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Grammar gestapo: utmost vs. upmost
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Apr 23, 2024, 12:00 PM
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I suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder so I will no longer let this slide unpunished...
When a person decommits from a school but wants to show a bit of respect, they say "I have the upmost respect for Coach and the program."
No, you have the utmost respect.
Upmost describes a physical location, like the upmost part of kite hill.
Utmost is the correct word when describing a great degree of respect or admiration.
Not that anyone cares...
Selah
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FYI, I use upmost in a totally different way.
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Apr 23, 2024, 12:02 PM
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signed, Francis Marion®
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Oculus Spirit [80825]
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lol***
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Apr 23, 2024, 12:04 PM
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Now do further vs farther.
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Apr 23, 2024, 12:18 PM
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Is "decommit" even a legit word?
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Apr 23, 2024, 12:19 PM
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Seems contradictory. If you "decommit" were you ever really "committed" in the first place?
I'm not divorced. My first wife decommitted from me. No, that doesn't work.
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"irregardless"...
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Apr 23, 2024, 12:45 PM
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no one cares. 
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Kite Hill should be capitalized***
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Apr 23, 2024, 12:52 PM
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Re: Grammar gestapo: utmost vs. upmost
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Apr 23, 2024, 12:54 PM
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I suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder so I will no longer let this slide unpunished...
When a person decommits from a school but wants to show a bit of respect, they say "I have the upmost respect for Coach and the program."
No, you have the utmost respect.
Upmost describes a physical location, like the upmost part of kite hill.
Utmost is the correct word when describing a great degree of respect or admiration.
Not that anyone cares...
Selah
I had to smile when I read this post. I had to write a paper for sophomore grammar when I was at Clemson. It came back with a big red circle around "upmost" - my booboo!!
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Re: Grammar gestapo: utmost vs. upmost
Apr 23, 2024, 7:19 PM
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This is the first time I've ever seen or heard of upmost. Sounds like a non word like "reoccur" or "irregardless" but I was not an English major. Or minor.
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Re: Grammar gestapo: utmost vs. upmost
Apr 24, 2024, 6:03 PM
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While reading this all I can think about is the numerous articles that have come out in the last week about how internet grammar poets have been deemed rude and aholes.
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