Posted on 02/01/2012 12:47:25 PM PST by Daffynition
OMG this is hugh!
Ahh. The Telegraph articles. How often I have have been reading along and realise I am reading news from a European source.
At least they don’t use torch for flashlight in the news print.
They do seem to be Americanizing their English for us. :o)
The correct usage is “Will you lend me your pencil.”
That is SUCH a funny site! And the writer is pretty easy on the eyes, too.
And then there are the philistines who confuse Brie with Camembert, and Burgundy with Beaujolais.
Bfl, thanks for posting.
This is a pet peeve of mine. Unfortunately even 'pros' get it wrong all the time.
Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
Why do shipments come in cars and cargo comes in ships?
Why does “cleave” mean split apart and stick together?
Is there another word for synonym?
Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
And my personal favorite...
If pro is the opposite of con, is progress the opposite of congress?
Me neither.
BookMark :)
Tatt
Sister Victoria, in 1987, had special powers. She was the typing teacher and we used "electric typewriters." Of all the typing that went on in the class, not only could she hear when someone used the "correction" key and who did it, she could actually hear when you started a new sentence without double popping the space bar.
I swear it amazed me. She would call the student by name from her desk as we did timed practice assignments for grades. "Johnny, two spaces after the sentence! Beth, no corrections! Accuracy is part of the assignment."
So she was wrong and I've been doing this wrongly for 15 years?
I heard about a study where they served wine lovers the same wine in two glasses, but identified them by two different names. One name was easily pronounced, the other difficult. Almost all of them said the wine with the difficult name tasted better.
Beats me, darlin’. I use two spaces after a period like my mamma taught me. Of course, I also write colour and honour...
I have chosen to be Politically Incorrect and use such word manipulations to draw attention to myself. Obviously it works.
I find many Journalists and Liberals misuse the word “appealing” when they mean “appalling” when referring to President Obama. I find that rather appealing.
I’ve always preferred two spaces. HTML forces a single space, no matter what you type. That is SO annoying.
The hardest thing about these threads is that it’s very difficult to tell who is kidding and who isn’t.
(And I’m triple-checking my spelling!)
You are so right or is that correct - I don’t know but I am glad you are here.
Yes, you are correct, two spaces after a period. Let’s reiterate this again for everybody.
Yeh, same with hemorroids and asteroids.
One definition of "moot" in Websters is: "deprived of practical significance : made abstract or purely academic"
I'm not sure I get the difference.
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