wtf?

[kpete]

he "Absolutely Might"

what kind of bullshit use of the english language is that
just now on MSNBC

and NO, i am not an English Teacher, I am an Art Teacher and I know "ABSOLUTELY MIGHT"
makes no fffffing sense.

kpete

[monmouth]

1. Have absolutely no idea who you are talking about, what was the subject matter, what show was it

on so I'm gonna unrec. Hate stupid posts like this, a waste of time.

[treestar]

2. We don't really need to know that

As the point seems to be someone with a job on TV being that ignorant.

IMO they are just using "absolutely" in a different way, to mean emphasize. Like "he REALLY might."

[RichGirl]

6. That's just as bad!

Why not say "he might"...that's accurate. This is blatant spin. T

[treestar]

7. I agree. "Might" is sufficient for his meaning.

These people on the TV think they have to make everything seem bigger. They can't say a sentence without an emphasizing word. Can't think of the grammatical term for it.

[RichGirl]

3. His point is...

Absolutely = for sure, definitely, 100&

Might = maybe, perhaps, we'll see

Putting the two words together makes no sense.

[kpete]

5. thank you

and peace
kpete

[coalition_unwilling]

4. Right up there with

"Genuine Vinyl"

[SheilaT]

9. Oh, heck. That's not as bad as the constant misuse

of lie and lay, confusion between the subjective and objective forms of personal pronouns, as well as the gross misuse of it's to mean its and vice versa.

Not to mention, the incorrect use of the past participle when the regular past tense is called for: shrunk instead of shrank, for instance.

"Absolutely might" is relatively minor in the universe of grammar and usage errors out there.

[Motown_Johnny]

10. then he also absolutely might not too

[lumberjack_jeff]

11. Yup. As language goes, that's "pretty ugly". n/t

[HopeHoops]

12. "Definitely possible" is another one of those.