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Old Jan 08, 2016, 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by StressedMess View Post
Grammar mistake number 6,439. Do we need to describe ado vs. adieu? Really?

Much ado about nothing.

I bid you adieu.

Or something I saw tonight "without further adieu. . ."

I clicked off the page. Grrrr.
I nipped one in the butt(sic) over forty years ago. Student council president goes, "in lieu of the time, will someone move we whatever..." My helpful big mouth goes, "you mean in view of; in lieu is french for in place of, and..." How to make friends and influence people!
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