As previously mentioned in my piece "The Death of The English Language", we are going to great lengths to destroy our native tongue. Not only are we as a people depreciating the value of our language in text, but often with the use of pointless words and common colloquial.
I would like to request, rather implore my readers to cease the usage of the following terms when beginning a sentence:
> honestly
> truthfully
> 'real talk' (urban version of the above)
If you need to reinforce the honest nature of what you are about to say by prefacing it with one of the above words, than inversely you really need to stop uttering so many factually incorrect sentences.
There are also other terms used at the start of sentences that are wasteful, irrelevant and if anything, only show how sophmoric the speaker is:
> with all due respect
> "no offence"
Typically, when somebody begins a sentence by saying 'with all due respect', it is followed by something that completely lacks any respect, as if prefacing the statement can somehow absolve you of the guilt or ramnifications of being rude. The same applies to 'no offence'. It is just so wasteful. Have you no economy for the English language?
Finally, one that really gets under my acetate-like pale skin for the fact that it is just one of the stupidest things a person could say:
> "I'm just saying..."
Christ, yes we realize you are just saying, such is the process of opening your mouth and releasing a combination of understandable audible noises. Typically the above set of words is used when a person is saying something to another party that may be contrary to the listener's belief-system. Somehow, it has become quite common to say this, despite absolutely no evidence to why it is in any way beneficial.
Just be more mindful of the words you use, because you will be judged based on the way you speak. Real Talk.
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