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Experts pore [sic] anxiously over Beijing English menus
China Daily ^
| 04/13/2007
| Xinhua
Posted on 04/13/2007 8:55:07 AM PDT by kevin_in_so_cal
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To: SoothingDave
It’s about selling an idea or argument according to Webster.
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posted on
04/13/2007 7:54:56 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Constitution Day
I once was cautioned not to use used to to replace once.
122
posted on
04/13/2007 7:57:25 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Verloona Ti
Their descendants taught them bad.
123
posted on
04/13/2007 7:59:44 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Silly
“ceremoney “
Every father of the bride knows that this is the correct spelling, emphasis on last syllable.
124
posted on
04/13/2007 8:02:44 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Old Professer
I once was cautioned not to use used to to replace once. Your cautionary tale illustrates why you are an Old Professer, and I am merely wet-behind-the-ears.
Always striving for grammatical excellence,
CD
To: Old Professer
Yes, thanks for point that out. I will forward the revision to OED.
126
posted on
04/13/2007 9:45:39 PM PDT
by
Silly
(plasticpie.com)
To: bicyclerepair
Even if they beat you - you win...
127
posted on
04/13/2007 10:03:46 PM PDT
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
To: NCSteve
After all this discussion, I’ll stick with not using “soft-pedal,” instead of not using “soft-peddle” :-=).
128
posted on
04/14/2007 4:21:15 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever He tells you.' ")
To: Old Professer; Constitution Day
So much for the hard-sell (1,293,000); or should that be hard-sale (33,000)? This suggests, CD, that by the time you're old enough to call yourself an "Old Professor," you'll have prostrate cancer.
129
posted on
04/14/2007 4:23:35 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever He tells you.' ")
To: 6323cd
But don't forget, it's M&M's, with an apostrophe (trademark).
Even worse, Rhode's 19, the line of boats that is named after someone named Rhodes. When I saw that right on the side of the boat, I almost refused to get in.
To: Old Professer; NCSteve; AnAmericanMother
Can't agree with this one, Old Prof. "I once went there" is quite different from "I used to go there."
Great thing about Fowler, in addition to his puncturing the balloons of the pretentious, is that he always sticks to the language the way it is spoken or the way it is written by those with common sense.
Most copyeditors will shift the word "only" to its logical place in the sentence, but Fowler says sometimes it is earlier than its logical place as a kind of signal to what the rest of the sentence is going to say. Compare "I gave him only five dollars" with "I only gave him five dollars." The second is less logical but more colloquial and therefore easier to read.
To: Tax-chick
90% of the people you converse with in writing would never know the difference.
132
posted on
04/14/2007 5:12:33 PM PDT
by
NCSteve
(What good is it if you're wearing your superman underwear and can't show it to anyone?)
To: NCSteve
Maybe 99%, since you and I, fanatics on the subject, can’t be totally firm on the correct usage!
133
posted on
04/14/2007 6:51:08 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever He tells you.' ")
To: Tax-chick
134
posted on
04/14/2007 8:44:04 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Constitution Day
WBTE; the last place they wipe your slimy body after being thrust into this strange environment.
135
posted on
04/14/2007 8:46:20 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: firebrand
Don’t confuse, “Once, I went there” with “I once went there.”
And, especially, don’t confuse “habitually” with “used to.”
136
posted on
04/14/2007 8:50:27 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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