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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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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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??
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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 20:38
Not sure but I think "naan bread" is another
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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.
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Originally Posted by El Gwapo wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:43
'PIN number' is another.
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Originally Posted by El Gwapo wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:43
What - are you saying that 'naan' MEANS bread? In Wales it sometimes means GRAN.
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Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
I read a post where someone said 'right from the gecko'.
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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
Seeing as this is a pedant thread, surely sugar is countable? It would be a pain but it could be done.
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Originally Posted by El Gwapo wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:28
That's on a par with 'hence why'. Another one I don't like is 'repeat again' when the speaker has only said it once. If you are going to repeat it again you must have already repeated it once.
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Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:58
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
No, the 'grains' are countable but not the 'sugar'.
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Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:58
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
As I mentioned earlier......oh, never mind.
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Originally Posted by Eric Cartman wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:55
I read a post where someone said 'right from the gecko'.
But what should it have been? Ghetto?
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Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:58
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
Hold on a MO!! This ain't a Pedant thread; it's about sayings that people get wrong - and, in some cases, with serious consequences - perhaps. http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/homer.gif
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Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
Thats the 64 thousand (or is it million) dollar question
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Originally Posted by Croesy Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:15
A collective of pedants.
So what is the 'collective' for pedants?
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Originally Posted by calonlan wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:25
A collective of pedants.
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Originally Posted by Croesy Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:15
So what is the 'collective' for pedants?
Pedantry? http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/rolleyes.gif
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Originally Posted by RichardM wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:59
"revert back" always annoys me
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Originally Posted by El Gwapo wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:28
That's on a par with 'hence why'. Another one I don't like is 'repeat again' when the speaker has only said it once. If you are going to repeat it again you must have already repeated it once.
Another tautology perhaps?
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Originally Posted by calonlan wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:25
A collective of pedants.
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Originally Posted by Croesy Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:15
So what is the 'collective' for pedants?
A "message board", obviously.
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Originally Posted by bobh wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:37
A collective of pedants.
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Originally Posted by calonlan wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:25
So what is the 'collective' for pedants?
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Originally Posted by Croesy Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:15
A "message board", obviously.
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Originally Posted by bobh wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:37
A collective of pedants.
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Originally Posted by calonlan wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:25
So what is the 'collective' for pedants?
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Originally Posted by Croesy Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:15
A "message board", obviously.
Is the correct answer
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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 21:18
Mute point
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Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:58
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.
spelt it wrong to get the peadants excited
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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 20:40
The number of people who say undoubtably
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Originally Posted by Lord Worcestershire wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:22
What - does your objection relate to the number of people who say it, or to what they say (undoubtably) - or both??
What they say but I am also surprised by how many get it wrong.
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Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
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Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:42
Mute point
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Originally Posted by Gwynedd Blue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:18
Ten items or less
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Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 20:58
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.
I don't think that people are really being pedantic - they are just trying to see the humour in the question - IMV. http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/homer.gif
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Re: Sayings That People Get Wrong
A shed load is not a lot off stuff!
A shed load is a spilled load.
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Originally Posted by LoudounSquareLurker wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:48
A shed load is not a lot off stuff!
A lot off stuff is not a lot of stuff!
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Originally Posted by LoudounSquareLurker wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:48
A shed load is not a lot off stuff!
Look - that sounds great - but could you provide some detail please. http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/rolleyes.gif
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Originally Posted by LoudounSquareLurker wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:48
A shed load is not a lot off stuff!
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/shedloa d
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Yes it has become ans accepted term. But it is from a transportation term from for instance, "a lorry has shed it's load".
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Originally Posted by LoudounSquareLurker wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:59
Yes it has become ans accepted term. But it is from a transportation term from for instance, "a lorry has shed it's load".
Not according to the above link. http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/sherlock.gif
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Originally Posted by LoudounSquareLurker wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:59
Yes it has become ans accepted term. But it is from a transportation term from for instance, "a lorry has shed it's load".
its
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Originally Posted by LoudounSquareLurker wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:59
Yes it has become ans accepted term. But it is from a transportation term from for instance, "a lorry has shed it's load".
And there was me thinking it's the amount of stuff that you can fit in a shed
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 22:01
Yes it has become ans accepted term. But it is from a transportation term from for instance, "a lorry has shed it's load".
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Originally Posted by LoudounSquareLurker wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:59
its
I'll stick with it's!
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Originally Posted by LoudounSquareLurker wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 22:03
Yes it has become ans accepted term. But it is from a transportation term from for instance, "a lorry has shed it's load".
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 22:01
its
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Originally Posted by LoudounSquareLurker wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:59
That's optional.
Not at all. "It's" is a contraction of "It is" (or even "It has") whereas "its" is the possessive form of "it".
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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 22:01
Yes it has become ans accepted term. But it is from a transportation term from for instance, "a lorry has shed it's load".
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Originally Posted by LoudounSquareLurker wrote on Wed, 18 February 2015 21:59
its
Yes - quite true - no need for the apostrophe but I'm not interested in grammatical or punctuational (?) errors - i'm interested in phrases/sayings that we misuse - simples. http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/rolleyes.gif
