I don't feel too bad. I only had to look up a couple of them.
On 6/4/2014 2:12 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
I am glad, I am not the only linguistic nerd here.
Looking up one of the jokes posted in response led me to this forum:
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/jokes-that-95-of-people-wont-g
I am glad, I am not the only linguistic nerd here.
Looking up one of the jokes posted in response led me to this forum:
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/jokes-that-95-of-people-wont-get/page/1
I suspects other resident nerds might enjoy some of those jokes as well.
Cheers,
Igor
> Dat
On 4 June 2014 04:11, Igor Roshchin wrote:
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> Real [natural] pe[n]dants are discussed in another thread.
> ;-)
>
> Igor
At first I did read that as "Natural Pedants". So sad...
Chris
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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:
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> Or, for us true pedants, "neither has/neither is"
>
> On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 06:25:21PM -0
It should be 'const M = 14+1; for each basket b, ~(#items[b] > M)'
> On 3 Jun 2014, at 16:20, "John" wrote:
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> A simple "No more than 15 items" could avoid controversy.
>
> On 6/2/2014 12:59 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
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>>
>> It has been discussed many times in many venues that the correct
>>
A simple "No more than 15 items" could avoid controversy.
On 6/2/2014 12:59 PM, 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 "fewe
Q. Who started the pedants' revolt?
A. Which Tyler
On 2 June 2014 22:26, Bob W-PDML wrote:
> Control yourself, Chris. There's no room on the internet for pedantry.
>
> B
>
>> On 2 Jun 2014, at 21:45, "Chris Mitchell" wrote:
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>> Tautological and grammatically wrong (to be precise (and possibly
We feel your pain, Igor.
My latest peeve is that I've started noticing people writing prices with the
currency symbol after the number, eg "10$". Fingernails-on-blackboard.
Cheers,
Dave
On Jun 3, 2014, at 4:59 am, Igor Roshchin wrote:
> It has been discussed many times in many venues that th
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
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> Control yourself, Chris. There's no room on the internet for pedantry.
Mark!
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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 ed
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 "bo
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:
I
Control yourself, Chris. There's no room on the internet for pedantry.
B
> On 2 Jun 2014, at 21:45, "Chris Mitchell" wrote:
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> Tautological and grammatically wrong (to be precise (and possibly pedantic)).
> Chris
>
>> On 2 June 2014 17:59, Igor Roshchin wrote:
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>>
>> It has been discusse
Tautological and grammatically wrong (to be precise (and possibly pedantic)).
Chris
On 2 June 2014 17:59, Igor Roshchin wrote:
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>
> 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 consen
I'm of the fewer persuasion too. That sign is doubly guilty in that 'up to X
items' already means 'X items or fewer'. They should only say it once. Or fewer
than once.
B
> On 2 Jun 2014, at 18:40, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote:
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> I agree with you on the linguistic point, but everyone thinks I a
I agree with you on the linguistic point, but everyone thinks I am a
grammar nazi.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
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>
> It has been discussed many times in many venues that the correct usage is
> "10 items or F
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"...
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