http://flickr.com/photos/ymalakha/64949425/
Angie, click on
this link for a billboard on the word “like”: e.g., “I said, like,
I’m going to, like, see the , like, movie.”
Christine Gray
From:
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 1:11
PM
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Subject: "To go" or not
"to go"
I am relatively new to this
forum. I find it very helpful to a layperson, so I am compelled to
present a monumental question about grammar usage.
When did the verb "to
go" become a speaking verb in conversation? For example, "I go,
'I'm not going to do that'"; "He goes, 'Oh yes you are";
"She goes, 'Please forgive me for my rudeness'" -- you get the idea?
I have noticed this usage
more substantially in the past ten months, and it is not just by the
grammatically impaired. I hear lawyers, school teachers, and even an
N.P.R. interviewer last week, all in a fast-talking need to employ
"go" instead of "said, commented, reiterated," or any other
verb of speaking.
I go, "what
gives?" And should I discourage my young children from saying this?
Angie Zelenak
Freelance Writer and Media Advisor
1.888.481.2415
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