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Default What do you think about while washing dishes?

On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:53:27 -0700, Nancy2 >
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>On Aug 9, 12:08 pm, blAndy > wrote:
>> writes:
>> >In article >, says...
>> >> OK r.f.c folks, here's a kinda/sort OT question!!!

>>
>> >> What do you think about when you're washing dishes? Me, I come up
>> >> with whimsical questions like this one. :-D

>>
>> >> You?

>>
>> >> blAndy

>>
>> >I wonder why people write things like "Me, I" when it is a grammatical
>> >horror and totally unneeded to get your meaning across. "I come up
>> >with...."

>>
>> >This is in the same league as "Where are you at?" (lose the "at")

>
>Or, "in back of," which is cringe-worthy.
>


what's wrong with 'in back of'? how else would you say 'it fell down
in back of the refrigerator'? o.k., i guess 'behind' would work, but
i don't see where 'in back of' is wrong.

your pal,
blake