This could be an Absurdities post, a rant or A Grammar Police post. It fits all.
I realize people want to be cute and funny on social media, but I absolutely hate posts that start with "I was today years old when..." There's no such thing. Stop it. Please just stop it.
I won't go into all the reasons it makes no sense. Let me ask this though. If you learned it yesterday, would you be yesterday years old when you...?
Because I have no lawn, I can't yell at kids for being on it. Now, I will shake my fist and yell at some clouds.
3 comments:
Agreed
Ah, it's an idiom, I like it. I actually did recently post something saying "I was two days ago years old when..." in a discussion of a trivia game from a couple days earlier. Slap me on the wrist....
Brett Alan, I think you're safe. I lost that battle, but I still don't like it. LOL
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