tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post7186402898836018136..comments2024-03-14T13:06:38.883+00:00Comments on cultural snow: Why 0 wire?Tim Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-64832097696181319672009-08-14T11:08:49.678+01:002009-08-14T11:08:49.678+01:00Oh well, that woke a few of you up.
I was relying...Oh well, that woke a few of you up.<br /><br />I was relying not on Fowler, but on the sage advice of Stephen Fry, who once explained the none = not one = singular rule to Alan Davies on QI. (Is it just me, or is the Fry/Davies dynamic a bit like Basil/Manuel?)<br /><br />Except that now of course Fry's doing this R4 show saying that it's impossible to reinforce correctness and so yeah wha'ever.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-91181972311262542572009-08-13T14:33:45.766+01:002009-08-13T14:33:45.766+01:00For fear of expanding the pedantry still further, ...For fear of expanding the pedantry still further, is it possible for an apple to be possessed of lousy grammar?<br /><br />Probably Laxton's Superb...<br /><br /><br />And, what's more - [lapses into Amis on Updike style literary style-pedant mode] - isn't there a better adjective to be found in the old lingo than lousy?)<br /><br />;?<br /><br />xxx<br />Mort<br /><br />w.v. exattes (as they say in France)Morton Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929701101737032709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-9595837645712936842009-08-12T23:47:47.093+01:002009-08-12T23:47:47.093+01:00I suggest you read some Muriel Spark.I suggest you read some Muriel Spark.garferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886540088842849166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-13255715855416179682009-08-12T20:18:47.513+01:002009-08-12T20:18:47.513+01:00Maybe it's been "canceled".Maybe it's been "canceled".Roghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780409453528524865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-79704531958429536462009-08-12T19:29:55.180+01:002009-08-12T19:29:55.180+01:00Try changing the wireless channel, Tim.
Coo, that...Try changing the wireless channel, Tim.<br /><br />Coo, that's an appropriate word verification: 'inonsus'Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15961928950277859778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-69414612497846943812009-08-12T18:38:23.744+01:002009-08-12T18:38:23.744+01:00Where's my Fowler's?
none. 1. It is a mi...Where's my Fowler's?<br /><br /><b>none. 1.</b> It is a <b><i>mistake</i></b> to suppose that the pronoun[ah!, a pronoun!] is singular only and must all costs be followed by singluar verbs etc.; the OED explicitly states that the plural construction is commoner. [Emphasis mine]<br /><br />The expat speak Enrish orright, lah!expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-31344749550474519402009-08-12T18:38:05.420+01:002009-08-12T18:38:05.420+01:00I think the same thing whenever I hear Daft Punk I...I think the same thing whenever I hear Daft Punk Is Playing At My House.<br /><br />There's 2 of them...!Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158459069493765198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-40697677572898417832009-08-12T18:29:51.507+01:002009-08-12T18:29:51.507+01:00I think 'none' is a collective preposition...I think 'none' is a collective preposition(?) meaning all of those that are not one, and therefore plural. Because more than one network might not be available, you see; indeed there might well be several hundred thousand of your favorite networks that are not available. <br /><br />"Not one is available."<br />"None are available."<br /><br />Shrugs. Sound right to me. I'll call my Grade Three teacher...expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-65551054371421446752009-08-12T13:34:03.355+01:002009-08-12T13:34:03.355+01:00I put it into Google and they didn't suggest &...I put it into Google and they didn't suggest "did you mean..."Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340519450159428760noreply@blogger.com