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Joined: October 20, 2005
Number of comments posted: 661
Number of votes received: 971
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Recent Comments
on: Can every letter be used as a silent letter?
tiigerrick, I guess it's what one is familiar with. What bl...
on: Oblige to mean “force”
AnWulf, I'm not sure I agree. Even if you use oblige in its...
on: Pronunciation: aunt
Kate, referring to the pronunciation as "long a" is standard...
on: LEGOs — Is the Plural form of LEGO incorrect?
Pluralizing as e-mails shouldn't really upset you. If you c...
on: Oblige to mean “force”
oops, bad edit. delete the last two lines of my post above:...
on: Oblige to mean “force”
I would agree that oblige is not really the right word. I'd...
on: Stood down
oops, that's ...stand..., not ...sand......
on: Stood down
While some may disagree, I would not use "to stand down" to ...
on: Isn’t the word “feminism” itself gender-biased?
Sigurd, I would disagree. I don't think that African-Americ...
on: Capitalization of dog breeds
Hailey, "border" in border collie refers to the herding dog'...
on: First annual vs. second annual
So Bob Bob, by your logic, it is impossible to drive 55 mile...
on: First Generation vs. Second Generation
What I'm about to suggest will not be backed up by any dicti...
on: Couldn’t Care Less
Earlier, I stated that "I could care less" is just sarcasm, ...
on: all _____ sudden
@ MLH: I just googled the first two, "all of a sudden" an...
on: “I recommend that you do not” vs. “I recommend you not”
Try simplifying without the negation: I recommend that yo...
on: Pled versus pleaded
While we're at it, how about another of my pet peeves? The ...
on: The opposite of “awaken”?
Vince, I don't think slumber works. It means to be asleep, ...
on: The opposite of “awaken”?
Well, if we're going to make up words, then how about "awake...
on: The opposite of “awaken”?
To nod may also work....
on: biweekly
Normwray, I think you mean biennial, not biennual....
on: Rules for -ise and -ize
Red, I don't want to put words in someone else's mouth, but ...
on: Correct preposition following different?
John, the "different to" I was referring to is something lik...
on: Correct preposition following different?
I'm not sure I agree about "different to" as mentioned above...
on: i’s vs “i”s
This has been discussed in some detail already. See: htt...
on: gifting vs. giving a gift
Obviously, "...nad..." = "...and..."...
on: gifting vs. giving a gift
Mr. Daley, I'm pretty sure that Frank Merton meant to say "c...
on: i’s vs “i”s
To "Anonymous coward": you said that the second one is corr...
on: Substantial vs. substantive
Stan Jones, do you have any reference materials to back that...
on: Signage
HairyScot, I'm not sure which one you found to be a verb. I...
on: He and I, me and him
Actually, whether certain punctuation goes inside or outside...
on: Is there a gustative equivalent to the olfactory “malodour”?
While this doesn't exactly answer your question, if you were...
on: “Self-confessed”
Also, "self-confessed" is usually reserved for overly-avid i...
on: “Self-confessed”
Self-confessed means openly admitting to having a particular...
on: Correct preposition following different?
oops, that's ...proven......
on: Correct preposition following different?
Really? Different to whom? Compared to the norm, some peopl...
on: First annual vs. second annual
Oops, "We calling them birthdays is just a shortened form." ...
on: First annual vs. second annual
John, it just so happens that everyone does have their first...
on: Plural s-ending Possessives
Emmalissa, you are correct. "...the Shuman's..." would be s...
on: Why are some single objects plural?
No "long bow" at all. A bicycle frame is properly made up o...
on: Writer or Author
I don't know if this is really the best analogy, but, at lea...
on: Why are some single objects plural?
"Forks" isn't incorrect at all, nor is it colloquial. I've ...
on: Why are some single objects plural?
Gee, I would have thought it was fairly obvious. Things lik...
on: Over exaggeration
forgive the few typos above...
on: Over exaggeration
Adam, if you were referring to me, I don't know how you conc...
on: Complete Sentence
TheEnglishScholar, Indelicato, I must say, I really can't fo...
on: Does “Who knows” need a question mark?
Regarding inflection, not all questions inflect upwards at t...
on: B4 Dickens
Gossun, regarding "Steph, are you suggesting that Shakespear...
on: Canadian pronunciation of “out and about”
Canconned, I'm not sure just what your point is. The word p...
on: Credit card
The credit card processing machine may be called a credit ca...
on: Accepted spellings, punctuation, and capitalization of email
And, as everyone neglected to mention, since it's in a title...
on: Might could
Before, I said that you can avoid the stacked modal by sayin...
on: Fora vs Forums
I hate to sound critical, Charlie, but since you seem so ada...
on: Can every letter be used as a silent letter?
