Notice the incorrect irregular plural of tempus?
Yes, of course, can't catch me with that one, Joel.
We *have* to keep standards up, given the new intake - heaven only knows
what passes for linguistic discipline over on the LUG!
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Wilcox [mailto:jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 11 June 2012 15:07
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] An actual jpeg
O tempores, O mores!
I got it backwards, didn't I? Do you think Piers will notice?
Joel W.
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012, at 03:16 PM, philippe.amard wrote:
> The problem was pairing times with aplenty, not times as such ...
> Bien cordialement de Metz
> Philippe
> Le 11 juin 12 à 14:59, Joel Wilcox a écrit :
>
> > Well, you must indeed be out of booze. If "times" can be plural,
> > they can be counted -- unless you want to drag Kant into it.
> >
> > God's plenty to you!
> >
> > Joel W.
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012, at 10:59 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
> >> Sorry, Joel, can't have that.
> >>
> >> Use "plenty" for uncountables, which "times" clearly is not.
> >>
> >> Having a fine time today!
> >>
> >> Piers
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Joel Wilcox [mailto:jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> >> Sent: 11 June 2012 04:47
> >> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> >> Subject: Re: [OM] An actual jpeg
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012, at 06:05 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> >>> Oh, horrors! You caught me.
> >>
> >> It's OK. Shakespeare committed that one, too -- plenty of times.
> >
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