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hyperhelloyesterday at 7:18 PM2 repliesview on HN

People who say annoy me to no end annoy me no end. They’re different phrases.


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jjk166yesterday at 7:51 PM

They are not different phrases. "Annoy to no end" is the American English version while "annoy no end" is the British. Both are acceptable and mean the same thing.

tux3yesterday at 7:29 PM

That's ironic, because the "no end" form was already a relatively new idiom. But "to no end" has already overtaken it in terms of popularity. Of course I meant the word "ironic" like I mean the word "literally"; which is to say, figuratively.

Being a prescriptivist creates no end of everyday pains. Language just won't conform.

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