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angus
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« on: November 06, 2013, 04:14:27 PM »
I always get annoyed when people say "going forward..."  It's not just politicians that do it, but I have colleagues saying that.  At what point did the phrase "from now on" get replaced with "going forward."  Sometime in the past decade, I think.  Anyway, I really detest that, not only because it's glib, but also because it is invariably followed by an independent clause that causes it to be a grammatically incorrect dangling modifier.
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« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2013, 04:22:33 PM »
ha!  Apparently I'm not the only one who has noticed this phrase cropping up.  I just googled the phrase and find no shortage of grammar nazis noticing it as well...

and here's a whole freaking diatribe about it:  

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7453584.stm

One thousand seven hundred forty-one words, by my count.  nice. 
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