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Grammar Gripe of the Week

Grammar abuse is serious, people! We need to put an end to this or I might explode.

I need to get back on the blogging train and what better way than to launch a series about my favorite topic in the world - grammar!!! (Pause to let the applause die down.)

I'm not sure if other languages are deteriorating like English is, but it's dreadful. I have started freelancing as a writing tutor for an online tutoring company and I grade college papers that are barely comprehensible. These are college papers written by high school graduates! Come on, 'MERIKAH! Now that the boyfriend has grown tired of me complaining about people's grammar eff ups, I will vent weekly on the blog. Lucky you.

This Week's Gripe: Back to Back

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This saying makes zero sense. Saying back-to-back episodes, back-to-back championships, etc. is really the exact opposite of what you're trying to say. If you're watching two episodes in a row of the same TV show, aren't you ending the first one (back) right before the start (front) of the second one. If the episodes were truly back to back, you would be watching the second episode starting from the end and going in reverse! Same with championships. If a team wins two championships in a row, do they really have back-to-back seasons? Nope.com.

Now, even more offensive than B2B is the atrocious back-to-back-to-back! WHAT?! Please review the picture to remind you what B2B looks like and you tell me where you're going to make that third back fit. Unless Bill or Bobby grows a second back, there is no way to fit another back in there. Three episodes in a row is back to front squared.

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So, just stop it.

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