We’ve all been there. You’ve given a presentation or had a conversation with someone and realized after-the-fact that you could’ve added in fewer words like “um”, “you know” or “like”. While these fillers are distracting if overused, when added in moderation, they play a very specific purpose.
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- Valerie Fridland, sociolinguist, professor, linguistics, English Department, University of Nevada-Reno, author, Like Literally Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English.
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