Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Username

mykhailo

Member Since

January 30, 2009

Total number of comments

20

Total number of votes received

118

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Latest Comments

Comparisons and Superlatives of Colours

  • September 21, 2010, 3:15pm

I guess comparisons and superlatives for more colours are possible in literary writing.

"bourgeois" seems to cover I, O, R :)

One of the most...

  • June 6, 2009, 6:28pm

People,

If you don't like "one of the most", what will you say about "a most"?

:)

1) Argentina gained independence from Spain in 1816. (New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd Edition. © 2005 by Oxford University Press, Inc.)

2) independence of irrelevant alternatives; independence of random variables

Someone else’s

  • June 6, 2009, 6:18pm

Yes, "someone else's" and "passers-by" is correct.

There's nothing to add to yello.cape.cod's explanation. ;)

Just one more thing:
Whose: mother-in-law's

Infinitive without “to”

  • May 24, 2009, 8:51am

we call them modal verbs.

Computer mouses or computer mice?

  • May 19, 2009, 1:13pm

New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd Edition. © 2005 by Oxford University Press:

(pl. also mouses) Computing a small hand-held device that is dragged across a flat surface to move the cursor on a computer screen, typically having buttons that are pressed to control computer functions

I guess it's OK if we distinguish the rodents and devices grammatically :)

This is one of his, girlfriends! ;)

One of the most...

  • May 19, 2009, 9:40am

I don't see anything wrong about one of the most ..., one of the best, etc.

Peter thins them out

  • May 19, 2009, 9:35am

Yes, I agree it's a metaphor, child's play or imagination is meant, IMO :)