that reminds of another cheese related pet peeve i have: restaurants that top their food with grated cheese when the menu mentions nothing about cheese. italian places do this a lot (altho its semi predictable, so i usually just request they do not add any cheese to the dish). and other restaurants tend to add cheese to their salads or even soups.
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that reminds of another cheese related pet peeve i have: restaurants that top their food with grated cheese when the menu mentions nothing about cheese. italian places do this a lot (altho its semi predictable, so i usually just request they do not add any cheese to the dish). and other restaurants tend to add cheese to their salads or even soups.
tiggerific
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people who do not take no for an answer, yes I got the cv but no you are not getting the job then bombard you with phone calls, emails and sometimes letters. even after you have written and explained you have all the staff you need, or they were unsuccessful in their apllication. why oh why can they not accept it ggrrrrr.
drugfukkdrockstar
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Busting to go to the toilet when there is no availability/option/opportunity to go. Shits me to fookin' tears.
addictivepersona
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K, grammar Nazis, help me out!:
Is "these ones" a grammatically correct expression? I don't think it is.
It doesn't really bother me anymore... It's become kind of like "I could care less" in my book: You know, one of those glaring errors that isn't going to go away any time soon so you may as well get used to it. 8)
Is "these ones" a grammatically correct expression? I don't think it is.
It doesn't really bother me anymore... It's become kind of like "I could care less" in my book: You know, one of those glaring errors that isn't going to go away any time soon so you may as well get used to it. 8)
modern buddha
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^ "These" signifies plural nouns and so does "ones". I don't see where the problem could lie.
addictivepersona
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^ That it's a redundant expression? You're already signifying plurality with "these," is "ones" really necessary?
"Check out these!"
"Check out these ones!"
"One" is a singular thing that you're making plural. Kind of like how "a couple" doesn't mean three.
Un-reputable site from a quick web search brought me this:
"These" is the plural of "this" and "those" is the plural of "that." It's perfectly OK to say "This one is mine; that one is yours."
But when we go to the plural, the "ones" is understood: "These are mine; those are yours."
Why this inconsistent usage? I wish I knew. English is full of rules, and half of them are broken.
Afterthought: I've just realized that the problem is with the number. You can say "This one," and "These two." If the number is uncertain, you can use "ones" in certain ways:
"Bring me four potatoes."
"Which ones?" [particular potatoes from a larger group]
"Those four in the bowl."
"These four?"
"No, they're too small. Try the ones in the cupboard." [the uncertain number of potatoes in the cupboard]
"Are these OK?" [we know how many are wanted]
"Those are perfect."
Like I said, it doesn't really bother me anymore, as I've accepted it's just one of those expressions that people are going to continue to use no matter what I think/say/do, but I'd like to know the correct expression for my own knowledge.
"Check out these!"
"Check out these ones!"
"One" is a singular thing that you're making plural. Kind of like how "a couple" doesn't mean three.
Un-reputable site from a quick web search brought me this:
"These" is the plural of "this" and "those" is the plural of "that." It's perfectly OK to say "This one is mine; that one is yours."
But when we go to the plural, the "ones" is understood: "These are mine; those are yours."
Why this inconsistent usage? I wish I knew. English is full of rules, and half of them are broken.
Afterthought: I've just realized that the problem is with the number. You can say "This one," and "These two." If the number is uncertain, you can use "ones" in certain ways:
"Bring me four potatoes."
"Which ones?" [particular potatoes from a larger group]
"Those four in the bowl."
"These four?"
"No, they're too small. Try the ones in the cupboard." [the uncertain number of potatoes in the cupboard]
"Are these OK?" [we know how many are wanted]
"Those are perfect."
Like I said, it doesn't really bother me anymore, as I've accepted it's just one of those expressions that people are going to continue to use no matter what I think/say/do, but I'd like to know the correct expression for my own knowledge.
modern buddha
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^ I guess my answer is coming from a person who points and says nothing.
I can see the redundancy now, but it was not clear at first. I think, as an answer, our language allows for redundancy, but not idiocy. "These ones" sounds perfectly fine to me.
I can see the redundancy now, but it was not clear at first. I think, as an answer, our language allows for redundancy, but not idiocy. "These ones" sounds perfectly fine to me.
felix
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^ agreed. it's not exactly elegant, but i don't think it's incorrect.
Damien
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I would say "Check these out!"
michael
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being in one of those coversations where you and someone else are basically talking past one another and not understanding what the other is saying. ugh.
CHiLD-0F-THE-BEAT
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There's a lady at work who is thwarting my attempts at making the toilet-roll face the right way. Each time I go in I change it to face out from the wall for easy access, and when I return the next day - it's been changed back again.
Frustrates me beyond belief, and I can't go and ask the ladies at my work who is doing it as it will out me as the anal retentive OCD bitch that I am.
Frustrates me beyond belief, and I can't go and ask the ladies at my work who is doing it as it will out me as the anal retentive OCD bitch that I am.
drugfukkdrockstar
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^Haha that annoys me too, to be honest. That's funny, toilet roll wars! us women are funny at the best of times 
tiggerific
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There's a lady at work who is thwarting my attempts at making the toilet-roll face the right way. Each time I go in I change it to face out from the wall for easy access, and when I return the next day - it's been changed back again.
Frustrates me beyond belief, and I can't go and ask the ladies at my work who is doing it as it will out me as the anal retentive OCD bitch that I am.
change it back and squeeze it, so the next person who pulls the roll will make a noise then you can look and see who has done changed it back.
One of the guys who works here is really OCD, colour co-ordinates everything, if he uses a pencil and has to sharpen it all others must be sharpened so they are the same size, drives me round the bend, but he does a great job so not complaining.
![:\](https://bluelight.org/xf/BL_Images/Orig_Emoji/wrygrin.gif "wry grin :\")
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Fjones
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K, grammar Nazis, help me out!:
Is "these ones" a grammatically correct expression? I don't think it is.
It doesn't really bother me anymore... It's become kind of like "I could care less" in my book: You know, one of those glaring errors that isn't going to go away any time soon so you may as well get used to it. 8)
"These ones" makes no sense unless you are referring to a specific group of one dollar bills, in which case you would be better off saying, "these bills all have lemonade stains," or something to that effect.
Or, if you have a box full of the actual digits used to denote apartment or building numbers, and you are referring to the "ones," then you could say, "these ones aren't big enough, we need to order another box." Aside from those two highly unusual occurrences, I can't think of any acceptable construction containing "these ones."
Something can be technically grammatically correct and still be nonsense.
For example: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Unbreakable
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Girls who have a under-bite
Guys who rock spandex tight jeans
People who look down on people who do drugs and yet they themselves smoke weed/cigs & drink booze
People who act fake just to blend with others instead of just being themselves
Gold diggers and people who just want to use people for whatever
People who have a dirty ass car on the inside, bananas and junk on the floor
Guys who rock spandex tight jeans
People who look down on people who do drugs and yet they themselves smoke weed/cigs & drink booze
People who act fake just to blend with others instead of just being themselves
Gold diggers and people who just want to use people for whatever
People who have a dirty ass car on the inside, bananas and junk on the floor
modern buddha
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This.
None of the other ones. I can stand there being stuff in your car, but old food that's rotting away? You can't smell that shite?
voxmystic
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It rather peeves me that this thread will disappear in a couple more posts, and v. 6 won't automatically show up on my user cp.
modern buddha
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^ Guess you'll have to be un-lazy and look for the new thread!
addictivepersona
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In total Lounge fashion...
IN B4 CLOzE!
Lawl.
In all seriousness, thanks for the reply up there, Fjones. :)
My latest peeve is people who staple things on the bottom corners of documents. Lmao, don't ask.
IN B4 CLOzE!
Lawl.
In all seriousness, thanks for the reply up there, Fjones. :)
My latest peeve is people who staple things on the bottom corners of documents. Lmao, don't ask.
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