Re: your you're there they're their

Joe Leineweber

2009-05-24

Okay if we are airing grievances, the expression "I couldn't care
less" is most commonly recited "I could care less" which would
indicate that you have some level of caring that could be decreased.
Whereas the expression is supposed to indicate the utmost in not
caring. 

Focker Out!

Quoting Trispoke@aol.com:

> 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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