Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
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Originally Posted by Gluteus Maximus wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:44
Mute point
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Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:38
Ten items or less
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 18:55
Them things
Does that happen often? - I mean Bakers with less than eight fingers and two thumbs - never met one myself. Still, if it did happen, he would certainly be selling us short. http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/sad.gif
Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
Women who get annoyed with other women and say "but she's talking about me behind my back!" as if they don't all do the very same thing, constantly.
Men are always trying to understand women but why bother? Women understand women and they hate each other.
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Originally Posted by Colonel Cærdiffi wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:12
You don't know what you've got till it's goat.
B...dy .ell, you must have some strange acquaintances. Is Dionysus among them I wonder? Weren't satyrs involved here? No, sorry, I'm getting my myths mixed up - ever had mixed myths? Satyrs were definitely more horse-like than goat-like. Just look at the pictures. http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/homer.gif
Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
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Originally Posted by RichardM wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:48
Mute point
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Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:38
Ten items or less
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 18:55
Them things
If it's not countable (as in sugar) it's less.
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:01
Mute point
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Originally Posted by RichardM wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:48
Ten items or less
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Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:38
Them things
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 18:55
Ha ha you can't even count sugar, what a clart.
Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
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Originally Posted by Colonel Cærdiffi wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:01
Mute point
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:01
Ten items or less
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Originally Posted by RichardM wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:48
Them things
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Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:38
You can count grains or teaspoons thereof, of course http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/smiley.gif
Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:01
Mute point
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Originally Posted by RichardM wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:48
Ten items or less
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Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:38
Them things
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 18:55
Wow - I didn't know that. http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/thumbup.gif
Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
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Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:40
It winds me up when people say "a 12 month". It's not a 12 month, it's 1 year.
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Originally Posted by The Alien wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:35
Sorry - but doesn't 12 months = 1 year; just as 3 feet = a yard? Aren't these people justified in using 12 month(s)? Just a thought like.
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Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:31
You know what I meant smart arse.
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Originally Posted by The Alien wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:24
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Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
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Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:02
Mute point
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:01
Ten items or less
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Originally Posted by RichardM wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:48
Them things
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Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:38
You must be a member of the Asda marketing team http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gif
Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:02
Mute point
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Originally Posted by Colonel Cærdiffi wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:01
Ten items or less
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:01
Them things
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Originally Posted by RichardM wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:48
Ten items or less? You'll have to explain that one. Sorry.
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Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:38
It should be ten items or fewer
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 18:55
Indeed. If it is countable (as in the case of items) it's fewer.
Yeah, you say that now I've had to school you in the ways of the world's most popular beverage sweetener.
Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
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Originally Posted by Colonel Cærdiffi wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:59
Women who get annoyed with other women and say "but she's talking about me behind my back!" as if they don't all do the very same thing, constantly.
Why do you think I use this forum? http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gif
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Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
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Originally Posted by Colonel Cærdiffi wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:06
Mute point
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:02
Ten items or less
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Originally Posted by Colonel Cærdiffi wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:01
Them things
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:01
Ten items or less? You'll have to explain that one. Sorry.
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Originally Posted by RichardM wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:48
It should be ten items or fewer
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Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:38
Indeed. If it is countable (as in the case of items) it's fewer.
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 18:55
If it's not countable (as in sugar) it's less.
It simply does not do to mistake the substance itself with the measure of quantity. I bet some people on here think that Sweetex is a pleasant former partner.
Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
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Originally Posted by Vinny Riley wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:16
Nottnum, birminum
Whittenem
Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
"The Premier league is the best league in the world" ?
Really what about the Bundesliga ?
Fan run clubs , cheap tickets , great quality football. They realised their own mistakes rearranged things and became world champions again.
Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
The number of people who say undoubtably
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Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
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Originally Posted by Colonel Cærdiffi wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:59
Women who get annoyed with other women and say "but she's talking about me behind my back!" as if they don't all do the very same thing, constantly.
But that's not about a saying that people get wrong - it's about people using a phrase unjustifiably - that raises moral issues not issues relating to a misunderstanding or faulty memory (i.e. people getting it wrong). http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/rolleyes.gif
Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:02
Mute point
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Originally Posted by Colonel Cærdiffi wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:01
Ten items or less
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:01
Them things
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Originally Posted by RichardM wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:48
Ten items or less? You'll have to explain that one. Sorry.
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Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:38
It should be ten items or fewer
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 18:55
Indeed. If it is countable (as in the case of items) it's fewer.
'Sugar' can be countable in a way. We say 'two sugars, please' although implicitly we are referring to (teaspoonfuls of). 'Beer' is also uncountable but we can ask for two beers (meaning glasses of). In academe, 'research' has become countable again -as it was centuries ago, so people talk about 'several researches' being conducted on a subject. I don't like it though.
Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
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Originally Posted by El Gwapo wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:28
Philosophers call that a tautology; others call it saying the same thing twice. http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/homer.gif
Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
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Originally Posted by calonlan wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:37
Mute point
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:02
Ten items or less
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Originally Posted by Colonel Cærdiffi wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:01
Them things
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:01
Ten items or less? You'll have to explain that one. Sorry.
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Originally Posted by RichardM wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:48
It should be ten items or fewer
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Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:38
Indeed. If it is countable (as in the case of items) it's fewer.
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 18:55
If it's not countable (as in sugar) it's less.
That's what I said. You are not counting the sugar itself but merely abbreviating your request.
Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
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Originally Posted by Lord Worcestershire wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:22
The number of people who say undoubtably
What - does your objection relate to the number of people who say it, or to what they say (undoubtably) - or both??
Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
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Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:38
Not sure but I think "naan bread" is another
Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:39
Mute point
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Originally Posted by calonlan wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:37
Ten items or less
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:02
Them things
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Originally Posted by Colonel Cærdiffi wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:01
Ten items or less? You'll have to explain that one. Sorry.
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:01
It should be ten items or fewer
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Originally Posted by RichardM wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:48
Indeed. If it is countable (as in the case of items) it's fewer.
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Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 19:38
If it's not countable (as in sugar) it's less.
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 18:55
Ha ha you can't even count sugar, what a clart.
http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/thumbup.gif One thing that confuses lower level students is that 'money' is (generally) uncountable. You can count money but you don't usually count 'money'. When they become more advanced they have to be untaught this rule and introduced to 'monies received' etc. but that's too much of a headful for them early on and is not used in day-to-day English.
Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
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Originally Posted by El Gwapo wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:43
'PIN number' is another.