Hey, Americans ...

[blamebrampton]

Do you ever use forms of cliché other than plain old cliché? Such as clichéd or clichés? I see it used in a manner that I would consider wrong so often that I am wondering if it is one of those wacky idioms that English develops up all around the world. Or it could just be young people today with their emo music and Twittering ...

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[arcanetrivia]

Do you ever use forms of cliché other than plain old cliché? Such as clichéd or clichés? I [often] see it used in a manner that I would consider wrong

You asked whether Americans used those forms, and then went on to say that you often saw usage you considered wrong. Without further clarification, given that the overall context of an American usage question is usually to point out that American usage can permit some things British considers wrong, the whole construction comes out seeming to say "Americans, do you use these forms? I think they're weird and I wondered if you also did, or if they were correct in AmE." (at least, that's how I read it.)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think you are quite right, a paragraph break between those two sentences would be much better. As a broad generalisation, Britglish is more discursive, AmE more debate oriented, a difference I do often forget.