douglas.bryant
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Recent Comments
on: Pronunciation: aunt
The pronounciation of ‘aunt’ as ‘ant’ or ‘ahnt’ is not a fun...
on: Friendly - adjective and adverb?
Most dictionaries I have consulted list 'friendly' as a noun...
on: Texted
An episode of 'Flight of the Conchords' juxtaposes two possi...
on: obliged or obligated?
‘Obligate’ is not an Americanism, nor is it a recent coinage...
on: Fora vs Forums
Name (supplied), that is a very informative link. Here is an...
on: Fora vs Forums
Name (supplied), For one so admittedly fond of the sarcas...
on: Fora vs Forums
goofy: I think we are in agreement: I favor anglicized pl...
on: Fora vs Forums
hot4teacher: I sense from your remarks that you misunders...
on: Fora vs Forums
In ‘The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics,’ P. H. Mat...
on: Fora vs Forums
"Etymological fallacy" is an important concept, but it has l...
on: Fora vs Forums
Goofy’s list of words borrowed from plural Latin nouns is an...
on: Fora vs Forums
hot4teacher, Thanks for the kind words. I have enjoyed ou...
on: Capitalizing After the Colon
Rhen's question was whether to capitalize after a colon when...
on: Fora vs Forums
hot4teacher: I ruffled your feathers, which was not my inten...
on: Loose = Lose?
I agree with a lot of what has been written here. The proble...
on: Fora vs Forums
Hot4teacher asserts: "Either all words or only words of Engl...
on: One of the most...
This has been most interesting. I think the problem stems...
on: Fetch Referring to People?
There is nothing inherently canine in the word "fetch." Jack...
on: Don’t mind if I do
What is being missed in this discussion is that "don't mind ...
on: Fora vs Forums
Merriam-Webster dates the use of "forum" in English to the 1...
on: Pronunciation: aunt
It's interesting to see how passionate some get over the pro...
on: Why have media changed our words?
Good one, Ron. I caught on to your game a bit late, just aft...
on: obstinacy vs. obstinancy
John, It's amazing how closely we agree, yet still we debate...
on: obstinacy vs. obstinancy
John, I gave not examples of misspellings, but of easily...
on: ab
Good point, Porsche, many responders didn't really address t...
on: On Tomorrow
I like Angela G's answer. She is correct: "tomorrow" descend...
on: Word for a word with no rhyme?
The question was: is there a term to denote (that is to say...
on: obstinacy vs. obstinancy
We don't disagree, entirely, on "obstinancy." You say it is ...
on: Hi all vs. Hi everybody
Porsche, Your elided gaffe eluded me. I'm far from the or...
on: obstinacy vs. obstinancy
John, My point about clarity is simple. Those who underst...
on: Hi all vs. Hi everybody
Dear Porsche, You make a good point. Dear has become some...
on: obstinacy vs. obstinancy
John, You are correct that "obstinancy" is used in 811 "G...
on: reported speech
English teacher is correct. I would only add that you are no...
on: obstinacy vs. obstinancy
Whether Dickens used "obstinacy" or "obstinancy" is immateri...
on: Hi all vs. Hi everybody
Dear Anette: It is never improper to use "Dear" in a salu...
on: Texted
Elsewhere on this blog there is a lively debate of whether i...
on: “The next stop will be...”
A case could be made for either construction, but I think co...
on: “pi the type”
To add to porche's comment, here is a definition from thefre...
on: Plural proper nouns ending in consonant-y
The correct plural of "grizzly" is "grizzlies." The rule...
on: Most-Populous vs. Most-Populated
Populous is the correct word. "Populous" is an adjective...
on: Pled versus pleaded
I don't agree that "pled" is less emotional than "pleaded." ...
October 1, 2009, 5:00pm • 3 votes
on: Past tense of “text”
Mark, half a wit is better than none. Mike is correct, but o...