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Joined: October 20, 2005
Number of comments posted: 660
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Recent Comments
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 ...
on: How many thats?
Carol, I'm not sure I can do this without actually being hea...
on: Using plural in the title
Also, if drum tracks is always plural, i.e., you always reco...
on: Using plural in the title
In Drum Track Recording Service, "drum track" is an adjectiv...
on: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and BBC News
Jan, re: S Lanka, I am merely conjecturing as to a possible ...
on: Spaces After Period
Yes, if you look at it, the base of the r is the same distan...
on: Spaces After Period
Has anyone noticed that on this very website, the absence of...
on: What’s the difference between “commission” and “committee”
The defining difference is that a committee is part of a lar...
on: Worst Case or Worse Case
UIP, the link you listed is interesting, but everyone should...
on: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and BBC News
Oh, and as for using S Lanka instead of Sri Lanka (which mea...
on: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and BBC News
It is a normal and natural progression that, over time, when...
on: Computer Keyboard
Patrick, the tilde is used to mean approximately equal to. ...
on: Complete Sentence
OK, here's an idea that I'm sure many will disagree with. I...
on: Please be advised....
Joe, I could be mistaken, but I don't think John needed to h...
on: Complete Sentence
To "conflustered": you said that you could only imagine the...
on: Fora vs Forums
Andy, I'm not sure what your point is when you said: "The...
on: Charade you are!!
Josh, I would disagree with your suggestion that "so right y...
on: Past tense of “text”
furthermore, I would like to propose the following etymolog...
on: Past tense of “text”
Goofy, I'm afraid your quoting of Merriam-Webster is both in...
on: Past tense of “text”
Yes, Wittgenstein, and the man with his finger on the trigge...
on: Curriculum Vita or Curriculum Vitae
Gee, I'm just full of typos today. ...i... should be ...I.....
on: Curriculum Vita or Curriculum Vitae
gee, i guess i contradicted myself a bit. I originally said...
on: Curriculum Vita or Curriculum Vitae
oops, that's me above, p...
on: Curriculum Vita or Curriculum Vitae
No, curriculum vitae is singular. It means literally, "the ...
on: Fora vs Forums
Hey, if I just start collecting old movie posters, but I onl...
on: Street Address vs. Mailing Address
No, "will not" is correct. As long as the package is small ...
on: “dis” vs “un”
If I am unorganized, it means my desk is a bit messy at this...
on: Please be advised....
Of course, another way of looking at it is as an attention-g...
on: Please be advised....
Acvtually, the politically correctness of "please be advised...
on: Street Address vs. Mailing Address
Consider this: UPS and FedEx will not deliver to PO boxes. ...
on: Social vs. Societal
Robert., no matter now mad you may be, you are mistaken. I ...
on: What Rhymes?
Acually, swans are NOT the only birds that have penises. Ma...
on: Evident/Evidenced
First, evident is an adjective. Evidenced is a verb (well, ...
on: be of some help / be of any help
While there is some overlap, "any" and "some" don't mean exa...
on: Plural last name ending in “z”
Oh, silly us, AO. The possessive really should be "the Vald...
on: Plural last name ending in “z”
AO, there is no real consensus on whether the possessive sho...
on: Pronouns
While "the class" is certainly singular, consider the intent...
on: Try and
Please forgive the bad punctuation/capitalization, above. I...
on: Try and
Potpourri, while I agree with your main point, I think some ...
on: Plural last name ending in “z”
This is really very simple. "The Valdezes" is the correct p...
on: “dis” vs “un”
In the past, I would have agreed with Janet and have often p...
on: Everybody vs. Everyone
Taryn, "everybody" is not plural. It's "Everybody is going ...
on: Me Versus I
To Anonymous and Bee Tee-Ess, it could just as easily be arg...
on: beginning a request with “may”
I think it's been pretty well covered as to why you normally...
on: “dis” vs “un”
David, I think you got that backwards (it's also a bit of an...
on: all _____ sudden
Chuck, you have touched on one of my pet peeves, people who ...
on: all _____ sudden
Hutch, AO, I think you both missed something. The word "sud...
on: Space After Period
Pb, I agree that we read in word "chunks" or "grabs", but do...
on: “the below” vs “the following”
Oops, that should be ...[comment]......
on: “the below” vs “the following”
But, Estragib, when "below" is followed by "changes" it is n...
on: You’re not going to the game, are you?
