tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399455075323320917.post9105864670155900983..comments2020-11-16T06:55:53.799-05:00Comments on Happy Dog: Anyways, it's anyway.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399455075323320917.post-62640975660814724492010-12-13T20:17:43.044-05:002010-12-13T20:17:43.044-05:00Hey, Anon...yeah, your credibility is SHOT, of cou...Hey, Anon...yeah, your credibility is SHOT, of course. :)<br /><br />Chickie, I am planning a whole post on that very misexpression, but I don't know if I can say it as well as you did!Happy Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01956236998473734252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399455075323320917.post-12084618707088674962010-12-12T08:44:59.505-05:002010-12-12T08:44:59.505-05:00OOOpppp...typo above: change "difference"...OOOpppp...typo above: change "difference" to "different"please.<br /><br />Hope that doesn't diminish my credibility...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399455075323320917.post-15058195838346537522010-12-12T08:38:34.369-05:002010-12-12T08:38:34.369-05:00OK--point taken--but even Chomsky points out that ...OK--point taken--but even Chomsky points out that there is a difference between descriptive and prescriptive grammar. This force is slowly evolving (devolving?) our language so that, in 500 years, everything will be completely difference. Personally this type of mistake is NOTHING compared to the slow disappearance of the tenses, such as present perfect... <br />ANYWAYS, when you Google "anyway", it is indeed listed as being interchangeable with "anyways".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399455075323320917.post-21864206108123798732010-12-12T04:51:52.153-05:002010-12-12T04:51:52.153-05:00"Anyways" does indeed annoy me. I can se..."Anyways" does indeed annoy me. I can see how some might find it charming, but I'm not one of them.<br /><br />As an example of "find it charming", I sometimes like "I could care less", for the way that the speaker simultaneously communicates their lack of interest _and_ communicates their lack of interest in communicating their lack of interest correctly.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.com