Oh FFS!

So, in reality it's now a nursery rhyme about shagging?
Heh.
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In uk.rec.motorcycles, Dr Ivan D. Reid belched forth and ejected the
following:

Ahh, the penny drops (no pun intended)

I'm not one of them but I have got lazy and doing the job I do and
meeting the people I meet on a day-to-day basis[1] give me no real
incentive to change. That doesn't mean I don't want to though.

[1] That's another thing. When is it acceptable and correct to use
hyphens in words like "day-to-day"?

I saw it in here and thought it looked right but when I do it, it
doesn't look right.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Champ belched forth and ejected the following:

The type of people one hangs about[1] with for a start. People that say
"less" are probably a bit more thick than those that say "fewer".

[1] Or should that be "around" ;-)

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Veggie Dave belched forth and ejected the
following:

<Shrugs>

It's a bit like that "husband gets dragged away just because wifey says
he hit her despite no other evidence whatsoever"

I'm not sure I follow you here. Are you saying "sex" to mean male or
female, or are you saying "sex" to mean sex?

Either way, I don't think that someone getting drunk makes them a chav!

 

Someone who gets so drunk that they don't remember what they did is a
chav. Also known as an irritating ****, a pain in the arse, the accused
etc.

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Veggie Dave said...

Does this include people who entertain others with their take on
astronomical matters?

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Veggie Dave belched forth and ejected the
following:

Ah, right, yes. Not what I'd call them but I'm with you now.

Yep. I've lived with one and they were all of those things.

 

I have absolutely no idea...

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You can probably guess who I was referring to from other posts
in this thread...

No, that's perfectly OK. I think the basic usage is when you are
making a compound adjective (or adverb? I'm not going to think that one
through just now) out of several words, especially when words that would
normally be other parts of speech (e.g. nouns) are involved; so,
day-to-day basis, hand-to-mouth existence, open-mouthed awe, late-term
abortion. It helps make sure that the concepts are grouped correctly:
"green lane riding", would that be "green (lane riding)" or "(green lane)
riding"? The hyphenated "green-lane riding" makes it clear.

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Veggie Dave said...

I'll ask Blaney instead.

 

<waves> but then, I blame Bear.

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I think it may be Symptomatic Of a more general disregard for preci se
communication.

 

It's just ...wrong... Like saying, "My acceleration is 60 mph.",
or, "My fuel consumption is 25 miles". The LHS != the RHS (what's the
IT-speak for those? lexp & rexp?)

[I'll assume you're drunk, as I can see no other cogent reason for the
grammatic/typing idiosyncracies in the above paragraph... ]

Well, yes. We've evolved our language to (usually) be quite
precise. Ignoring that precision leads to uncertainties and
misunderstandings. And, it must be said, English is the richest language
of those I'm familiar with[1] (the others being French and German). It
behooves us all [English speakers] to use that richness to achieve
uparalleled understanding within our ranks!

[1] If you insist... "those with which I am familiar"[2].
[2] I was told that it was Winston Churchill who said something like,
"The stricture that one may not end a sentence with a preposition is
something up with which I will not put!"

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WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

 

I had that problem as a ten year old with "free range eggs"

 

I'm afraid that's bollocks, Dave.

this may be true, however.

 

In fact, I'd

There is another element in this equation, namely what sounds right.

I agree that the distinction between 'less' and 'fewer' is a grey
area in terms of usage, but it does not ring well to the ear.

Well, to the ear that has been inculcated with 'proper' grammar,
much like split infinitives ^^^ "sound" wrong.

 

"discrete"! I'm going to have to look that one up and see how
it's an equivalent of "countable", unless of course you have a
simple explanation.

 

Yes.
Sheep Shagging apparently...
Obviously this is considered more suitable for young children than the
B***k word.

Chris D

 

ginge said...

As yet another proud recipient of a comprehensive education, I couldn't
care fewer.

 

Yebbut "boldly to go" which is "correct" sounds wrong.
and anyway
"to boldly go" only sounds beter because you're "used" to it.