Redundant Isses
By Candice on Jun 9, 2008 in Annoyances
This is a post about something that drives me insane. Aren’t they all posts about somethings that drive me insane? I’m posting this mainly to ensure that you, dear reader, go mad with me.
Have you ever noticed that people often insert an extra “is” into sentences containing wording similar to “the thing is that”? Well, they do. Almost every time. “The thing is is that”. I wouldn’t even say that the “that” is totally necessary, but the double “is” is infuriating.
Yep.
4 Comment(s)
By Nerml Q(new comment) at 13:16:20 on Jul 21, 2008 | Reply
Hey! Fucking wake up. Where are you? What are you doing? Inquiring minds… etc
By gerry rosser(new comment) at 07:17:48 on Jul 29, 2008 | Reply
Agreed.
The word “totally” as used in your post, and in general these days, is pretty much an ungrammatical space-filler.
By Candice at 08:53:02 on Jul 29, 2008 | Reply
Like, I totally don’t, you know, give a shit.
By carrie(new comment) at 16:16:44 on Aug 6, 2008 | Reply
also it is wrong to say, “the reason why is because….”