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Aug. 26th, 2009 10:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sam_gamgeeI'm feeling especially grammar snarky today.
With all of the recent well-known deaths lately, I keep hearing people say "So-and-so dies at the age of (whatever)." And I can't help but think, "Um, so-and-so *has died*. He/she *is dead*. It's over and done with. They haven't suddenly started going downhill since they turned whatever age it is that they died at."
Also, I heard a reporter say today that Sen. Kennedy lost his battle with cancer *overnight*. And while she did use it correctly, somehow it hit me wrong. I'm not sure why. Maybe because I feel like a year is out of the realm of "overnight".
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In other news, Molly Quinn (Alexis Castle) is kind of adorable. I saw a little blurb about her audition and that she didn't know who Nathan Fillion was, but after the reading, she "was like, 'I don't care what I do, even if it's handing him water. I have to work with him!' "
With all of the recent well-known deaths lately, I keep hearing people say "So-and-so dies at the age of (whatever)." And I can't help but think, "Um, so-and-so *has died*. He/she *is dead*. It's over and done with. They haven't suddenly started going downhill since they turned whatever age it is that they died at."
Also, I heard a reporter say today that Sen. Kennedy lost his battle with cancer *overnight*. And while she did use it correctly, somehow it hit me wrong. I'm not sure why. Maybe because I feel like a year is out of the realm of "overnight".
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In other news, Molly Quinn (Alexis Castle) is kind of adorable. I saw a little blurb about her audition and that she didn't know who Nathan Fillion was, but after the reading, she "was like, 'I don't care what I do, even if it's handing him water. I have to work with him!' "
