English language trends

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Grudge
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English language trends

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In the office I see more and more people phrasing comments like this:

"We are needing..."

"We are requiring..."

Instead of just saying "We need", "We require".

Anybody else seen this happening more and more?
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Might be a Texas thing or the south in general
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this is not an interesting observation

and arent they sort of different tenses or something

like "we need more food right now" vs "we are needing more food these days". at least i think that is more common usage

although who cares
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business usage has been generally passive for aeons
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Maybe Vega is sending out your memos :alien:
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:bulb:
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morbid board eli wrote:business usage has been generally passive for aeons
it prefers the passive voice, while actively sucking asses all day long

business :hate:

business usage :doubleoldhate::::::
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The Ultimate wrote:In the office I see more and more people phrasing comments like this:

"We are needing..."

"We are requiring..."

Instead of just saying "We need", "We require".

Anybody else seen this happening more and more?
There's lots of annoying office lingo that annoys me, one I hear a lot is "lets hop on a call" :ra:
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"shoot me an email"
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"marry the two (approaches, products, whatever)
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The Ultimate wrote:"shoot me an email"
i am guilty of this one :oldryan:
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Yeet

:oldryan:
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i like me some mabb english
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Dr. Gonzo wrote:Yeet

:oldryan:
Jeet :hard-on bearer:
vega wrote:But when I am meeting she is a round circle like egg. :oldryan: . She is eating 88% of foods and I am paying 100% bill.
Ninny wrote:
10 Oct 2021, 21:53
but now I want to suck her soft parts.
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