Ignorance is bliss - until we are reminded of it.
Current irritation - the ‘fewer/less’ confusion and the related ‘amount/number’
problem. This one infests the broadcast media. Apparently, an incident in
Melbourne the other night was attended by an “amount of police officers.’ I
wonder if they had to put them through a blender first. Or merely dismember
them into a pile of bits.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
www.soultheft.com
> On 4 Nov 2015, at 9:16 am, Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> _E_ct-chew-allie, we pedants are exceedingly informative. It's just that
> those whom we inform frequently are exceedingly annoyed with us. <g>
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> Certified Informative & Pedantic Neanderthal
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 5:45 AM, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> The pedant police are often infirm, sometimes on-form but we never inform.
>> Your secrets are safe.
>>
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