speedwell2
Joined: February 3, 2004 (email not validated)
Number of comments posted: 477
Number of votes received: 385
No user description provided.
Questions Submitted
Taking the Name, in vain or in earnest
Thought of one. I’m aware that there is an area of controve...
Recent Comments
on: Lux’ or Lux’s
Well, they are building a "Grand Lux Cafe" not too far from ...
on: @ mark
I call it "the at sign" or "the at." Slightly off topic.....
on: Lux’ or Lux’s
In this case, write "Lux's."...
on: Right Question For this Answer (about count/rank/order)
"How manyth..." Love it, love it. It is utterly wrong and...
on: begin from page 10
My ear tells me: "Let's begin on [not "at" or "from"] pag...
on: Resume, resumé, or résumé?
I meant to also post the appropriate paragraph from the link...
on: Resume, resumé, or résumé?
Nope. http://www.yaelf.com/aueFAQ/mifplrlsltngrkwrds.shtm...
on: rubber meets the road?
No, I've heard it most often as "when," too. It must derive ...
on: tuitions in graffiti
Help from someone who KNOWS what they're talking about is AL...
on: “all but” - I hate that expression!
Well, for one thing, you didn't phrase it in the form of a q...
on: Use of Firstly, Secondly, Thirdly, etc.
Hello, Ms. Mourer! Sometimes, in grammar, things really...
on: Screw The Pooch
(slaps own hand for mistyping... Dyske, can we have a previe...
on: Screw The Pooch
That's fine, rob honey. You keep on believeing that, and we...
on: Screw The Pooch
More information (tyou really needed more information on thi...
on: Screw The Pooch
Oh, Christ, is that ever vulgar. :) Origin? You probably...
on: Is it A or An?
LOL. I think I know what happened. Amy read my post and ha...
on: Five by Five
all your base are belong to us!...
on: Adjective in place of Adverb
Yes, IngisKahn, that's exactly it, thank you. I can be the ...
on: washeteria
(Speedwell, the Texan, who thinks of anything north of the M...
on: Right Question For this Answer (about count/rank/order)
Alternate take on this: I was talking to some of my co-wo...
on: Mixing
There's a word for this, I just can't think of what it is. ...
on: Right Question For this Answer (about count/rank/order)
Jun-Dai is admirably correct. The usage I personally find c...
on: “Ten Items or Less (Fewer?)”
See my latest comment to this post: http://painintheengli...
on: Eels’ or Eels’s?
The Waffle House combo? Scattered, smothered, covered, topp...
on: tuitions in graffiti
I don't know... a purple silk scarf, a previous career in in...
on: Talking through your hat
Actually, I was talking about this just now with the gal in ...
on: “I says”
Oh, I agree. There is practically no situation in which you...
on: Sweet and Savory
Well, I did say it was technical!...
on: Talking through your hat
This expression is reliably dated to at least one hundred ye...
on: “I says”
<snob> There are no inferior LANGUAGES... just the ignorant ...
on: “I says”
ladylucy, the usage I hear most in my neighborhood conforms ...
on: Sweet and Savory
Since we're getting so technical and all... Folks, modern...
on: Construction
Oh, I should have clarified. "But" and "nevertheless" mean ...
on: Construction
Hmm. Let's look at this... "The chances of my ever being ...
on: you ‘had better not’ read it...
Ben, if your best answer to a grammar question is essentiall...
on: “Zen” as an Adjective
Ben, please allow me to inform you that your posts would be ...
on: Adjective in place of Adverb
You mean, "The bombs rested, precariously volatile, on the e...
on: Adjective in place of Adverb
Peter, I think your example sentence would be punctuated lik...
on: ab
Those are good ones. This would make a good game, wouldn't i...
on: Footnote references and punctuations
Pedontic presumably meant "pedontic." However, the word is ...
on: Plurals
I agree. Well and briefly put....
on: “Proper” Diction?
Hmm. Well, it isn't wrong to say something "runs slow," espe...
on: Where are the commas?
Hmmm. Well, since you appear to be indicating that the read...
on: Irregardless?
Irrespective? It's a good thought, but I would guess the ...
on: tuitions in graffiti
Weird. But all right, "tutee." Hmmph. Just SAYING tha...
on: “Proper” Diction?
I found it, I found it, oh, I'm so happy. I know the reason...
on: Is it A or An?
