10 of the Most Irritating Phrases in the English Language

Find out which phrases you should omit from in future conservations.

From Reader's Digest

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Sometimes, just a few words can give you a headache.

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Sometimes, just a few words can give you a headache.

• At the end of the day
  
• Fairly unique
  
• I personally
  
• At this moment in time
  
• With all due respect
  
• Absolutely
  
• It's a nightmare
  
• Shouldn't of
  
• 24-7
  
• It's not rocket science

--Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare by Jeremy Butterfield (Oxford University Press, $19.95)

From Reader's Digest - May 2009

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