That’s an unusual title for a post—you would think that there’d be something else besides just a single contraction!
(Don’t worry, I’m not going into labor, though I’m actually typing this post from the labor force… i.e. the office!)
The idea for this post is actually about a year-and-a-half old. Let me explain where it comes from.
This topic is something which becomes salient to some Americans quadrennially.
Of course, in this year, it might not be as salient since Team USA are not in the World Cup.
As it turns out, however, I have seen this grammatical idiosyncrasy elsewhere.
… being confident?
Nothing! The title was click bait in a way. You may listen to the song below while reading the rest of this post. Do you want to do that?
Yesterday, one of my officemates asked me for a sticky note, phrasing the question along the lines of, “Do you have a sticky note I can borrow?”
It made me think about the use of that word, and the fact that it is nearly a self-contradictory word in the way that “literally” is used nowadays.
Well, there are several ways that this post can go. Here’s a hint: it’s about prepositions.
And since I’ll be talking about prepositions, I might as well give a montage of illegal Winners Circle clues, since prepositions are usually buzzed as “too descriptive.”
But now I cut to the chase.
Never A Worry 