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Post by pinemom » Mon Jan 10, 2011 2:01 pm

WEEEEEEEE!


Not Wheeee!
Names pinemom, but my friends call me "Piney".

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Post by Elderberry » Mon Jan 10, 2011 2:03 pm

Mojojita wrote:Misuse of "less" and "fewer".

The Plain English Campaign has a simple rule of thumb to help everyone: less means "not as much," whereas fewer means "not as many".

Fewer should be used when you are talking about items that can be counted individually, for example, "fewer than 10 apples". Less is correct when quantities cannot be individually counted in that case, e.g. "I would like less water".
There's one I didn't know.

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Post by Mojojita » Mon Jan 10, 2011 2:26 pm

The other one that drives me crazy, (a short drive at best for me) is something George W. used to do consistently. He would pronounce the word nuclear as nucular.

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