also, while we're on the subject

[fox]

Let's say you want to accomplish a task that most people would normally believe requires going to a particular location. Getting a rockin' hairdo, for example, might necessitate going to a salon. Collecting the mail might be impossible without going outside, if that's where your mailbox is.

If you manage to accomplish this task without going to the presumably-required place, you have done so "without stepping [wherever]" or "without setting foot [wherever]". Please, please, PLEASE stop saying you've done things "without *stepping foot [wherever]" RIGHT THIS MINUTE.

Thank you.

Comments

[meara]

Heh. You probably hate that I tend to say "on accident" to mean "accidentally" too. :)

[fox]

I prefer "by accident", but I have no objections other than regional to "on accident". (I also remember when "on line" was a regional substitute for "in line".)