Ladies and gentlemen:
The word you mean when you want to flog your moral worth is conscience, as in "I would never vote for Hillary Clinton for president, because I have a conscience."
The word you are misusing, is "conscious." That word indicates a physical state of awareness of one's surroundings: "The hippy was still conscious after smoking vast quantities of marijuana." Saying "I have a conscious" is INCORRECT. It is as if you said "I have an awake."
Use these words correctly from now on, or I WILL KILL YOU.
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One of my peeves, too, thanks for the reminder!
As part of our 12Step program, some decisions must be made as to procedure, time, etc. 'They' refer to it as the Group Conscience. Yup, rulings by committee. Some of us arrogant twits - who have little patience with idiocy & power trips - call them the Group Unconscious - it's much closer to reality, I think...
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March 31, 2007 10:30 AM
Posted on March 31, 2007 10:30
I must be lucky; I've never run across this. Is it just a matter of sloppy pronunciation, or have you seen people writing it this way?
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March 31, 2007 5:40 PM
Posted on March 31, 2007 17:40
Use these words correctly from now on, or I WILL KILL YOU.
...or at least beat them unconscience.
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March 31, 2007 5:51 PM
Posted on March 31, 2007 17:51
Annalucia: I've seen it written that way, mainly in emails, blogs, and blog comment threads.
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March 31, 2007 6:19 PM
Posted on March 31, 2007 18:19
Yes, it's pathetic when people do that. On the bright side, at least these people didn't use the word "consciousness" in a way that God and Nature never intended.
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March 31, 2007 8:28 PM
Posted on March 31, 2007 20:28
Would saying "I won't vote for Clinton, because I am conscious." be okay with you?
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April 1, 2007 8:59 AM
Posted on April 1, 2007 08:59
Heh. :)
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April 1, 2007 11:02 AM
Posted on April 1, 2007 11:02
How about:
I won't vote for Clinton because I have a conscience. Maybe enough people feel like I do, and she will loose.
Is that better?
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April 1, 2007 7:46 PM
Posted on April 1, 2007 19:46
Ah. Another pet grammar peeve for another day.
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April 2, 2007 6:52 AM
Posted on April 2, 2007 06:52
"For every time you confuse conscious and conscience, I will kill you!"
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April 2, 2007 1:06 PM
Posted on April 2, 2007 13:06