To: Macho MAGA Man
RE:so they can pour over the thousands of pages
Should be pore over.
As a verb, pore means “to gaze intently” or “to reflect or meditate steadily.” The verb pour has meanings referring to the falling or streaming of liquid (or things that move like liquid). Pour over is occasionally found where pore over is called for, but is still considered a usage error.
I am a usage police nanny or a Karen?
Don’t answer.
5 posted on
04/14/2024 4:21:01 PM PDT by
frank ballenger
(There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
To: frank ballenger
I will answer and thank you for keeping our language honest. It’ all we have left and it is slipping through our fingers.
To: frank ballenger
Join the club. It is up to us to do the job their teachers were unable to do.
12 posted on
04/14/2024 4:37:06 PM PDT by
HIDEK6
(God bless Donald Trump. A)
To: frank ballenger
13 posted on
04/14/2024 4:38:32 PM PDT by
MV=PY
(The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
To: frank ballenger
Yeah, go ahead and pore salt on the wound, why don’tcha.
15 posted on
04/14/2024 5:03:19 PM PDT by
Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
To: frank ballenger
Maybe the writer meant that when they were reading that mountain of evidence, the lawyers felt a desire to pour a few over what they were reading.
(Prior to that, a few of the more discriminating lawyers felt a need to pore over the label on the bottle.)
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 5:3.
18 posted on
04/14/2024 5:34:42 PM PDT by
Songcraft
( )
To: frank ballenger
You’re o.k. in my book. As Rush used to say “Words have meaning.”
21 posted on
04/14/2024 6:32:02 PM PDT by
Fireone
(Who killed Obama's chef?)
To: frank ballenger
As far as I’m concerned it should read “piss over”
23 posted on
04/14/2024 6:56:24 PM PDT by
Brandonmark
(November 2024 cannot come soon enough!)
To: frank ballenger
“ I am a usage police nanny or a Karen?”
Is this a statement or question?
24 posted on
04/14/2024 6:59:45 PM PDT by
TermLimits4All
("If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything.")
To: frank ballenger
Thanks. I was not aware that it was “pore” and not “pour”. But I did know it wasn’t “poor”.
26 posted on
04/14/2024 8:24:51 PM PDT by
mbrfl
To: frank ballenger
NO.
Words mean things, and people look like idiots when they misuse words as above.
Pore over == to examine carefully
Toe the line == to follow the rules exactly
Lose == to experience any of several forms of failure
Loose == to release
27 posted on
04/14/2024 8:31:18 PM PDT by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: frank ballenger
Depeds. they could be planning on pouring coffee, pouring rat piss on the papers, pouring a drink or two while they pore.
31 posted on
04/14/2024 8:57:18 PM PDT by
going hot
(Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
To: frank ballenger
I did not know that. I would have thought “pore” was used solely to describe a hole on skin. No you are not a usage police nanny or a Karen, I was thinking of getting back into writing and every little bit helps
39 posted on
04/15/2024 4:19:45 AM PDT by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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