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We must encourage our students (and colleagues) not to use ¡°absolutely¡± instead of ¡°yes¡±, and also not to begin almost every reply or statement with ¡°so¡±. Another irritating habit is the raising of emphasis at the end of statements so that they sound like questions when they are not.

Below is a cartoon I have designed to illustrate one of my points.

I¡¯m like, Oh my God ¨C this is gross?

David Wilson
Dalston, Cumbria

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