dolo amber
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Wed Sep-21-05 07:50 AM
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What's your take on saying "sure" when you mean "yes"? |
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I see nothing wrong with this, and do it often. I've had people ask me "Do you mean 'yes'?"... I was unaware "sure" had any other connotations other than positive. My mom (the English professor) once asked me to stop using it because she said it sounds "shifty".
What's that about? :shrug:
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Wed Sep-21-05 07:51 AM
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1. its only shifty if you say it like |
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Wed Sep-21-05 07:58 AM
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2. To think that you would imply that *I* am EVER sarcastic... |
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Wed Sep-21-05 07:59 AM
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Wed Sep-21-05 08:27 AM
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Wed Sep-21-05 08:31 AM
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5. What's your take on the misuse of the word, "just"? |
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Truly, a burning question.
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dolo amber
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Wed Sep-21-05 08:36 AM
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9. I don't so much misuse that |
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as mistype is as jsut. All the time. It's my #1 offender. :mad:
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Wed Sep-21-05 08:31 AM
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6. i think your mom is shifty |
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Wed Sep-21-05 08:33 AM
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also "of course" in the same manner.
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Wed Sep-21-05 08:40 AM
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11. Yes, but see you're British and therefore |
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don't count as your people have more sense by default. :D
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Wed Sep-21-05 08:36 AM
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I probably wouldn't use it in formal writing, but I probably wouldn't even notice in casual conversation.
"Do you want to go to a movie?" "Yes." "Sure." "Okay."
Those all sound appropriate to me. :shrug:
I'm attending (joy of joys) a copy-editing thing tomorrow; I'll ask the grammar mavens.
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Wed Sep-21-05 08:39 AM
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10. Grammar maven mom says it's |
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"non-committal". She maintains if you mean 'yes', you'll say 'yes'. If you DON'T mean 'yes', but realize you probably have no choice, you say 'sure'.
I think progmom's right. :D
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Wed Sep-21-05 08:42 AM
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I find myself using "sure" a lot in those kinds of situations.
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Wed Sep-21-05 08:45 AM
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13. It depends on the tone in your voice |
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Edited on Wed Sep-21-05 08:46 AM by JimmyJazz
"sure" can sound like "well, since I've got nothing better to do." ----> Like this: :shrug:
OR
"sure" can sound like "What a great idea." ---> Like this: :bounce:
:hi:
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Wed Sep-21-05 08:50 AM
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14. progspawn has taken to saying "sure! sure!" |
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Wed Sep-21-05 10:24 AM
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15. I use sure all of the time |
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I say it to mean yes, but it drives my wife nuts, because she thinks I'm being non-committal. I keep telling her, "If I say 'sure', I mean 'yes'!"
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Wed Sep-21-05 10:32 AM
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that way nobody misunderstands you.
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Wed Sep-21-05 10:33 AM
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17. Was unable to say anything else to Eric Idle |
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Don't run into many celebrities in Philadelphia. My SO still teases me about it:
EI: Did you like the show? Me: Sure! EI: Do you want me to sign this shirt? Me: Sure! EI: Here at the bottom? Me: Sure! SO: She does have other words in her vocabulary, I promise.
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Wed Sep-21-05 10:33 AM
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18. "sure" isn't shifty, you are |
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i think that's what your mom meant :P
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Wed Sep-21-05 10:37 AM
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I get what she means... but I'm not that picky or overly analytical.
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