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Originally Posted by finch1750
I tend to use the shortest words possible, but if I'm writing for something (academic, whitepaper, article, etc) I will use all forms of a saying to avoid sounding repetative.
One of my biggest pet peeve is using complex words in everyday conversation. It just bugs the hell out of me because I do feel people do it to show off.
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Why the hell can't you just say "Not me. My kids are millenials and I love em".
This isnt a novel so why be so formal about it?
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Why does using more descriptive or complex words make it showing off? That is the way some people talk. I use complex words all he time and am not showing off or being pretentious it is just simply the words I use. Much of the use of words can be regional and just because somebody says "sired" and it may not seem normal to you does not make it abnormal to others. You would probably be appalled at how I speak if you think using such words is showing off. Some of it slips through here even when I generally ignore all rules of grammar since I usually am rushing what I write.
As far as the use of "too" goes I don't pay attention enough to what I say to tell you if I ever say "as well" but I do not believe that I do.