
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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this is a personal bugbear of mine. I have a hope that it will be the next less/fewer or number/amount crusade, & I would toil ceaselessly to make it so. or at least I would if I weren't such a lazy arse
I *regularly* celebrate Xmas; but not very frequently
*regulars* in pubs are really frequents ffs
( , Fri 1 Apr 2011, 22:44, 5 replies)

you're assuming wrongly
edit: I've just looked it up in the dictionary & maybe I'm wrong. however, maybe this does qualify as irrational as I take issue with the accepted usage rather than the literal meaning:
reg·u·lar (rgy-lr) adj.
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5. Occurring at fixed intervals; periodic
or something ...
( , Fri 1 Apr 2011, 23:28, closed)

..occasionally; sometimes; periodically, repeatedly, sporadically etc.
( , Sat 2 Apr 2011, 19:32, closed)

Regulars frequent pubs. Whether frequently or regularly is moot.
( , Sun 3 Apr 2011, 12:30, closed)
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