Fun with Grammar.

[threebikesmcginty]

Ah well, if we're going to divert onto grocers' spellings....

Shouldn't that be grocer's spelling's?

 

[Archie_tect]

I think you'll find it's grosser.... *whistling off into the distance...*

 

[Archie_tect]

or should that be more gross....

 

[Cubist]

Well I can't contain myself any longer. It's plagiarised but this has gotta be the thread to post it on.

Did you know that the Pedants' Revolt was led by Which Tyler.........

 

[Archie_tect]

Ok... which Tyler?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Ok... which Tyler?

What?

 

[Archie_tect]

Roof?

 

[Archie_tect]

....Wall?

 

[Archie_tect]

[could be Fleur.... but she's from Liverpool].

 

[Dayvo]

or should that be more gross....

groß error!

 

[Arch]

Shouldn't that be grocer's spelling's?

No, multiple grocers...

(yes, yes, I know, you're joking...)

 

[swee'pea99]

''Myriad' nd 'myriad of' are both correct. One of my pet hates is people trying to impress others with their knowledge and ending flat on their faces. Please explain to me what are 'pound British Sterlings'? if you want to use sterling (note - not capitalised) use pound sterling.

Ooo, get 'er!

Are you sure it's one of your pet hates? Seems to me you quite enjoy it. One of my pet hates (sic) is people being snotty about other people's posts without reading them properly. Where do I refer to 'pound British Sterlings'? 'proud British Sterlings' is what I said. It was a joke. Not a great joke, just a gentle bit of fun. You've heard of jokes, right...?

One other thing: if you're going to get all poncey about this kind of stuff, do take care to, say, spell basic words correctly and begin your sentences with capitals.

Oh, and I'll use sterling any damn way I please if it's all the same with you. Or even if it isn't.

 

[Maz]

One of my pet hates turned up in the first para of an article in y'day's Grauniad: a professional journalist, paid in many proud British Sterlings, used the expression 'a myriad of'. Grrr.

I don't understand this. What's wrong with 'a myriad of'?

 

[Archie_tect]

Whoa there Neddy... time to put your comfy slippers on, sit by the fire and have a glass of hot milk + a cookie.

 

[mr_hippo]

erm ... a myriad is a real measure, like a thousand. Would you say, 'Thousand of ...'?

It depends on context - "I will take a thousand of those paper clips over there", etc.