Anonymous, there are no exceptions. It's exceedingly simple...
on: tuitions in graffiti
Anyone who studies is a "student," whether the person they s...
on: “I says”
Seems like a valid value judgement to me, Dave :) Well, OK, ...
on: washeteria
Upon further reflection (that means, "after Speed reached de...
on: washeteria
Marta, a "washeteria" is a self-service laundry, also known ...
on: As If vs. As Though
Very slight, and not very meaningful. "But for" many time...
on: As If vs. As Though
I think they mean the same thing. This British English page...
on: ab
Jeudi, that's interesting. The way I read it was that Gooss...
on: ab
Jeudi, as a native English speaker who is now a corresponden...
on: ab
Jeudi, yeah, the whole "ab-" thing is Latinate. I was so in...
on: ab
Abbie, the whole Internet is nothing but the combined uttera...
on: “Can I get” vs. “May I have”
This is an etiquette question, not a grammar question, lol :...
on: “Zen” as an Adjective
A word can be a noun and an adjective at the same time, guys...
on: ab
Have coffee with me, Dave. Which one of the words you menti...
on: Para
Speedwell is NOT an UNHAPPY GEEK. Speedwell is a HAPPY NE...
on: A Somewhat Intricate Sentence
Dave, I and my head cold appreciate your cogent suggestions....
on: A Somewhat Intricate Sentence
For a segmented version, try: _____________________________...
on: My dad is work at home.
ishtarbaba, I'm afraid I have no clue what your point is her...
on: Spaces After Period
Speaking practically... If you are a secretary, using two...
on: A Somewhat Intricate Sentence
Pardon, remove the comma after the parenthetical expression"...
on: A Somewhat Intricate Sentence
Oh, yeah. Sounds like the way I wrote before I really caugh...
on: Eels’ or Eels’s?
I can never cover all of my thoughts in one post... There...
on: Eels’ or Eels’s?
Hmmm. Compare: "My favorite band is The Eels." "Five gu...
on: Looking for a word
OK, to sort these... "Layabout" and "lazy-ass" (noun and ...
on: Is “much” plural?
Oh, and I'm not saying that "much" IS a singular word, nor a...
on: Is “much” plural?
Um, "shoes" is still plural. If you're looking at a batch...
on: Plural s-ending Possessives
That was intended to be an illustration. Jenny, nobody ever...
on: Colon and Semi Colon
Bozka: ,.?';;...
on: Flying (with) Colours?
Ah. Sorry. Eating popcorn on my lunch hour. :) Here's the ...
on: Flying (with) Colours?
Found this today. It's interesting, and it contains a first...
on: Proper Names
I'm not sure from the context whether Walt Disney, the man, ...
on: Couldn’t Care Less
There's a joke that's made the rounds a few times about this...
on: Gerund and Present Participle
Ronnie, you pretend to be a free citizen of a civilized coun...
on: Plurals with Clarification
Remember that the rule that the apostrophe gums up here is t...
on: Plural s-ending Possessives
The family Jones has a house. It is the Jones's (Joneziz) h...
on: “Me neither.” or “Me either”
Aw, he's just letting off steam, as must all bags of hot air...
on: Acronyms That Are Plural
"...and that seems to follow..." (gropes for early mornin...
on: Acronyms That Are Plural
Since I very fortunately do not work for the University of C...
on: Apostrophe & Parentheses Usage
I mean, that really made me blink twice, hard, and gave me a...
on: Apostrophe & Parentheses Usage
Mark, the situation is sufficiently weird that I don't think...
on: 00′s
Oh, fer cryin' out loud... Native English speakers are no...
on: Color of People
Nathan asks whether the NAACP (the "National Association for...
on: Gerund and Present Participle
Oh, well. I think that most kids grasp in a general sense t...
on: ...t you
goossun, not in front of the children. ;D...
on: An unit
In fact, now that I'm thinking about it, there are a couple ...
on: An unit
This ex-proofreader/editor wouldn't have hesitated one secon...
on: ...t you
Ha! Less of the sexist prejudice, please. Speedwell is a la...
on: Flying (with) Colours?
Dave, you're right. The "colors" are flags, and a ship from...
on: Color of People
"Colored" is a word invented by the white authorities to mak...
on: Usage of “envy”
"Full stop" and "blah," I'm hoping sincerely that increased ...
on: Usage of “envy”
First, understand that "envy" is a perfectly good verb, not ...
on: Quotation Marks in Parenthetical Statement
Naturally the presence or absence of the parentheses does no...
on: Quotation Marks in Parenthetical Statement
I can verify that for the airport codes in particular, quota...
October 28, 2004, 8:10am • 0 vote
on: Fuff
Pssst... KyleKat, the second word Dave refers to is "off." ...