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12-31-2018 06:48 PM
@Jackhound Mom wrote:"Sit There" before they describe what someone did?
Example: Don't "sit there" and lie. or She "sat there" and laughed.
Not everyone is in the seated position when they do something and if they are it has nothing to do with the remark or situation.
This saying drives me crazy
Can you give a more complete example, @Jackhound Mom? I have never noticed that phrase being out of place - whether used grammatically or ungrammatically.
It is not clear from the examples you gave that the people weren't actually sitting.
12-31-2018 07:02 PM
It's meant to indicate the location of the offending person when it happened. Sometimes it's indicated by the phrase, she laughed in my face. That the person was right in front of the speaker lends validity since it was observed and somehow makes the action more offensive.
12-31-2018 07:20 PM
Maybe for the same reason law enforcement refers to a suspect as "gentleman"?
Sorry to go a bit O/T, but that one...that one really bothers me!
12-31-2018 07:40 PM
It never ceases to amaze me what bothers some people. What bothers me is that people think you have to graduate from college to be able to speak correctly. I think people should be able to speak correctly before they go to college.
12-31-2018 08:57 PM
@esmerelda wrote:Maybe for the same reason law enforcement refers to a suspect as "gentleman"?
Sorry to go a bit O/T, but that one...that one really bothers me!
It's that little ole thing called innocent until proven guilty.
An arrest is not proof of guilt. Far from it.
12-31-2018 09:02 PM
@Ms tyrion2 wrote:
@esmerelda wrote:Maybe for the same reason law enforcement refers to a suspect as "gentleman"?
Sorry to go a bit O/T, but that one...that one really bothers me!
It's that little ole thing called innocent until proven guilty.
An arrest is not proof of guilt. Far from it.
How does one identify a gentleman? Why not just "man"?
12-31-2018 09:44 PM
The same reason audiences are addressed as ladies and gentlemen rather than women and men.
01-01-2019 01:04 AM
@ShowMe wrote:@Jackhound Mom......I've never heard that..... What talk show are you talking about????
Hmm ..... I've never heard that, either.
01-01-2019 10:31 AM
May be i just am not understanding this at all,but to me i would take it as i want your attention before i explain ,so sit.
01-01-2019 10:37 AM
I haven't heard the phrase. I would say "she sat there" only if she was actually sitting there.
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