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To: 537cant be wrong
"and a myriad of other petty criticisms"

One cannot have "a myriad of" anything. While the petty criticisms may have been myriad, you cannot have a myriad of petty criticisms.

Even the standards on our side appears to be dropping.

6 posted on 12/22/2004 4:02:06 PM PST by pipecorp (this space no longer exists)
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To: pipecorp
WEBSTER'S: Main Entry: [2]myriad
Function: adjective
Date: 1791
1 : INNUMERABLE
2 : having innumerable aspects or elements
7 posted on 12/22/2004 4:22:03 PM PST by CHARLITE ((very-angry-and-not-going-to-take-it-anymore))
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To: pipecorp
Even the standards on our side appears to be dropping.

Indeed.

9 posted on 12/22/2004 5:05:17 PM PST by Chuckster (I'm celebrating the birth of Christ. Not some generic 'Happy holiday'. MERRY CHRISTMAS!)
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