davidlrattigan
Joined: September 4, 2004 (email not validated)
Number of comments posted: 16
Number of votes received: 8
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Recent Comments
on: couple vs couple of
A COUPLE X is everyday North-American English, but wouldn't ...
on: Lux’ or Lux’s
Certainly LUX'S....
on: begin from page 10
All of them....
on: rubber meets the road?
I think you're right. It's hard to expound on the meaning of...
on: rubber meets the road?
Usually "when the rubber hits the road" refers to the moment...
on: Fuff
LOL. It was a joke, a combination of two words beginning ...
on: Mixing
I'd probably tell you to fuff. :D (Just teasing.)...
on: “I says”
ladylucy, What you call "proper English" is just one vari...
on: “Can I get” vs. “May I have”
Eurgh. No, that's not what I meant. CAN I and MAY I have lon...
on: Sweet and Savory
SAVOURY is perfectly acceptable in the UK. GENRE is inapp...
on: “I says”
There is nothing "lazy" or "bad" about I SAYS. As Ben notes,...
on: “Can I get” vs. “May I have”
Nick, I don't think the problem with CAN I GET is that it's ...
on: Construction
THE CHANCES OF rather than THE CHANCES FOR; and MY is probab...
on: Irregardless?
My guess is that the similarity to IRRESPECTIVE, which means...
on: “I says”
BTW, was "mutilation" intended as a value judgment?...
October 30, 2004, 3:47am • 0 vote
on: In or At and the nature of relativism
I think most English-speakers would hardly recognize a disti...