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on: What is the word for intentionally incorrect spelling?
Jeez, Patricia ~ what is it your love-making that leads you ...
on: Big, red bull vs red, big bull
I want to know why no one called Whitney on her so-called "r...
on: OK vs Okay
Still, Bill, plausibility does not always equal correctness....
on: “This is she” vs. “This is her”
Actually, John, Abby Normal's analogy with speed limit rules...
on: Capitalizing After the Colon
with respect to Voltaire ~ because, after all, how can one N...
on: How should I...? vs. How would I...?
... and then there is this usage of "should"-- "What would ...
on: When to use verbs with an s or without
That was awfully cavalier of you, Emily!...
on: Younger vs. youngest
Yes, still a purist. Sorry....
on: Idea Vs. Ideal
I'm always amused ~ and amazed ~ by how many people posting ...
on: Charade you are!!
Okay, but I'd like to go back and defend Tork ~ "any of yo...
on: Younger vs. youngest
Well, beans to Jonah and the Columbia Guide to Standard Amer...
on: Actress instead of Actor
"Manageress"? Never heard that one. But "waiter/waitress" i...
on: First Husband or First Gentleman?
Oh, now--I seriously doubt he was the FIRST philanderer in t...
on: First Husband or First Gentleman?
The husband of the governor of Michigan is kown as the First...
on: First Generation vs. Second Generation
Porsche--I doubt you will see this because this entire threa...
on: Is it A or An?
jun-dai-- "anyways"??? Talk about incorrect and/or inappropr...
on: Is it A or An?
Just a small explanation to Silvana--the use of "em" as a wo...
on: Pronunciation: aunt
they beat it out of them in journalism school. same with bro...
on: double negatives
Yes, you're being pedantic. And repeating the word "wasn't"...
on: the spinning around machine
How about simply hyphenating the compound modifier: "the sp...
on: Pronunciation: aunt
Okay, now I'm totally baffled. I've been amused until now wi...
on: I seek a word that means “more than daily.”
How about dailish?...
on: Over exaggeration
of course you can underexaggerate--I imagine it happening th...
on: A couple...
Well then, I stand corrected! and remain... amazed....
on: all _____ sudden
Here's another one that drive me nuts: "a couple... " in lie...
April 25, 2008, 10:29am • 0 vote
on: All negations don’t sound right to me.
Sorry UIP, but you're quite wrong. In formal logic, "all X a...