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In Bob Greene’s wonderful column (Tempo, April 21) on the subject of mangled English–not the misuse of words but the slaughtering of phrases–he left out the one phrase that sets my teeth on edge even more than using “no problem” instead of “you’re welcome” and “you need to” instead of “please.” It’s “I go” when the speaker means “I said” or “I thought” or “I felt.” Example: “He told me what happened and I go `wow.’ “
The nincompoops who are destroying our rich language can’t even get their tenses straight.
I hope Mr. Greene keeps up the good work with more columns like this one. It’s a faint hope, but maybe those ignoramuses who are murdering English will recognize themselves in print and mend their ways.
That’s assuming they ever read.
