{"id":537,"date":"2017-11-21T09:23:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T23:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craig.delahoy.net\/myblog\/?p=537"},"modified":"2017-11-21T09:23:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T23:23:11","slug":"more-abuse-of-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/craig.delahoy.net\/myblog\/more-abuse-of-english\/","title":{"rendered":"More abuse of English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m always struck by the poor use of the English language by those that have used it all their lives. I&#8217;m also always amused by those who want to try to demonstrate their superiority, and then prove the exact opposite in the actual execution of their message. Here are a few classic examples.<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"http:\\\/\\\/craig.delahoy.net\\\/myblog\\\/more-abuse-of-english\\\/\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-537 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/craig.delahoy.net\/myblog\/more-abuse-of-english\/attachment\/46\/'><img width=\"257\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/craig.delahoy.net\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/46.jpg?fit=257%2C300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/craig.delahoy.net\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/46.jpg?w=700 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/craig.delahoy.net\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/46.jpg?resize=257%2C300 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" data-attachment-id=\"539\" 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