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[Scott Knitter]

Agreed. Also, there seem to be a lot of inanimate means of
transportation, such as trains and buses, suddenly having lots of
experiences. Oh, the stories they could tell...

"The CTA Red Line is experiencing delays at Belmont station due to
signal and switch problems." "Express bus routes are experiencing
detours due to the car on fire on Lake Shore Drive." What's wrong with
"Red Line trains are delayed at Belmont..." and "Express buses are
being diverted from Lake Shore Drive..."? I'd say the passengers are
having the experiences, not the rail line or bus routes. I've written
to the CTA on this, to no avail.

Then there's the corporate-speak "net-net," meaning "in summary," or
"the result is." Dumb. "So, net-net, we won't have to hire any more
grammarians."

On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com> wrote:
> ..."The rain will impact the morning commute".   The weather person says
> this with excess affect for the effect of the rain.  That affects me badly.




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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA