Perhaps the sine qua non of being a professional editor is being particular about word usage and persnickety about following grammar rules.
________________________________ From: "authfri...@yahoo.com" <authfri...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 10:02 PM Subject: RE: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: For Emily - and Bob & Ann I can see how it would be confusing if you had only encountered the other sense of the term. "Persnickety" is another synonym, BTW. Ever heard someone say, "She's very persnickety"? --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <chivukula.ravi@...> wrote: Thanks dear Judy - I don't ever recall reading or hearing such a usage of "particular" - that's good to know. On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:37 PM, <authfriend@...> wrote: > > >"Particular" can mean fastidious, choosy, picky, hard-to-please. Not sure if >that's what The Wife had in mind, but most likely along those lines. It's a >legitimate use of the term. The lack of the indefinite article is a sign >nothing has been left out. Otherwise she'd have said "Jack thinks of himself >as *a* particular [something]..." > > > > > > > > >--- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <chivukula.ravi@...> wrote: > > >Dear Bob - I knew you would come back with something referring to you as young >(didn't expect your palmist to figure in it so prominently though LOL). > > >Anyway no issues with your posts, they all look fine. Yahoo hasn't unleashed >Neo on me. I was referring to "She said our Jack thinks of himself as particular rather than introverted" - I was wondering if you missed anything after particular - oh well. > > >So yeah you are good on the Goan. > > > > >On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:03 PM, <bobpriced@...> wrote: > > >> >>Raja Ravi, >> >>I assumed since my palmist told me I was a young soul you'd give me a pass on >>ji; it won't happen again. >> >>Neo continues to outperform, I wonder my posts to RD and TB were also cut >>off? I clicked on the three dots in the LLHC of your post back and my full >>post to you was there, can you see all of it this time (before I tell you >>about the Goan): >> >> >> Thanks Raviji, it was a big hit with the wife. She said our Jack thinks of himself as particular rather than introverted, but #8 captures his Saturday morning posting efforts to the FFL. >> >> >>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=088DhELIqw8 >> >> >> >> >>--- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <chivukula.ravi@...> wrote: >> >> >>Dear Bob, >> >> >>Did you miss something after "particular"...."Jack thinks of himself as >>particular..?" >> >> >>And now please relate the story of the Goan. >> >> >>And please don't call me ji, don't you know you are not supposed to address >>someone younger than you as ji? >> >> >> >> >>On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:34 PM, <bobpriced@...> wrote: >> >> >>> >>>Thanks Raviji, it was a big hit with the wife. She said our Jack thinks of >>>himself as particular rather than introverted, but #8 captures his Saturday >>>morning posting efforts to the FFL. >>> >>> >>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=088DhELIqw8 >>> >>> >>> >>>--- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <chivukula.ravi@...> wrote: >>> >>> >>>22 Signs Your Dog's An Introvert >>>:-) >>> >>>http://www.buzzfeed.com/chelseamarshall/signs-your-dogs-an-introvert >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > >
