To: manny613
Whatever the reason, it seems our culture is loathe to address the reality of the matter. LOATH. The word is loath. "Loathe" is a verb meaning "to hate". "Loath" is an adjective meaning "unwilling" or "opposed".
Another rule of English flouted (and then flaunted).
To: Physicist
Another rule of English flouted (and then flaunted).You should change your screen name to Englishist.
39 posted on
08/16/2005 8:49:50 AM PDT by
Lazamataz
(Islam is merely Nazism without the snappy fashion sense.)
To: Physicist
Anyone who would mix those up is such a looser!
42 posted on
08/16/2005 8:50:26 AM PDT by
TheBigB
(Gum would be perfection!)
To: Physicist
Another rule of English flouted (and then flaunted). Well met, sir. Obviously they have better things to do than "pour" over the dictionary (.... another pet peeve of mine).
71 posted on
08/16/2005 9:02:15 AM PDT by
r9etb
To: Physicist
Another rule of English flouted (and then flaunted).Just last night I heard a misuse of "flaunt the rules" on a TV series. Made my skin crawl.
To: Physicist
Hee hee. Hey, are you going to let that misplaced "whose" in an earlier post to this thread go by?
131 posted on
08/16/2005 9:30:24 AM PDT by
T Minus Four
(Some assembly required.)
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