# Acting strangely

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acting-strangely/18310>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [May 1, 2000, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acting-strangely/18310 "2000-05-01T23:32:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beruang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2000, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acting-strangely/18310/1 "2000-05-01T23:32:13Z")

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Re:

[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5\_151.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_151.html)

I would also take issue with the quote:

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I doubt very seriously that an agitated, frightened mother literally used the words “acting strangely.”

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Grammatical or not, I have no trouble believing that an agitated, frightened person – or even a perfectly calm one – would say these words. Though an error, it is in my experience an extremely common one.