Does anyone else get REALLY TICKED OFF when people you think are intelligent - or who should be intelligent - use atrocious grammar? One of my pet peeves is when people say, "The thing is, is we did so-and-so."

Is is? Why do people say is is? I heard it today on NPR!! Aaarrgh! I love NPR, but that made my esteem for them wobble.

The other thing that ( Read more... )