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I'm Fed Up with the English Language

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I've had it up to here with English! (In this case, here is somewhere between extremely irritated and an anger that burns with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns). I mean, I really love the English language and all that crap (I mean, I am an English major), but, at the same time, I sort of think that it's punishment for the sin's of man. Like, now that I'm getting into upper level English classes, my teachers are actually stressing proper grammar and I'm just like "ugh, I hate everything." Like, but actually, I'm so casual about grammar. I use commas incorrectly all the time because I literally don't care at all. I'm just like, "eh, let me stick a comma here...and there...and maybe here and here and here. Comma rules? There are no comma rules. Let the commas run free!". I mean, in general, the meaning of a sentence is 100% clear weather or not you use a comma correctly. Granted, there are a few exceptions to this rule...

Downton Abbey is the Edwardian Version of the Kardashians

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I saw the new trailer for Season 5 of Downton Abbey today and I have only one thing to say: WOW! Like, I can't even express how excited I am right now. It looks so good! There was kissing and fire (literally and figuratively - I'm sort of concerned about the literal fire) and people making dramatic pronouncements in English accents! Kissing! I'm pretty sure no one kissed anyone on Downton Abbey for at least two seasons (well, excluding Mary's ill-fated venture with the infamous Mr. Pamuk, but let's ignore that), so it's getting pretty racy up in here. Not to mention that there's all this family drama going on: Mary's probably going to re-marry, Edith is a baby mama, Tom (possibly) has a love interest, and there's at least one love triange (a la Twilight). Downton Abbey has officially become the Edwardian version of the Kardashians! This is the best thing to happen since Amazon Prime was invented. Nothing beats Amazon Prime, nothing. Just sa...