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Top 10 Irritating Phrases - Oxford University Makes the Call

By Roberta Rosenberg on Nov 10, 2008 in Language Arts

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Here’s a fun read to kick-off your week.

Oxford compiles list of top ten irritating phrases -A top 10 of irritating expressions has been compiled by researchers at Oxford University

Do read the comments, too. I love seeing British English and American English compared and contrasted.

How about you? What’s missing from this top 10 that’s on yours? Any phrases to which you’d plead guilty as charged?

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    1. Jay | Dec 1, 2008 | Reply

      My suggestion for #11 of the most irritating phrases.

      “. . . compiled by researchers at Oxford University.”

      You know what I mean?

    2. Sheldon Lara | Dec 3, 2008 | Reply

      Let me quote this “At the end of the day “. I really read this on every essay that I compile.

    3. Armen Shirvanian | Dec 10, 2008 | Reply

      Many of the irritating phrases listed there do represent some frustrating communications brought about by others. “At the end of the day” serves to cancel out the rest of a conversation, and that isn’t appealing to the other people involved. “With all due respect” usually precludes a comment that the speaker thinks to be harsher than they are ready to be representative of.

      Armen Shirvanian’s last blog post..The Importance of Knowing How Things Work

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