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8/18/2013 10:56:26 PM
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When did the word 'addictive' become the word 'addicting'?
Hopefully that fits in the title bar, but ye gods is it maddening to see the kids say something is 'addicting', transposing the continuous present of the verb form in place of the adjective they actually mean.
I first saw it only maybe three or four years ago... has the usage become so widespread that it's now in dictionaries and shit? D:
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1 ReplyYeah, it's literally killing me.
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Pour grammar is addicting too everybody. Its like they could care less about they're word choice. Their all using bad apostrophe's two and its quite troubling. At least you cant here the mistakes when people speak.
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3 RepliesI could care less.....
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It works if you consider the implied direct object (me). Example; "That thing is addicting." Really means, "That thing is addicting me."
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2 RepliesYeah it pisses me off too. Along with 'I could care less' and Wandering Apostrophe Syndrome.
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1 ReplyYou dense goose, the words are synonymous. [url=http://grammarist.com/usage/addicting-addictive/]There's nothing wrong with using it.[/url]
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I don't like using it, but it IS so addicting...
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I've never seen the word addicting used before now.
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It hasn't, to my own experience.
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It was Hitler all along
