I really do not feel like writing at the moment. I know I wrote that but a moment ago, but when I wrote that first sentence a question popped into my mind. Do I over-use and miss-use the word “really”? And if so, is it common problem found in the American use of the English language? To figure out the answer, or at least hopefully figure out the answer, I am going to use the one of the great technological assets of the 21st century…Google.
My search on Google, titled “define: really,” lead me to the highly reputable (sarcasm) source of Google definitions: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&defl=en&q=define:really&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title
It was at this site that I learned my usage of the word “really,” while not grammatically incorrect, is to be avoided since I used it as a vague intensifier. I now feel more educated; however, I am also beginning to question my grammar and usage of a long list of words in this entry.
I have opened a can of worms on myself. To being with, I have written in passive voice, as shown in this very sentence.
Is my usage of the word “very” in the previous sentence yet another attempt by myself to use a vague intensifier? What about my comma usage? Should that be “use” or “usage”? Should the quotations go before or after the question mark?
Oh dear, this is getting out of control. Time to change subjects.
Yes, the previous sentence is not a sentence at all, but a sentence fragment. Poor grammar, I know.
So much for changing subjects.
That was another sentence fragment.
I promise, this time I will change subjects.
On a side note, I almost used the word “really” in the above sentence, but edited out before I wrote the sentence.
Does that constitute a new subject? I hope so, but it most likely does not.
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Throughout the day I often find myself running into situations where I am on one topic and it leads to a new question and/or train of thought, and before I know it I have completely digressed from my original subject of interest of study. My total digression most often occurs when I am sitting at the computer because I have the ability to immediately gratify my desire for insight into whatever subject or topic arises by researching it on the internet. If I do not happen to have a computer easily accessible when a questions arises, then I more often than not have my interest peaked for a moment but completely forget about whatever it was before I am able to research the question or topic. This week I started writing down key words in a little notebook I carry around so that I can go back at a later time to find the more information on the topic.
A few of the reminder notes I jotted down were “Dorcas,” “Plass other writings,” “butterfly metamorphosis,” and “Zoroastrians.”
Dorcas arose from an email one of my friends sent me where she began the email, “Hey Dorko.” Her greeting reminded me of a similar name that one of my sisters calls me; that being Dorkiss. I then remembered that in the Bible there is a woman named Dorcas, which led to me wondering what the name Dorcas means. It turns out that Dorcas is Greek for gazelle.
I would go into the significance of all of the other words and how they ended up being jotted down in my notebook, but that discussion would take far too long and be quite boring. My head is beginning to hurt from thinking to much and too hard about something that, in the grand scheme of things, is of no importance whatsoever, and so I am going to step outside for a breath of fresh air.
