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cliche seems like a fine description. there's no rule that a cliche can't be based in truth.
looking at your sentence, it probably was cliche. you just used it wrong, you needed to use it as an adjective. cliched story.
have we talked about how you're supposed to call the cops on hurtful speech now at mizzou?
Quote from: Cartierfor3 on November 10, 2015, 02:55:52 PMhave we talked about how you're supposed to call the cops on hurtful speech now at mizzou?Is that a real thing or was that just something Clay Travis said?
relevanthttp://throwgrammarfromthetrain.blogspot.com/2011/09/thats-so-cliched.html
cliched story fits his post better than anecdote or anecdotal story (the latter is kinda redundant).
Quote from: michigancat on November 10, 2015, 02:54:56 PMrelevanthttp://throwgrammarfromthetrain.blogspot.com/2011/09/thats-so-cliched.htmli like cliched much better, even if it looks a little odd without the accent mark. you're an english word now, cliche, start acting like it.
Quote from: sys on November 10, 2015, 02:53:27 PMcliched story fits his post better than anecdote or anecdotal story (the latter is kinda redundant).well "anecdote story" is also redundant.
Quote from: Dlew12 on November 10, 2015, 02:59:50 PMQuote from: sys on November 10, 2015, 02:53:27 PMcliched story fits his post better than anecdote or anecdotal story (the latter is kinda redundant).well "anecdote story" is also redundant.you wouldn't say anecdote story though, you'd replace story with anecdote (that's why "story" follows "cliched" and "anecdotal", but not "anecdote" in my post).
Also, re: hurtful speech:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/11/10/missouri-u-police-call-us-about-harmful-or-hurtful-speech/
That hurtful speech thing is pretty ridiculous.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, K-State fans could have beheaded the entire KU team at midcourt, and K-State fans would be celebrating it this morning. They are the ISIS of Big 12 fanbases.
Quote from: michigancat on November 10, 2015, 03:01:02 PMAlso, re: hurtful speech:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/11/10/missouri-u-police-call-us-about-harmful-or-hurtful-speech/i like Eugene Volokh a lot.
But here there’s not even any claim that they’re just trying to find evidence of crimes, or trying to answer speech with more speech. Here a university is urging students to call the police whenever they hear “hurtful speech,” precisely so the university “can take disciplinary action” against the speakers. This is the new face of the modern university.
The school absolutely should take action against students who are caught using hateful speech with other students, but using their police to go find them is a step too far.