Shaun, I think Chris' point is that there is a "u" there, to...
on: Evident/Evidenced
Oops, when I wrote "The Reserve Bank of India's reverse repo...
on: Can every letter be used as a silent letter?
How about Worcestershire? There's a whole string of silent ...
on: Can every letter be used as a silent letter?
Hunter, certainly, "e" is frequently silent. It's often use...
on: Plural s-ending Possessives
Ted, it would be "Mr. and Mrs. Merrill’s newspaper column". ...
on: Canadian pronunciation of “out and about”
Shaun, dyew and dyuke are also very common in the US. I've ...
on: Use of obscure words like “ebulliate”
I'd say, know your audience and the situation. I assume whe...
on: anything vs. everything
Oops, please disregard "was just about to say ...included in...
on: North or northern
Gary seems to have layed out the logic very simply and clear...
on: “It is what it is”
Yes, RIch. It's amazing just how many seeming profundities ...
on: Please be advised....
We could have some fun with this. “One adam-twelve, be advi...
on: Interrogative use of perhaps/maybe
I'll venture a guess that perhaps and maybe aren't often use...
on: Origin of insincere “oh wait”
I agree, Giselle, especially in an absurd or even unexpected...
on: anything vs. everything
And, of course, the words, anything and everything, themselv...
on: Resume, resumé, or résumé?
Well, if I understand your last request, others have already...
on: Resume, resumé, or résumé?
Maestro, I find it interesting that for someone with such a ...
on: anything vs. everything
The word "some" is even more tricky. Depending on context, i...
on: anything vs. everything
Douglas, I would agree with most of what you said with a min...
on: anything vs. everything
Since you're asking what the difference is, if you find ever...
on: all _____ sudden
Dorothea, you know what's even worse? When "like" is used, ...
on: “Anglish”
Re: "Just because grammar changes, that doesn’t mean we sho...
on: “Anglish”
Actually, I'm quite curious. If you really and truly strip ...
on: Adding a question mark to ensure a response
Steve, I'm not saying that the question mark is correct, but...
on: Twenty-ten vs Two thousand-ten
My favorite has always been "the naughts", first heard just ...
on: Resume, resumé, or résumé?
Jack, I'm afraid I have to disagree. To be honest, I think ...
on: Pronunciation: aunt
Nick, how do you pronounce "laugh"?...
on: “I’m just saying”
Jan, are you suggesting that the Urban Dictionary is an irre...
on: Resume, resumé, or résumé?
No, Clancy, I'm not saying that I don't use any accents. I ...
on: Resume, resumé, or résumé?
Clancey, this has been said before, but those methods only w...
on: “she” vs “her”
Regarding "...why on Earth would you prefer to say 'This is ...
on: Apostrophes
No, I'm not wrong, William. As I have already mentioned, us...
on: I wonder why?
Chris, "Please tell me which of these figures is correct" is...
on: Oh it’s... “Free”?
Often, putting a single word in quotes in this manner expres...
on: The following is... vs. Following is...
Blake, while "list of tags" is singular, just "tags" is plur...
on: “she” vs “her”
Make that: "...This subject has already been beaten to deat...
on: “she” vs “her”
Nigel, "me and her" sounds awkward because the convention in...
on: Why “behead” and not “dehead” or “unhead”?
In spite of etymonline.com's description, if behead is reall...
on: What Rhymes?
Oops, I meant euonymus, the plant, not euronymous, the heavy...
on: What Rhymes?
Autumn, it may be a little late, but euronymous rhymes with ...
on: Computer Keyboard
By the way, Adam, it's pronounced "till-duh", not "till-dee"...
on: Right Question For this Answer (about count/rank/order)
The "numerological" position has nothing to do with the orde...
on: How many “ands” in a row
Then the Painter turns to the helper and says, "no, not That...
on: First Generation vs. Second Generation
Warren, we call people like you British (or British American...
on: why does english have capital letters?
Carolingian scribe, your post was certainly interesting, exc...
on: Resource (singular) used when referring to a person
Hey, welcome to paininthecyrillic.com!...
on: pronunciation of th
As for "with", I don't think it's purely a matter of dialect...
on: Fora vs Forums
This whole "none" thing is really much simpler than it seems...
September 16, 2011, 7:20am • 5 votes
on: The use of “hey” in place of “hello”.
AnWulf, the "hey'hay in hey/hay is for horses" is a double e...