Luckily, we have a few here to keep us on the straight and narrow path
of proper English usage. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/21/2010 8:03 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
> Pedanticism?? Pedantry, please.
>
> And while on that topic, there no need to apologise to Johan for the
> English "wh", since it has Scandinavian roots, although as "hv".
> That spelling must have been considered unattractive by our English
> forebears, but if you listen carefully to an elderly English lady
> with suitably ladylike pronunciation, you should hear that the
> changed spelling is not yet reflected in the spoken word. It helps to
> have a hand in front of the mouth to feel that the "h" precedes the
> "w".
>
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Jez Cunningham
> [mailto:jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 21 September 2010 07:46 To: Olympus
> Camera Discussion Subject: Re: [OM] No on caught my stupid error,
> was: GH2 specs! wow!!!
>
> Johan,
>
> Were you aware that you used "where" where you should have used
> "were"? We're sorry English has such foibles: they're traps for us
> too!
>
> Oops - seems I'm sucking this mailing list down into a maelstrom of
> pedanticism. Andrew - where are you when we need you?
>
> br Jez, tongue planted firmly is cheek...
>
> On 20 September 2010 20:25, Johan Malmstrom<jmalmstrom@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> When I bought new tires last time I choose the same tires. Not only
>> where they good for rain, they where also "quiet".
>>
>> "Where" is the word because I have a new car and they are equped
>> with some other brand, Goodyear I think.
>>
>> / Johan
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On 20 sep 2010, at 15.04, Chuck
>> Norcutt<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> As a result of that experience I spent almost $800 at the Buick
>>> dealer on a set of Bridgestone Turanza tires. I had spec'd
>>> those specific tires based on some research showing they were
>>> highly rated as rain tires. Following good practice the car was
>>> also given a 4 wheel alignment when the tires were changed
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