atw: Re: 'that' vs 'who'
- From: Evan Read <eread@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:25:00 +0800
We can take a stand and end it now!
Having spent some time learning French, I know how pedantic other languages can
be on these sorts of issues. We English
speakers are less concerned with language tradition, and I am not usually too
bothered.
However, replacing fewer with less I just can't abide!
Evan.
On Thu Nov 5 10:43 , 'Kathy Bowman' <Kathy.Bowman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> sent:
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>People in the 1810s probably made mistakes too.
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>From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Daniel
>Frankham
>Sent: Thursday, 5 November 2009 10:01 AM
>To:
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>Subject: atw: Re: 'that' vs
>'who'
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>"Less" instead of "fewer" used to get my goat as an
>example of the degrading of the language, until IÂ saw it in a novel from
>the 1810s.
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>Actually, it still annoys, but I feel less able to tell
>people it's wrong.
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>Daniel Frankham
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> From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Terry
> Dowling
>Sent: Wednesday, 4 November 2009 2:35 PM
>To:
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>Subject: atw: Re: 'that' vs
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> Add it onto the list
> for our evolving language, along with:
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> Enormity (to denote
> size or complexity â?? showing my age, but I have a dictionary at home where
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> only meaning is great wickedness. Apparently, weâ??re going full circle as
> centuries ago it used to mean size â?? so Iâ??m younger than
> that!!)
> Less (e.g. less
> people, instead of fewer)
> Lay, where lie
> shouldâ??ve been used (e.g. I was laying on the
> beachâ?¦)
> R16;Should ofR17; instead
> of shouldâ??ve or should have
> Compliment/complementR30;
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> docs Iâ??m currently fixing is principle/principal, where both meanings are
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> and pretty much each time itâ??s wrong.
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> generational thing, Iâ??d say itâ??s rooted in the diminution of
> reading.
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> Cheers,
> Terry
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