Re: your you're there they're their

Trispoke@aol.com

2009-05-24

Great, we finally can air non-cycling grievances here too!

uniqueness: a state of singularity, in which nothing else closely resembles
the object or quality in question. Hence, there is no "more unique" or
"most unique"; there is only "unique". Ever.

-Ian

In a message dated 5/24/09 10:00:07 AM, jpowell@spiritone.com writes:

> Ooh lord, have I wanted to say this to the world of email
>
> While it might seem a petty issue to some... there are distinctions in
> this English language (as well as in other Latin-based tongues) between things
> that can be measured by volume or weight and things that can only be
> counted.  There can only be a NUMBER of people, never an amount of people.  A
> number of days, rather than an amount of days.  Conversely, there may be an
> amount of water (volume), an amount of sand (volume or weight), an amount of
> food (volume or weight), an amount of lead (weight).
>
> And... NEVER an amount of racers in a pack!
>
> Jerry
>
>

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