I'm afraid the exact opposite is true. If you are agreeing ...
on: rogue apostrophe
Perhaps a better answer would be to say it's the genitive of...
on: What’s wrong with this?
Adding "that" might make the sentence clearer, but such a "t...
on: affectatious
If affectatious truly means ""of the nature of affectation" ...
on: Usage of ‘I have doubt that’
The original phrase in question: "Some people may have doubt...
on: rogue apostrophe
Actually, instead of "four day's journey" or "four days jour...
on: There is more than one user
Actually, Super Student, in spite of your sarcasm, Ralph is ...
on: Couldn’t Care Less
The English teacher labelling "couldn't care less" as an inc...
on: Space After Period
OK, Lab Rat, I HAVE to ask. You mean to tell me that someone...
on: Let’s you and me/I
Come on now, poetic examples are pretty much irrelevant to ...
on: Announcement
I'm glad I could help. Thanks for the mention. And thanks ...
on: hanged vs. hung
John, when you say "...but some commentators, who apparently...
on: hanged vs. hung
by the way, who won the bet?...
on: hanged vs. hung
Alla, it doesn't matter if the hanging is self-inflicted. "...
on: “I haven’t known”
Regarding: "...if it's even correct to say such a thing...",...
on: Try and
I think the comments about "try and..." implying success for...
on: Believe as a noun
Tolken, I think you're presenting a false dichotomy. Nouns ...
on: Pronunciation: aunt
Uncle Ben, I must disagree with some of your points. Aunt i...
on: Plural s-ending Possessives
Hey Grammar Geek, for singular possessives ending in "s", es...
on: Space After Period
This topic has been discussed in much more detail in the fol...
on: “pi the type”
As I'm sure you're aware, pi is the ratio of the circumferen...
on: Inch vs. Inches
And what about adjectives? A ruler can be twelve inches lon...
on: Let’s you and me/I
Natalie, I see that you and Jenna posted at exactly the same...
on: Spelling with mixed cases
While I didn't exactly do an exhaustive study, I believe tha...
on: Spelling with mixed cases
In a spelling bee, there is no capitalization or lack thereo...
on: Word for a word with no rhyme?
Lottie, "daily" rhymes with Hayley. And to deez simith, t...
on: People(s)
Most of the previous posts are on the right track, but there...
on: Might could
tjf, what about just saying "Maybe I (he/she/you) could have...
on: When to use verbs with an s or without
John is right. "She insists that he take his medicine" is...
on: Social vs. Societal
Social is a broader word with more definitions. Societal's ...
on: First Generation vs. Second Generation
Sorry Javid, I have to disagree. Certainly your parents can...
on: Apostrophes
Earlier, I posted that "...David is right...", but I meant t...
on: Head shot
Head shot certainly doesn't work. A head shot is a professi...
on: Do’s and Don’t's
Rincewind, Comrade smack, you are right about not removing a...
on: What is this triangular symbol?
Not only were you right "too", John. Your explanation was B...
on: Orally Aural. Oh Really?
Imagine my surprise when I checked the dictionary and found ...
on: Plurals in titles
Cascader, it's not a question of whether it's a book of book...
on: Do’s and Don’t's
In spite of what others have posted, I would say ...don't's ...
on: First Generation vs. Second Generation
Actually, Amazed, the fact that there is still a heated deba...
on: Complete Sentence
No, X. Harsh is absolutely correct. Blacklace is absolutely...
on: I versus Me
John, I have to disagree. "me" or "not me" isn't a complete...
on: Fora vs Forums
Wiggy, you are correct. Stratum is the singular, strata is t...
on: What is this triangular symbol?
Excellent post, John. I thought this one would never get so...
on: “On accident” and “study on . . .”
I did miss that Bob, thanks. Of course, what precipitated m...
on: Everybody vs. Everyone
Actually, Chuckret, when one says "each and every one of you...
on: “On accident” and “study on . . .”
Keith, no one is saying "by mistake" is unusual. Everyone s...
on: “It is I” vs. “It is me”
Thank you, Blackstubble. You are correct. I posted the ver...
on: Plurals in titles
"Much learning hath made thee mad" is from the Bible, Acts 2...
March 2, 2009, 12:34pm • 7 votes
on: Sleep / Asleep
AO, I don't think that follows from your analogy. Let me re...