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As best as I/you/we can!

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kittylester Sat 14-Jan-17 08:49:51

Does this drive anyone else mad? I miss whole news items etc because I rant about this so much when I hear it.

What happened to 'as well as I can' or 'to the best of my ability'?

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Jane10 Sat 14-Jan-17 09:27:20

Is it not 'as best I can' without the extra 'as'? Pedantic? Moi?!

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kittylester Sat 14-Jan-17 09:31:49

Not nowadays it isn't Jane - which was my point!

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kittylester Sat 14-Jan-17 09:33:26

You are obviously not as big a pedant as I!grin

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Teetime Sat 14-Jan-17 10:17:52

I agree kitty. I particularly dislike 'two times' rather than twice - it makes me shout Bloody BBC which annoys DH Ah!!

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grandtanteJE65 Sat 22-Jul-17 13:55:04

They all drive me mad, but then so did /does "at this moment in time" which cropped up in the 1960s. I clearly remember my English teacher telling us that there was nothing wrong with the word "now"

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Christinefrance Sat 22-Jul-17 14:36:02

You are so right grandtante why do people equate hyperbole with good speech ?

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