house comprises of' is another one

Grossi Fri 16-Mar-12 08:40:23

I absolutely agree with you Greatnan.

I also cringe at "arriving into", as in "We are now arriving into Paddington."

bagitha Fri 16-Mar-12 08:38:51

The phrase "gormless twerp reporter" comes to mind.

Greatnan Fri 16-Mar-12 07:43:23

According to the Daily Mail, Lindsay Lohan had an incident 'outside of' a nightclub. Why not just 'outside'?