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Originally Posted by octothorp
I really hate the phrase 'have to have' (As in 'We have to have a goon on the team'). I think it's possibly the most awkward sounding grammatically correct phrase in the english language. There's a reason people end up saying 'hafta have', it just sounds awful. Somebody started a thread this week that had 'have-to-have' in the title, and I couldn't bring myself to open the thread. And the thing is, there's a perfectly good substitute: 'must have'. It's equally correct and sounds far better.
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the one that gets me.."it is what it is"
Q: what do you think about being scratched for the game?
A: it is what it is
what was said there? nothing! the statement could have just been "no comment". at least that in itself is a comment.