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Phrases that like really bug us all, basically
The Telegraph ^
| 5/29/2007
| Johanna Leggatt
Posted on 05/29/2007 2:17:17 AM PDT by bruinbirdman
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To: Drawsing
My html got screwed up. Take out the  in both pronunciations.
441
posted on
05/29/2007 4:34:31 PM PDT
by
BykrBayb
("We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest." Þ)
To: bruinbirdman
442
posted on
05/29/2007 4:42:30 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Did Dennis Kucinich always look like that or did he have to submit to a series of shots? [firehat])
To: -YYZ-
I was with you, right up until the word “amongst.”
443
posted on
05/29/2007 4:55:36 PM PDT
by
BykrBayb
("We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest." Þ)
To: macmedic892
Monies as a plural of money. I think that one is okay. It's on the order of fish and fishes.
With fish, the plural is "fish" when speaking of many fish of the same kind. When speaking of different species collectively, it's "fishes."
The parallel is that when speaking of different currencies or monetary units collectively, it's "monies," but when speaking of the sum in your pocket, it's still "money" even if it is made up of coins and paper.
Back to money, when counting out change, you would still say, "eight, nine, ten, and ten is twenty", not "...and ten are twenty" as in several coins and paper; you would say "is" because it's a singular concept of one sum total number.
-PJ
To: Ditter
You just think you’re in charge. Here’s an example of how it really is.
I bought several pairs of reading glasses before I finally found a pair that remained comfortable long enough to read anything. I went back to the store to buy a couple more pairs like it, for spares. I couldn’t find another pair like it.
Just as I was giving up, one of the employees walked passed me. I asked her if she knew who does the ordering of the eye glasses. Instead of answering my question, she asked me why I wanted to know. I told her I hoped I could get them to order the ones I wanted. She picked a pair off the shelf, and asked “How about these?” I said “No, I’d like another pair like the ones I’m wearing.” She picked up another pair, and said “These are nice.” I said “No, they aren’t like the ones I’m wearing.” She picked up another pair of glasses, and tried to sell them to me. This odd exchange went on for about five minutes, until I wandered off in frustration.
I never did find out who orders the glasses.
445
posted on
05/29/2007 5:20:31 PM PDT
by
BykrBayb
("We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest." Þ)
To: MissouriConservative
"One of my biggest peeves is the word co-conspirator. ""Unnamed co-conspirator"
yitbos
446
posted on
05/29/2007 5:26:53 PM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds." -- Ayn Rand)
To: BykrBayb
Maybe it was the day the Soylent Green machine was broken or needed re-calibrating?
Upspeaking, I am?
447
posted on
05/29/2007 5:35:26 PM PDT
by
Rte66
To: BykrBayb
Good point. I hadn’t thought of it that way.
448
posted on
05/29/2007 5:35:45 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
To: dighton
Love it! (But then, I’m so *old school.*)
449
posted on
05/29/2007 5:37:06 PM PDT
by
Rte66
To: Xenalyte
I get it, and I’m not guilty.
450
posted on
05/29/2007 5:37:19 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
To: Ditter
Oops! one of the employees walked passed past me. I know better than that.
451
posted on
05/29/2007 5:38:24 PM PDT
by
BykrBayb
("We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will give you no rest." Þ)
To: no dems
Yes, I detest
irregardless.
How about preventative in lieu of preventive?
452
posted on
05/29/2007 5:40:03 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
To: Political Junkie Too
I also think of “monies” as coming from separate revenue accounts or budgets.
453
posted on
05/29/2007 5:40:38 PM PDT
by
Rte66
To: School of Rational Thought
I used “swum” the other day for past tense of swim and was told that it wasn’t a word. He didn’t like it when I copy and pasted Dictionary.com and emailed the office to advise him of his slight error in correcting me at lunch.
A boy from Channelview should have known better. :-)
454
posted on
05/29/2007 5:40:54 PM PDT
by
RikaStrom
(The number one rule of the Kama Sutra is that you both be on the same page.../Exeter 051705)
To: Drawsing
There is no such word as "heighth". The word is "height" and ends with a "t" sound, not a "th" sound!
I never heard it pronounced with "th". I wonder if that's a regional pronunciation.
Spigot is not pronounced "Spikot".
Oops. Guilty.
If you are hearing thunder, it is thundering. But if you're seeing lightning, why isn't it lightninging?
455
posted on
05/29/2007 5:44:05 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
To: Rte66
To: ichabod1
I would hazard a guess that most people who use the term “cakewalk” don’t have a clue as to what an actual cakewalk is or what the point of one is.
To: WKB
Amen, brother. Preach it.
458
posted on
05/29/2007 5:47:11 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
To: RikaStrom
As long as you used “swum” in the perfect tense, it was fine - as in “has swum,” “had swum,” “have swum” and so forth. It’s not a stand-alone.
459
posted on
05/29/2007 5:50:37 PM PDT
by
Rte66
To: LantzALot
Even people supposedly educated in language, such as news anchors, will do this.
One I struggle with is the difference between "affect" and "effect". I stop and ponder whenever I need one or the other, and I'm never confident I selected the proper word.
460
posted on
05/29/2007 5:51:09 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
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