Real [natural] pe[n]dants are discussed in another thread. ;-) Igor
Mon Jun 2 19:21:46 EDT 2014 Ann Sanfedele wrote: Good point - I'm only a quasi-pedant ann On 6/2/2014 18:55, John Francis wrote: > > Or, for us true pedants, "neither has/neither is" > > On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 06:25:21PM -0400, Ann Sanfedele wrote: >> My pet peeve as well, Igor - Alas, it seems that "less" has been >> taking >> over and i'm told by an editor friend that it is now considered >> acceptable >> usage. My other one is the "both don't have/are not" in place of >> "neither >> have/neither are" >> >> sigh >> ann >> >> On 6/2/2014 12:59, Igor Roshchin wrote: >>> >>> >>> It has been discussed many times in many venues that the correct >>> usage is >>> "10 items or FEWER" vs "10 items or less" (and apparently there is >>> no complete consensus, even though I am on the "fewer" side in this >>> case). >>> >>> But in this case, the situation is worse: >>> "UP TO .. or LESS"... >>> >>> http://42graphy.org/snapshots/IMG_20140523_212839_018-scr.jpg >>> "Some people are not paid to think." >>> >>> (Seen in Victoria's [BC] Save-On-Foods.) >>> >>> Igor >>> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
