Just another linguistic irritation:
Why do people add "at all" to their questions? e.g. "Is Bob there at all?" ("Well, he's here a little bit...") "Do you need a bag at all?" ("Well, just a bit of a bag, thank you")? ...and another one...(on the phone) "Who is this?" (Well, if you don't know who you are I'm not going to tell you! - did you mean "Who is that?")
I especially despise the increasing incidence of "also, as well".
ReplyDeleteAs in "you also get this handy gizmo as well".
Not to mention "return back" ("We will be returning back to the hotel at approximately 6.30")
Sloppy and infuriating...