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This is your annual awards season reminder that saying 'I am humbled' means you've had your standing reduced. It is not a good thing. You are humbled on the sporting field when you get your arse kicked. If you think you are feeling 'humbled' by something awesome - e.g winning an award, being a speaker on a panel - the words you're searching for are more likely: "I am honoured and astonished." or "I feel unworthy." If you're tempted to say/write 'I am humbled', ask yourself - have you been handed the Wooden Spoon equivalent? No? Then you have not been 'humbled'. It's different from the adjective version of the word - humble. Someone is described as humble because they're not arrogant/show-offs/materialistic etc. This has been a public service announcement (or grammar pedant post if you prefer).
Great tip, Lacey. To add to your advice on accepting an award, please don't say things like, "I'm surprised we won, we're actually pretty shit," or "It's just me and some mates having a bit of fun." For goodness sakes, you disrespect everyone in the audience who was competing against you - and you sound totally unprofessional.
The twitchy little grammar hamster in my brain just breathed a sigh of relief while reading this post 🐹 Thank you.
you're right it is a self subordinating comment - there are better things to say in a moment of victory
This has been a 'pet peeve' of mine for a while now, but wasn't quite sure how to explain it to others. Thanks for pointing it out!
I appreciate you Lacey Filipich! Here's a nice meme to point out the importance of proper grammar ;)
This is a great service to (too) many 👏🏻
Terrific! Can you do dangling participles next, please?
Yep, love it 😍
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You’ve humbled many with this reminder 🤣
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10moWhaaaaat? I love this post and learned something new.