Or a full English/ Scottish/ Irish/ Welsh breakfast. Then there's the full nine yards 'As for data, I consider it to be a complete set therefore taking a singular verb rather than a plural one.' Did you mean noun @BenCotto? I've never seen it used as an adverb but super would super pssss me off even more than when its used as an adjective.
I’m “on a roll” now. Last week I read a post on FB asking for “an assist”. What more can I say ?
In a similar vein, the one that's been driving me nuts on the forum for months is people asking for 'advise' when they mean advice. Do people not go to school any more?
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I’m “on a roll” now. Last week I read a post on FB asking for “an assist”. What more can I say ?
In a similar vein, the one that's been driving me nuts on the forum for months is people asking for 'advise' when they mean advice. Do people not go to school any more?
and they seem to like to spread compost on their boarders. Many don't know the difference between Bought and Brought, or electric and electricity.
Why are asks always big? Anyway, it’s a verb not a noun!
Advise being confused with advice annoys me too. They’re not even pronounced the same way so where is the excuse? But then I do not accept people confusing practice and practise etc.
@B3, clumsily I was saying I would pair data with the verb is, not are.
That’s interesting, @ERICS MUM. I sometimes wonder if Americans really are dumbfounded by our usage of words like car boot, pavement, bedside table etc or they have the acuity to translate them into trunk, sidewalk and night stand. On the Trip Advisor forum I frequently read UK responses to Americans’ questions and the American terminology like stick shift is used. I wonder if the answer is assuming the poster is too dumb to understand manual gear stick or, more likely, respondents are showing off their knowledge of American English.
I’ve travelled to the US for over 30 years, on business and for pleasure and soon realised that most people don’t have a clue about non-US vocabulary. It’s better nowadays - social media, YouTube and BBC America are exposing younger generations to “our” versions.
The other issue is same word/different pronunciation ! I get caught out on this a lot. One example is my email address “[email protected]”. I now have to pronounce it “tarktark”
Americans call “crisps” potato chips, so they needed a different name for chips ! I believe that chips (as we know them) were invented by the Belgians, so perhaps whoever coined the name french fries didn’t have a grasp of European geography ?
I'm almost tempted to visit a Fast Food place just so that I can respond with "...... would those be American, French or Belgian ? ". Bit mean I suppose
When I worked for a company that called regular boring regional meetings where we had to sit through hours of company speak we produced Bingo cards with different company speak words on them and passed them around and the first one to get a Full House had to stand up and shout "House "
It relieved the tedium and enticed more reps to attend.
Roll out Going forward. Theme specific Contra centric At the end of the day Actually.
There were more but thankfully it was years ago.
Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.
Edited to add: On the school subject theme - I would use maths as a collective - so maths (algebra, geometry, differentiation) is hard - ditto for physics (do Americans say 'physic'?) No wonder foreigners hate learning English - it's a Heinz 57 varieties language isn't it? Bits from here, a bit from there, a total Mongol.
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Then there's the full nine yards
'As for data, I consider it to be a complete set therefore taking a singular verb rather than a plural one.'
Did you mean noun @BenCotto?
I've never seen it used as an adverb but super would super pssss me off even more than when its used as an adjective.
Do people not go to school any more?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Many don't know the difference between Bought and Brought, or electric and electricity.
Advise being confused with advice annoys me too. They’re not even pronounced the same way so where is the excuse? But then I do not accept people confusing practice and practise etc.
@B3, clumsily I was saying I would pair data with the verb is, not are.
The other issue is same word/different pronunciation ! I get caught out on this a lot. One example is my email address “[email protected]”. I now have to pronounce it “tarktark”
It relieved the tedium and enticed more reps to attend.
Roll out
Going forward.
Theme specific
Contra centric
At the end of the day
Actually.
There were more but thankfully it was years ago.
is that true Ben? My Oxford Concise has it as a plural - but this throws a Spaniard in the works - https://www.dailywritingtips.com/math-or-maths/.