Comments on: Less is More When it Comes to “Unique” http://www.dailywritingtips.com/less-is-more-when-it-comes-to-unique/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: July 2007 « M. J. Maddox http://www.dailywritingtips.com/less-is-more-when-it-comes-to-unique/comment-page-1/#comment-37843 July 2007 « M. J. Maddox Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:34:07 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/less-is-more-when-it-comes-to-unique/#comment-37843 [...] 31: Lying in State: Changing Perceptions Change Language * 29: Less is More When it Comes to “Unique” * 28: Who Is My Neighbor? * 26: Orwell: Timeless Guidelines for Writers * 24: Folks versus People * [...] [...] 31: Lying in State: Changing Perceptions Change Language * 29: Less is More When it Comes to “Unique” * 28: Who Is My Neighbor? * 26: Orwell: Timeless Guidelines for Writers * 24: Folks versus People * [...]

]]> By: nova http://www.dailywritingtips.com/less-is-more-when-it-comes-to-unique/comment-page-1/#comment-16619 nova Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:25:53 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/less-is-more-when-it-comes-to-unique/#comment-16619 God ! have I been mistaken all that time ?! I say:"That's so unique" all that time. It's really great to learn stuff like that! Thank you God ! have I been mistaken all that time ?!

I say:”That’s so unique” all that time.

It’s really great to learn stuff like that!

Thank you

]]> By: Crucial, Vital, Essential http://www.dailywritingtips.com/less-is-more-when-it-comes-to-unique/comment-page-1/#comment-4892 Crucial, Vital, Essential Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:51:35 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/less-is-more-when-it-comes-to-unique/#comment-4892 [...] words just can’t be qualified, such as unique. Something either is or isn’t unique – that’s all there is to it. Here are a few more [...] [...] words just can’t be qualified, such as unique. Something either is or isn’t unique – that’s all there is to it. Here are a few more [...]

]]> By: Lefa Singleton Norton http://www.dailywritingtips.com/less-is-more-when-it-comes-to-unique/comment-page-1/#comment-2584 Lefa Singleton Norton Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:41:08 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/less-is-more-when-it-comes-to-unique/#comment-2584 This is my pet peeve. We are becoming so accustomed to having an incorrect phrase shoved at us by lazy media and/or conversations that we start to accept the incorrect version. Those of us who attempt to correct people are, of course, pedants. This is my pet peeve. We are becoming so accustomed to having an incorrect phrase shoved at us by lazy media and/or conversations that we start to accept the incorrect version. Those of us who attempt to correct people are, of course, pedants.

]]> By: Maeve http://www.dailywritingtips.com/less-is-more-when-it-comes-to-unique/comment-page-1/#comment-668 Maeve Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:57:30 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/less-is-more-when-it-comes-to-unique/#comment-668 LearningNerd, The use of "very unique" that you describe may be common, but it's not what I'd call a regionalism. It is perhaps the deliberate use of an incorrect phrase for the sake of irony, like "déja-vu all over again." Such usage probably belongs to the realm of slang. LearningNerd,
The use of “very unique” that you describe may be common, but it’s not what I’d call a regionalism.

It is perhaps the deliberate use of an incorrect phrase for the sake of irony, like “déja-vu all over again.” Such usage probably belongs to the realm of slang.

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