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on: How do I write out .25% ?
While I just posted something similar in a related topic, I'...
on: Writing out percentages correctly
Oh, and to make the analogy complete, how would you write "f...
on: Writing out percentages correctly
For those of you who insist it should be "four and nine hund...
on: How do I write out .25% ?
Let me give you an example that might clarify, not about per...
on: How do I write out .25% ?
If I were reading it out loud and wanted to be literal, I'd ...
on: Word in question: Conversate
Cecily, perhaps I wasn't clear or you may have misunderstood...
on: Word in question: Conversate
Vatta, I would suggest that comparing to "orientate" doesn't...
on: Fora vs Forums
hot4teacher, after your last post, I thought I might be able...
on: “This is she” vs. “This is her”
Oh, and thanks, John. I was just about to post "where is Jo...
on: “This is she” vs. “This is her”
Marilyn, I believe you are under a misconception. Regarding...
on: your call will be answered in the order it was received
OK, how about this one? I just called the IRS. While on ho...
on: “This is she” vs. “This is her”
I won't assert that it is always followed, but the prescript...
on: Resume, resumé, or résumé?
Atomaton, regarding: "The résumé is properly pronounced R...
on: Got
While there may be times when "got" is inappropriate, there'...
on: “went missing/gone missing”?
I'll bet Grammar Girl would have conniptions over "went AWO...
on: “went missing/gone missing”?
Is it any worse than "go crazy", "go awry", "go nuts", or "g...
on: “Verbiage” used instead of wordiness or excessively long writing
If the engineers you are describing clearly disliked reading...
on: me vs. myself
I still take issue with the use of myself in the original se...
on: semi-colon and colon in one sentence
If I may ask, why the need to jam together so much into one ...
on: me vs. myself
There are both good and bad comments above. Chris, great de...
on: Adding a question mark to ensure a response
More often than not, when you end a non-question statement w...
on: “Zen” as an Adjective
Oh that's funny. My wife told me this would happen while I ...
on: “I’m just saying”
Roger, maybe it was just a typo, but I think you mean yenta,...
on: “Zen” as an Adjective
Ben, if you mean houses designed harmoniously rather than ef...
on: Space After Period
Mister Peabody, why did you direct your last post at me? It...
on: decapitalize vs. uncapitalize
I would suggest that if you want to tell your student to con...
on: Space After Period
Regarding: "...the standard practice is to use a single spac...
on: Twenty-ten vs Two thousand-ten
I am amazed at how many posts on this site center around a s...
on: A perfectly acceptable construction
This is just an off-the-cuff comment, but I think it's an id...
on: Street Address vs. Mailing Address
Once I received a piece of junk mail that had my correct nam...
on: troops vs soldiers
Gilbert, as inarticulate as Bush may be, and as much as I bl...
on: Prohibits...to be or from being?
In general, it's "...prohibits you from..." and "...allows y...
on: Hi all vs. Hi everybody
Let me go out on a limb here. I would suggest that there is...
on: all _____ sudden
When you hang a door, the space between the door and the doo...
on: What is the word for intentionally incorrect spelling?
Actually, Name, a malapropism is a ridiculous, absurd, or hu...
on: What is the word for intentionally incorrect spelling?
To Ian, what about "malapropism"? It's not exactly what you...
on: Capitalizing After the Colon
Hey, M, regarding your posting of links to the Chicago Manua...
on: Social vs Societal
Jon, Michael, how about this? "The fraternity's social ac...
on: the spinning around machine
AO, Brett, "around" can be either an adverb or a preposition...
on: Past tense of “text”
oops, correction. In the post above, I meant half a milleni...
on: Past tense of “text”
Douglas, we often agree, but I'm afraid I have to side with ...
on: your call will be answered in the order it was received
No, you did not get my point. Referring to an individual th...
on: Fora vs Forums
Regarding: "As far as I am aware, the etymological fallacy ...
on: Fetch Referring to People?
Glynn, bosses give "commands" all the time. Actually, non-b...
on: Loose = Lose?
When I see: “I didn’t want to loose the car keys.” I imagine...
on: Fora vs Forums
Also, regarding: "Yes I am claiming that. Since the word “fo...
on: Fora vs Forums
Hot4teacher, I think I have to agree, at least in th abstrac...
on: your call will be answered in the order it was received
I think you miss my point. Referring to a single item in a ...
on: your call will be answered in the order it was received
Christian, have you ever stood in line? Oh wait, by your re...
on: Is ‘love’ continuous or not?
