When you are going to, say, add text to a document, do you say you're going to flush it out? Or flesh it out?
When you've had a little rant about something, would you write that you've said your piece? Or said your peace?
I say "flesh" and "peace".
I'm sure you can think of many other examples. These little things drive me nuts.
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It's "piece". "Peace" would drive me nuts, although not as nuts as "make due" for "make do".
I hate this stuff! I love today's Dinosaur Comics and its references. "Supposably" instead of "supposedly" particularly drives me crazy.
Flesh and peace.
Irregardless annoys me.
Irregardless, unthaw/dethaw, and "I could care less" drive me nuts.
Un/dethaw??? Meaning you put something back in the freezer? Hahahaha! I love it!
oh dear. I say flesh or fill it ;)
Personally, I'm with Alyssa (and Cath as she wrote in a blog post) I could care less... pet peeve. Oh, and "well, I'm just being honest - not rude" as those two are always way apart?
flesh. and piece.
who says flush? never heard that one...
Ahhh, yes. But why do flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?
I've said flush (and had this argument). I think I was thinking flush, like you would flush birds out of a bush when you're hunting. But I could have made that reasoning up.
Flesh and piece, for sure.
Other pet peeves: "here here!", said in agreement (it's "hear hear!", as in "I hear what you're saying". And "common" used in place of "come on".
Yay, pedantry!
LATE! Flesh and piece for me.
students who confuse effect and affect drive me nuts
Manor/manner, floor/flaw and for some reason (dear students) value/valve (what exactly is a pH valve??)
Though I rather enjoy the ones who insist that this feature is 'defiantly' present rather than 'definitely' present...
I'd say "flesh" and "piece". Out of curiosity I consulted my best (and possibly only) friend, the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, who had the following to say:
Flesh
flesh something out - add more details to something
(nothing relevant under flush)
Piece
say one's piece - give one's opinion or make a prepared statement
Peace
hold one's peace - remain silent
make (one's) peace - become reconciled
But I've seen that "say one's peace" is also rather widespread these days on the internetz, so I'd say they're both accepted versions! (some say with slightly different connotations, say one's peace = say that which gives one peace. To me that sounds like a modern construction, but then what's wrong with that?)
Ok, I've said my piece & now I'll try to hold my peace ;-)
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