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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Revert to what?

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:06, 1 reply, 11 years ago)
it's something all lawyers get wrong
we all know it's wrong, but we all say it.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:08, Reply)
Ah, I see. Like morals.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:10, Reply)
I pointed this out a while back and someone (you or rory?) reckoned it was ok.
I still don't like it when I see it on emails to me.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:10, Reply)
it is ok because everyone does it
therefore it is now an accepted use
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:16, Reply)
We use it the same way.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:19, Reply)
You make me sick

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:23, Reply)
so basically, intelligent people
demanding intelligence. good!
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:26, Reply)
Jumping on the bandwagon by bastardising English isn't 'intelligent'.
It's pretentious if anything.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:28, Reply)
that's what lawyers
DO
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:31, Reply)
Bollocks. I refuse to use office speak because no matter how ubiquitous it is, I still find it abhorrent.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:24, Reply)
irregardless of how many emails I get pinged with this shit I too hate office speak

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:25, Reply)
magic

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:26, Reply)
+ 2 chips on my soul it is then.

(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:27, Reply)
Rubbish.
Phrases like this get used because they serve a purpose and allow important busy people like me to get on with swindling your old Nan out of her insurance claim.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:43, Reply)
I fucking hate them.
Ghastly abuses of the flexibility of the language.
(, Wed 2 Jul 2014, 14:45, Reply)

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