24 Things You Might Be Saying Wrong

[Terry_Lasater]

Me guilty am sometime.

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[Pookie]

Well take off my panties and call me a taxi.
I never known that.....

 

[Jordan_S]

Their advice regarding the use of "that" instead of "which" is inaccurate. It is correct to use "which" when you are referring to one out of several possible items.

"Less" instead of "fewer" infuriates me when I hear it.

 

[Pookie]

Their advice regarding the use of "that" instead of "which" is inaccurate. It is correct to use "which" when you are referring to one out of several possible items.

"Less" instead of "fewer" infuriates me when I hear it.

But "fewer is more" just doesn't work...

 

[Jim Brennan]

But "fewer is more" just doesn't work...

It is, however, equally inaccurate.:embarasse

 

[Pookie]

"Not as many is more".............:thumbsup:

 

[Jordan_S]

"Less is more" is fine to say when referring to uncountable items like money, but not dollars.

 

[Terry_Lasater]

Now, hold up there young feller. Is you sayin' dollars ain't money?

 

[Pookie]

Now, hold up there young feller. Is you sayin' dollars ain't money?

Me thinks something is not correct with the fellow...

 

[Jordan_S]

Now, hold up there young feller. Is you sayin' dollars ain't money?

Try counting money without dollars (or any other currency).

 

[Jordan_S]

1 monies, 2 monies, 3 monies, 4.

but seriously:

http://www.google.com.sa/dictionary?q=money&langpair=en|en&hl=en&sa=X&ei=c_V1TOCoHMyQjAf75KnIBg&ved=0CBMQmwMoAA

so yes, it's a different use/meaning of the word.

Right. Good point but you wouldn't say "1 monies" and the amount of a pecuniary sum such as "two moneys" is still unknown unless the currency is counted.

 

[Pookie]

Try counting money without dollars (or any other currency).

Simple.

Mine, mine, mine, mine...

 

[Noel Evans]

I think this one is ok.

You almost never mean: Beg the question

You almost always mean: Raise the question

Why: Correctly used, "begging the question" is like making a circular argument (I don't like you because you're so unlikable). But unless you're a philosophy professor, you shouldn't ever need this phrase. Stick to "raise the question."

For example I say, "I think monkeys dance better than elephants". Jo retorts with, "but if the elephants wore ballet shoes, they would be better". I can then legitimately reply with "But Jo, that begs the question, where on earth do elephants buy ballet shoes?"

In other words: Jo's statement "asks for" the question. Raise is obviously correct, but I was never told beg can only be used in relation to human activity such as - He begs for, is begging for, begged for...

 

[AndrewGentle]

Ironically, the title of that article should be "24 Things You Might Be Saying Wrongly"
The word 'wrong' is used as an adverb in American English all the time.

 

[Jordan Scott Price]

Ironically, the title of that article should be "24 Things You Might Be Saying Wrongly"
The word 'wrong' is used as an adverb in American English all the time.

I noticed this the second I opened the link, so I didn't even read past the first couple lines...

 

[Colonel Panic]

They left out "irregardless".

Drives me nuts.