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What cliches do you dislike the most? 스레드 게시자: jyuan_us
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jyuan_us 
미국
Local time: 12:22
회원(2005)
영어에서 중국어
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주제 스타터 | As a matter of course | Jan 2, 2023 |
I know where you are coming from.
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Dan Lucas wrote:
Tom in London wrote:
People who say "I'll be back momentarily" when they mean "I'll be back in a moment".
If they were British, you'd right to be annoyed, but this is legitimate usage in American English.
Dan
that's not what this American says
https://bethgsanders.com/nine-commonly-misused-words/
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Dan Lucas
영국
Local time: 17:22
회원(2014)
일본어에서 영어
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| Guilty as charged | Jan 2, 2023 |
I admit I have been perhaps lackadaisical about using “over x million people” rather than “More than x million people”…
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..what do Americans say when they actually do mean "momentarily" (as in "she paused momentarily")?
[Edited at 2023-01-02 14:56 GMT]
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Lingua 5B
보스니아-헤르체고비나
Local time: 18:22
회원(2009)
영어에서 크로아티아어
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I get emails from non-native PMs who ask me to kindly do this, and then to kindly do that. I never heard a native English PM use this. What’s wrong with Please +?
I kindly don’t work with kindly+ people.
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Lingua 5B
보스니아-헤르체고비나
Local time: 18:22
회원(2009)
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| “for a moment” | Jan 2, 2023 |
Tom in London wrote:
..what do Americans say when they actually do mean "momentarily" (as in "she paused momentarily")?
[Edited at 2023-01-02 14:56 GMT]
They use “for a moment” and related synonyms. But they also use the two phrases interchangeably.
Usage Note: Momentarily is widely used in speech to mean "in a moment, shortly," as in The manager is on another line, but she'll be with you momentarily. Many critics dislike this use, insisting that the adverb should only be used to mean "for a moment," as in He hesitated momentarily before entering the room.
https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=momentarily
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At the beginning of letters, a wildcard for any addressee.
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Confusing “literary” with “literal” (quite common, unfortunately)
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Dan Lucas
영국
Local time: 17:22
회원(2014)
일본어에서 영어
| Please let's not use "kindly" | Jan 2, 2023 |
Lingua 5B wrote:
I get emails from non-native PMs who ask me to kindly do this, and then to kindly do that.
Agreed. It's even worse when they shift the position of "kindly" so that their email reads "We kindly ask you to submit the document by...". No. That's not how it works. It's nothing to do with whether you are kindly or not. You probably meant to write "We ask you you to kindly submit the document by..." but for heaven's sake, as Lingua says, just use "please", as in "Please submit the document by...".
Speech intended to denote respect is complex in many languages, so aim to minimise (not amplify) that complexity. If you're dealing with the other respectfully and professionally, that will be conveyed by your general behaviour, not by "kindly". If you're disrespectful and unprofessional, that will not be mitigated by inserting "kindly".
Dan
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Lingua 5B
보스니아-헤르체고비나
Local time: 18:22
회원(2009)
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| Cultural etc. | Jan 2, 2023 |
They may be coming from cultures where there’s a need to be polite in each sentence. However, to me it rather appeared like a wrong English usage than being kind per se. I get source texts in native UK/US English with the overuse of “please” but never have I seen “kindly” used that much. Maybe it’s obsolete or archaic in modern English.
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Lingua 5B wrote:
They may be coming from cultures where there’s a need to be polite in each sentence. However, to me it rather appeared like a wrong English usage than being kind per se. I get source texts in native UK/US English with the overuse of “please” but never have I seen “kindly” used that much. Maybe it’s obsolete or archaic in modern English.
Yes. The Scandinavian languages have no word for “please” so they say “kindly” (“vänligen” etc) so that would account for some of this.
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jyuan_us
미국
Local time: 12:22
회원(2005)
영어에서 중국어
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주제 스타터 | Safely received | Jan 3, 2023 |
I always wonder why they always use “safely” this way.
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jyuan_us
미국
Local time: 12:22
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jyuan_us
미국
Local time: 12:22
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"Literally" has literally been used too much.
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