Phrase craze. Verbal sensitivity. #Aspergers #AspergersSyndrome
Does anyone ever feel like they’ve been poked or scratched or their heart rate increases when they encounter phrases that are uselessly redundant or blatant grammatical errors? For example, the now ubiquitous “I wanted to”. “I wanted to share this information with you…” and then the information. Even writing this phrase makes me anxious. Why not just give the information? Obviously you wanted to share this information if you are sharing this information. Are you telling me that you wanted to but then couldn’t but now are? It’s everywhere this repellent “I wanted to”. Don’t get me started on “her and I”, or unbearably worse, “her and I’s”… Am I maybe missing something here? Is their a purpose to this of which I am unaware? Does anyone else experience this? If so, which phrases and/or blatant grammatical errors? Something similar? #grammarsensitive #uselessphrases