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Ceases to amaze
Spoken to me the other night: "It ceases to amaze me how .." "It ceases to amaze ...?" I asked in a manner suggesting that I hadn't heard the rest of the sentence, but really I asked because I wanted to know whether the omission of "never" would be repeated, even after the feedback from me. It was.
Google returns over 4,000 hits for
"ceases to amaze" -"never ceases"
Shall we add this one to "I could care less" and "irregardless"?
Google returns over 4,000 hits for
"ceases to amaze" -"never ceases"
Shall we add this one to "I could care less" and "irregardless"?
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" I asked ... [/nq] Why? Or do you mean they are not saying what they mean?
- " I asked ...
- [/nq] Why?
- Or do you mean they are not saying what they mean?
- The two are quite different in meaning.
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[nq:1]Spoken to me the other night: "It ceases to amaze me how .." "It ceases to amaze ...?" I asked ... 4,000 hits for "ceases to amaze" -"never ceases" Shall we add this one to "I could care less" and "irregardless"?[/nq]
Why?
Or do you mean they are not saying what they mean?
The two are quite different in meaning.
Why?
Or do you mean they are not saying what they mean?
The two are quite different in meaning.
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[nq:1]Spoken to me the other night: "It ceases to amaze me how .." "It ceases to amaze ...?" I asked ... 4,000 hits for "ceases to amaze" -"never ceases" Shall we add this one to "I could care less" and "irregardless"?[/nq]
I wonder if this person's parents also use that phrase. My wife, two of her sisters and, for some reason, one brother-in-law use the phrase "sort of speak" instead of "so t
I wonder if this person's parents also use that phrase. My wife, two of her sisters and, for some reason, one brother-in-law use the phrase "sort of speak" instead of "so t
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[nq:1]Spoken to me the other night: "It ceases to amaze me how .." "It ceases to amaze ...?" I asked ... 4,000 hits for "ceases to amaze" -"never ceases" Shall we add this one to "I could care less" and "irregardless"?[/nq]
Not on my account. I hadn't heard it before but would view it as an expression that sums up the philosophy of the "News of the Weird" writer who periodically retires catego
Not on my account. I hadn't heard it before but would view it as an expression that sums up the philosophy of the "News of the Weird" writer who periodically retires catego
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[nq:1]Spoken to me the other night: "It ceases to amaze me how .." "It ceases to amaze ...?" I asked ... 4,000 hits for "ceases to amaze" -"never ceases" Shall we add this one to "I could care less" and "irregardless"?[/nq]
It's not quite proportional, though, is it? The fact that there are 234,000 Google hits for "never ceases to amaze" indicates that the other form is merely a modestly wides
It's not quite proportional, though, is it? The fact that there are 234,000 Google hits for "never ceases to amaze" indicates that the other form is merely a modestly wides
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[nq:1]Google returns over 4,000 hits for "ceases to amaze" -"never ceases"[/nq]
However, the estimated counts on that type of search seem less reliable than on others; sometimes searches for A -B produce higher estimates than for A alone. This would be a more reliable comparison:
"it never ceases to amaze" 102,000
"it ceases to amaze" 905
Mark Brader, Toronto, (Email Remo
However, the estimated counts on that type of search seem less reliable than on others; sometimes searches for A -B produce higher estimates than for A alone. This would be a more reliable comparison:
"it never ceases to amaze" 102,000
"it ceases to amaze" 905
Mark Brader, Toronto, (Email Remo
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[nq:1]... My wife, two of her sisters and, for some reason, one brother-in-law use the phrase "sort of speak" instead of "so to speak." My wife's dad says it the same way.[/nq]
this one's in the eggcorn database already:
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/
(under: so to speak >> sort of speak)
arnold
this one's in the eggcorn database already:
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/
(under: so to speak >> sort of speak)
arnold
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[nq:1]Google returns over 4,000 hits for "ceases to amaze" -"never ceases" Shall we add this one to "I could care less" and "irregardless"?[/nq]
'Could care less' could at least be construed as ironical.
am
laurus : rhodophyta : brezoneg : smalltalk : stargate
'Could care less' could at least be construed as ironical.
am
laurus : rhodophyta : brezoneg : smalltalk : stargate
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[nq:2]Google returns over 4,000 hits for "ceases to amaze" -"never ceases" Shall we add this one to "I could care less" and "irregardless"?[/nq]
[nq:1]'Could care less' could at least be construed as ironical.[/nq]
But then so could this one.
'Could care less' also may be effective in a 'could care less (but not less than that)' way.
am
laurus : rhodophyta : brezoneg : sma
[nq:1]'Could care less' could at least be construed as ironical.[/nq]
But then so could this one.
'Could care less' also may be effective in a 'could care less (but not less than that)' way.
am
laurus : rhodophyta : brezoneg : sma
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"Harlan Messinger" (Email Removed) ha scritto nel messaggio
[nq:1]Spoken to me the other night: "It ceases to amaze me how .." "It ceases to amaze ...?" I asked ... 4,000 hits for "ceases to amaze" -"never ceases" Shall we add this one to "I could care less" and "irregardless"?[/nq]
Another similar one is "I perish the thought". Nearly half of the 435 examples of this found by Google are
[nq:1]Spoken to me the other night: "It ceases to amaze me how .." "It ceases to amaze ...?" I asked ... 4,000 hits for "ceases to amaze" -"never ceases" Shall we add this one to "I could care less" and "irregardless"?[/nq]
Another similar one is "I perish the thought". Nearly half of the 435 examples of this found by Google are
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[nq:2]Spoken to me the other night: "It ceases to amaze ... add this one to "I could care less" and "irregardless"?[/nq]
[nq:1]Another similar one is "I perish the thought". Nearly half of the 435 examples of this found by Google are ... never would" returns 250 results, so its not just Ms Ciccone who uses the expression.[/nq]
And how many of those examples predate the song lyric?
Pe
[nq:1]Another similar one is "I perish the thought". Nearly half of the 435 examples of this found by Google are ... never would" returns 250 results, so its not just Ms Ciccone who uses the expression.[/nq]
And how many of those examples predate the song lyric?
Pe
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