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Smart TalkSMART TALK by Dr. Will S. Sert
YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT, TOO: The Institute for the Linguistically Impaired held a staff meeting after a note on this phrase came from astute reader Jerry Davis, of La Crosse, Wisconsin. We left Strunk Hall with a resolution to advise everyone to stop using it.
While the cake saying makes sense, it causes awkwardness, because it confuses the logical, so the hearer may have to think it out, during which time he or she doesn't hear you.
So it impedes clear communication. Besides, we've released patients with Logical Systems Transplants (LSTs), and they already have great trouble understanding those who say I could care less.
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