Personally, I'd give McD's a little more credit. Do you rea...
on: Following are / Followings are
Actually, lastronin, "followings" as a plural noun suggests ...
on: Complete Sentence
Sorry, James, both "I" and "a" are words, shorter than "go"....
on: Don’t mind if I do
Ok, you're in a restaurant. During dessert, your server com...
on: Fora vs Forums
It's very telling, hot4teacher, that one of your pet peeves ...
on: Why have media changed our words?
More discussion of this here: http://painintheenglish.com...
on: Why have media changed our words?
I don't understand your objection to "shot to death" at all....
on: obstinacy vs. obstinancy
Oh, and I stand corrected. I was mistaken when I said obsti...
on: obstinacy vs. obstinancy
What about compliance vs. compliancy? Consistency vs. consi...
on: ab
Speedwell, et al., I have to take issue with many of your co...
on: Difference between a release and a waiver
Very interesting, anon. You may be right. Just as you susp...
on: Difference between a release and a waiver
I'm no lawyer either, but several sources define them simila...
on: Hi all vs. Hi everybody
I don't know, Douglas. I would agree with you that old-fash...
on: Hi all vs. Hi everybody
"Dear" may certainly be correct in many circumstances, but i...
on: Two Weeks Notice
Archie, I would agree that as an adjective, orientated is mo...
on: Apostrophes
Sorry Smart Hick, but you should look into it again because ...
on: obstinacy vs. obstinancy
oops, that's ...committed......
on: obstinacy vs. obstinancy
Obstinancy is not a word. It should be obstinance which can...
on: 46 year old heated Caribbean debate
If thousands of letters have been written about this, then m...
on: a long sentence with the verb “demand”
While he may not have addressed your question directly, I ha...
on: Littler
RE: "We learn not to add comparitive [sic] suffixes to words...
on: “I says”
I have heard "I says" fairly often. Of course, I'm from New...
on: “This is she” vs. “This is her”
By the way, my name is not Rene, and I am male, but the orig...
on: “This is she” vs. “This is her”
Oh, come on now. Isn't it obvious that when someone says “T...
on: As of
Wow, this has ballooned into several issues. First, your qu...
on: “independence from” or “independence to”?
Oops, wrong tense. That's ...maintain...remain..., no "-ed"...
on: “independence from” or “independence to”?
Regarding: "The union, though weak and poor, managed to rema...
on: My mother wishes my child be like me.
"Be" isn't more archaic. "Be" is the present subjunctive an...
on: My mother wishes my child be like me.
I think most people would say "My mother wishes my child wou...
on: “It is one of his girlfriends.”
Now, wait a minute. You said "...one of his GIRLZFRENDZ..."...
on: One of the most...
Boy, I wish I had time to really weigh in on this, but I am ...
on: Peter thins them out
I visited the link of the Japanese program. As I don't spea...
on: “study of” vs. “study on”
Of course book is a different word. I was making an analogy...
on: “It is one of his girlfriends.”
While, technically, the answer is ambiguous, I think that Dy...
on: “study of” vs. “study on”
It's a matter of context and the desired meaning of the prep...
on: “study of” vs. “study on”
I don't think it's so much as to whether study is a noun, bu...
on: Verb, the process of being
I don't think transitive vs. intransitive is what Dr. Mc is ...
on: Plural s-ending Possessives
Jenny, either pronunciation is correct. Fish, you beat me t...
on: Why Don’t We Abolish Irregular Verbs and Nouns?
Dyske, I think you may have misunderstood an important point...
on: Why Don’t We Abolish Irregular Verbs and Nouns?
Scyllacat, a link to the "smart guy's" explanation would hav...
on: Most-Populous vs. Most-Populated
I would think either would work. Note that populated and po...
on: Speaking with negations
Tom, you said that you can understand it in situations where...
on: Over exaggeration
Underexageration: I'm so hungry I could eat a pony!...
on: Right Question For this Answer (about count/rank/order)
Oops, sorry. That's "Ordinally, which prime minister of Ind...
on: Right Question For this Answer (about count/rank/order)
While some comments are on the right track, I would suggest ...
on: Computer mouses or computer mice?
For those of you running Windows XP (possibly other operatin...
on: Sleep / Asleep
I haven't actually heard this speech pattern in my area. I ...
on: Sleep / Asleep
AO, I don't think that follows from your analogy. Let me re...
on: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and BBC News
Oh, and, yes, some sources say that acronyms are pronounced ...
on: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and BBC News
dt, If you want to get technical, initialism is a subset of ...
March 10, 2010, 11:04pm • 0 vote
on: Sheep, Fish, and Cattle
Head? I love it. That's great, especially since I never wou...