Replacing "as" by "like" is a by-product of mass advertising by the tobacco industry; "like a cigarette should."
Oh, if only we in the SI advocacy movement had the dollar resources, flowing from nicotine addictions, to promote SI, or a wealthy benefactor at the level of a Bill Gates having a firm conviction that only SI is acceptable for future education, trade and commerce in the USA!!! Eugene Mechtly ________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Henschel Mark [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 11:54 AM To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52493] Re: Errors in Grammar Ever notice that people say "like" when they really mean "such as"? Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] Date: Monday, March 11, 2013 2:38 am Subject: [USMA:52488] Re: Errors in Grammar To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > ......as well as the difference between ‘I’ and ‘me’. > > Other annoyances – not knowing ‘principle’ and ‘principal’, ‘its’ and > ‘it’s’ (that one really bugs me!), and so on. Hardly a metric subject, but if > measurements are a form of language (and indeed I feel they are), then it is > important we know and can use all forms of language correctly. > > John F-L > > > > > From: mechtly, eugene a > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 1:17 AM > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:52484] Errors in Grammar > > > Carleton, > > > > Likewise, getting it wrong for the personal > pronouns: *he and she* versus *him and her.* > > Even many national TV commentators don't know the difference between the > subjective and objective cases. > > > > Eugene Mechtly > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on > behalf of Carleton MacDonald [[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, > March 07, 2013 8:56 PM > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: > [USMA:52473] Re: Use of the Word "Metric" > > > > > > The latter is > particularly annoying, especially when companies like Shell and Ford get it > wrong in the advertising. > > Farther = > Distance > Further = > Time > > Carleton > > From: > [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Phil Chernack > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 19:04 > To: > U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:52472] Re: Use of the Word > "Metric" > > > That's because people don't know the difference between > affect and effect. They also don't know the difference between further and > farther. > > > > Of course, the great irony is that "verb" is a noun. > :) > > > > It doesn't matter anyway, we're about 30 years late but we > will all be speaking Newspeak soon enough. :) > > (the funny thing is I think Orwell used metric in > "1984") > > > > Phil > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 5:59 PM, Carleton MacDonald <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Two particular annoyances: > > An impact is what happens > when one thing strikes another. It has now been > "verbed" and is the > new trendy business buzzword for "affect". > > "Leverage" is a financial > term involving using borrowed money for a purpose. > It too has become THE > new trendy word as both a noun and, unspeakably, a > verb. > > I edit > documents at work and have a rather notorious reputation at editing > out > both words whenever I see them used inappropriately. > > Carleton > > > > -----Original > Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of [email protected] > Sent: > Thursday, March 07, 2013 14:56 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: > [USMA:52464] Re: Use of the Word "Metric" > > Re: [USMA:52457] Reuse of > Word > > An interesting point. The venerable Webster's Unabridged > Second Edition, > which is still used by careful writers, does not list > "metric" as a noun. > The Third Edition does, so the word gained recognition > after 1960. > Accurate writers now use "SI Metric" to designate the Modern > Metric System. > > The usage that really bugs me is the run-away usage of > "vouns," that is, > verbs used as nouns. We are commonly hearing now, > except from the most > careful broadcasters, "the sequester" instead of "the > sequestration." We > have long heard in recent decades about doing "an > install" instead of "an > installation." This confusing peculiarity of > English works the other way > too. For example, some would "mustard" > their hot dog, using the noun as a > verb. > > No virus found in this > message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus > Database: 2641/6160 - Release Date: 03/09/13 >
