>>How many times have you heard someone narrating a tale and ending it with "And the rest"....as they say... is history"?
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>>Well they don't, cos everyone who uses the expression inserts the "....as they say...". I never hear "And the rest is history".
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>>So they should say "And the rest ....as they say... is 'as they say, history'".
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>>Then they'd have to factor that, and do on ad infinitum
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>>IOW Stop using the freakin' cliche.
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>I see the Ministry of Pedantry has reopened following the holidays ;-)

Pedantic?! Moi?!

I don't see how it's pedantic to hate cliches, such as "at the end of the day", "basically", "It's not rocket science", "Maker no mistake", "sooner rather than later", et al.