Hopefully not so "choughed" that you developed a cough, or you might have passed through to the other side, and bought the farm. Thoroughly.
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"Lose" is not spelled "Loose"
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Hopefully not so "choughed" that you developed a cough, or you might have passed through to the other side, and bought the farm. Thoroughly.
I sloughed it off. She's in a rough patch.
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The $5million comma-
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The case began in 2014, when three truck drivers sued the dairy for what they said was four years’ worth of overtime pay they had been denied. Maine law requires time-and-a-half pay for each hour worked after 40 hours, but it carved out exemptions for:
Had there been a comma after “shipment,” the meaning would have been clear. David G. Webbert, a lawyer who represented the drivers, stated it plainly in an interview in March: “That comma would have sunk our ship.”
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www.nytimes.com
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The case began in 2014, when three truck drivers sued the dairy for what they said was four years’ worth of overtime pay they had been denied. Maine law requires time-and-a-half pay for each hour worked after 40 hours, but it carved out exemptions for:
What followed the last comma in the first sentence was the crux of the matter: “packing for shipment or distribution of.” The court ruled that it was not clear whether the law exempted the distribution of the three categories that followed, or if it exempted packing for the shipment or distribution of them.
Had there been a comma after “shipment,” the meaning would have been clear. David G. Webbert, a lawyer who represented the drivers, stated it plainly in an interview in March: “That comma would have sunk our ship.”
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Oxford Comma Dispute Is Settled as Maine Drivers Get $5 Million (Published 2018)
And state lawmakers have dispensed with commas altogether in the relevant provision of the law.
Oxford comma: More important than you might think.
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Let’s not forget the apostrophe.
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…On Thursday, a judge in New South Wales ruled that the lack of an apostrophe on the word “employees” could be read to suggest a “systematic pattern of conduct” by Mr. Gan’s agency rather than an accusation involving one employee. So she allowed the case to proceed.
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www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/world/australia/facebook-post-missing-apostrophe-defamation.html
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Missing Apostrophe in Facebook Post Lands a Man in Defamation Court
An Australian man claimed a real estate agent did not pay its “employees” retirement funds. The lack of a punctuation mark may cost him thousands.…On Thursday, a judge in New South Wales ruled that the lack of an apostrophe on the word “employees” could be read to suggest a “systematic pattern of conduct” by Mr. Gan’s agency rather than an accusation involving one employee. So she allowed the case to proceed.
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www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/world/australia/facebook-post-missing-apostrophe-defamation.html
That's interesting - mostly because I see a lot of Aussies and Kiwis misuse apostrophes in nonpossessive plurals.
Do you wander the interwebz looking for these random cases?
I can only imagine what you're find behind the next web door.
Kiwis liberal use of c-word is way more interesting.
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I'm always careful not to correct someone, in case there are reaper cushions.
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A grim thought.
This is the best and I had to share it with my daughter
Pretty sure that "Three Year Letterman" is a comedy twitter account. It was supposed to be funny!
I'll add this one that I noticed just a little while ago...
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I'll add this one that I noticed just a little while ago...
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You answered your own question.Question for the tribe.
I was just typing about a lotion with SPF and was wondering if it's.
a spf
or
an spf
I mean think about it.
A sun protection factor
or
An Ess Pee Eff
The answer is a simple one. If the first letter of the next word is a vowel you use "an" but if the first letter of the next word is consonants than it is "a".
Not really... it's based on pronunciation/sound, not spelling. So "an SPF" is correct, even though S is a consonant. Because when we say "S" it's pronounced like "ess" which starts with a vowel sound.
So most acronyms with consonants, where you say the letters, would have "an" before them. "An MBA degree", for instance, is correct - when we say "m" it starts with a vowel sound.
On the other side, words that start with "u" are often pronounced with a consonant y sound... so it would be "a universal remote" for instance. Or for acronyms, it could be "a US made object".
Eh, with things like SPF you have to consider the cases where it doesn't take an article at all - just like octane number.
"I am looking for SPF50"
"I am pumping 92 Octane"
Now here's a question - why why why do USAian writers not use proper past tenses? I mean come on people.
'Well-lighted' is fine for someone who spent time doing a movie set and used a deliberate craft , but sorry, the hallway is just plain 'well-lit' and it isn't "better writing" to use longer vowels and give distorted time sense.
"I am looking for SPF50"
"I am pumping 92 Octane"
Now here's a question - why why why do USAian writers not use proper past tenses? I mean come on people.
'Well-lighted' is fine for someone who spent time doing a movie set and used a deliberate craft , but sorry, the hallway is just plain 'well-lit' and it isn't "better writing" to use longer vowels and give distorted time sense.
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