Listen carefully and you'll hear people throwing in an extra "is" in certain places. As in: "The problem is is that the car makes a terrible noise when I put it in gear." Or: "The sad thing is is that I really wanted to make the balcony sturdy." Those "is"es are extra. Don't squander them! You never know when a scandal-trapped politician might need them.
This one bugs me but not as much as "a whole nother". What, pray tell, is a "nother" and do partial ones exist?
ReplyDeleteGood question. I invite you to do a guest language rant on that subject!
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