Showing posts with label weird locutions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weird locutions. Show all posts

Thursday, 24 September 2009

Calling out sick

Okay, I'm not against people in the NE US using the NE US dialect term "call out sick", but it suddenly seems to be spreading like the dreaded lurgy itself. C'mon people, it makes no sense! Stick to calling in sick.

Via Grammar Girl