[Magdalen] Invites

[Jay Weigel]

The other one that annoys the hell out of me is "sooner than later".
"Sooner RATHER than later" please!!!!!! Eeeeeeek!

On Sunday, March 13, 2016, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think my pet language peeve is hearing even otherwise intelligent people
> (even perhaps on NPR, but certainly on other networks) refer to a
> particular class of persons as, for instance, ATTORNEY-GENERALS. Arrgh!
> It's Attorneys-General, for crying out loud. The first word is the noun
> which becomes plural. The second word is an adjective modifying the noun. I
> suppose that very high ranking military lawyers might be Attorney Generals,
> but that's not what is meant. There are other similar language
> constructions which are amenable to the same error, but Attorney-General
> seems to be the one most abused.
>
> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 9:21 PM, Stephanie <stefkagoil at hotmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > The one that drives me absolutely crazy is "graduated high school". It's
> > "graduated FROM high school". Like nails on a chalkboard every time I
> hear
> > it...
> >
> > Stephanie
> >
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Magdalen <magdalen-bounces+stefkagoil=hotmail.com at herberthouse.org
> <javascript:;>>
> > on behalf of flyingfish224--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org
> <javascript:;>>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2016 3:16 PM
> > To: magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;>
> > Cc: flyingfish224 at aol.com <javascript:;>
> > Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Invites
> >
> > Ok, this might seem picky:
> >
> > "Different THAN". Makes me go ape.  Different FROM, thank you very much.
> >
> > Renee
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Mar 13, 2016, at 3:57 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I have s local friend who does the opposite, i.e. uses "us" as a
> subject.
> > >
> > >> On Sunday, March 13, 2016, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I got into a major battle with the warden in my former parish over the
> > >> compound "you and I" issue.  Despite my long career as editor and
> > writer,
> > >> she insisted on using the subject "you and I" as an object (which
> > should be
> > >> "you and me").  I tried the untangling rule (remove the other party)
> but
> > >> she would have no part, insisting she was right.  This in a public
> > document
> > >> which I'd been asked to edit.
> > >>
> > >> I let her have her way in the end, but I was pretty disgusted.
> > >>
> > >> Molly
> > >>
> > >> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in
> > no
> > >> other way. -- Mark Twain
> > >>
> > >>>> On Mar 13, 2016, at 12:53 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>
> > >>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> What grates on me the most is "between you and I". Grrrrr.
> > >>>
> > >>> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > >>> magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> In a message dated 3/13/2016 12:21:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > >>>> michaudme at gmail.com <javascript:;> <javascript:;> writes:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> So-sha
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Each time she asked louder, as if I were  old&deaf.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Wassya SOsha?
> > >>>> Ya SOsha?
> > >>>> YOUR SO-SHA  ???>>>>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Maybe an African American teller?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Anyway, the shorthand, "social" for Social Security in the USA
> > >>>> is firmly entrenched.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I am bothered more by obvious grammatical/spelling mistakes such
> > >>>> as "Febuary" for February, the use of adjectives as adverbs, and
> > >>>> the complete USA atrophy of "whom" in the direction of "who."
> > >>>>
> > >>>> But, as others are quick to put out, changes in the language are
> > >>>> inevitable and cannot be stopped, much as we might like.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> After all, the USA is in the midst of a major language
> transformation
> > >>>> with the "Northern Cities Vowel Shift" (Labov).  Who could have
> > >>>> predicted that?
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> David Strang.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Christopher Hart
> > >
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> >
>
>
>
> --
>
> Christopher Hart
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