Irrational Hatred
People who say "less" when they mean "fewer" ought to be turned into soup, the soup fed to baboons and the baboons fired into an active volcano. What has you grinding your teeth with rage, and why?
Suggested by Smash Monkey
( , Thu 31 Mar 2011, 14:36)
People who say "less" when they mean "fewer" ought to be turned into soup, the soup fed to baboons and the baboons fired into an active volcano. What has you grinding your teeth with rage, and why?
Suggested by Smash Monkey
( , Thu 31 Mar 2011, 14:36)
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To me it's about aiding communication.
If you omit apostrophes, use homophones interchangeable and use words with different meanings as if they are synonymous then you're making the language less efficient. On the other hand, if you are verbing nouns, nouning verbs and adverbing both you are being creative and adding to the language.
( , Fri 1 Apr 2011, 18:13, Reply)
If you omit apostrophes, use homophones interchangeable and use words with different meanings as if they are synonymous then you're making the language less efficient. On the other hand, if you are verbing nouns, nouning verbs and adverbing both you are being creative and adding to the language.
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