Speaking of being pedantic

[Grunt]

Common Errors in English

[echnidna]

and ????

[bitingmidge]

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When you question someone, you may ask a series of questions trying to arrive at the truth: ”The police questioned Tom for five hours before he admitted to having stolen the pig.” “Question” can also mean “challenge”: “His mother questioned Timmy’s claim that the cat had eaten all the chocolate chip cookies.” But if you are simply asking a question to get a bit of information, it is not appropriate to say “I questioned whether he had brought the anchovies” when what you really mean is “I asked whether he had brought the anchovies, neither is it appropriate to simply type 'and' followed by a number of question marks.”

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[Grunt]

Jeez Midge, you're (or should it be your) a pedantic sheet,

[Grunt]

ROOT/ROUT/ROUTE

You can root for your team (cheer them on) and hope that they utterly smash their opponents (create a rout), then come back in triumph on Route 27 (a road).


Can you root for the other team?

[echnidna]

When you question someone, you may ask a series of questions trying to arrive at the truth: ”The police questioned Tom for five hours before he admitted to having stolen the pig.” “Question” can also mean “challenge”: “His mother questioned Timmy’s claim that the cat had eaten all the chocolate chip cookies.” But if you are simply asking a question to get a bit of information, it is not appropriate to say “I questioned whether he had brought the anchovies” when what you really mean is “I asked whether he had brought the anchovies, neither is it appropriate to simply type 'and' followed by a number of question marks.”

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But if I hadn't done that you wouldna had the opportunity to deliver a perfectly pedantic answer.

All considered, I think you owe me one!!!!

[Driver]

Thank you, Grunt, you old dog, you. This site is just what I need to allow me to add nit-picking and pedantic to my generalised description.

It will, henceforth, read

Grumpy, politically-incorrect, out-of-touch, nit-picking and pedantic old fart.

I've added the website to my list of Favourites.

(For the usual reason, I'm not allowed to award you a greenie for this, so I owe you one - or perhaps you might prefer a container of MFKL?)

Col

[doublejay]

Thanks for a great link.

It got the nod from me when I checked out its entry for myself, a word that seems to be used by all and sundry whenever they're not sure whether to say "me" or "I"

[E. maculata]

When you question someone, you may ask a series of questions trying to arrive at the truth: ”The police questioned Tom for five hours before he admitted to having stolen the pig.”

Butt did bean a pippers sun work in his favor or agin?

[vsquizz]

Grunt