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What Rhymes?

  • June 13, 2010, 11:57am

Autumn, it may be a little late, but euronymous rhymes with anonymous..

Computer Keyboard

  • June 5, 2010, 9:36am

By the way, Adam, it's pronounced "till-duh", not "till-dee".

The "numerological" position has nothing to do with the order. Numerology is the superstitious occult study of numbers (usually one's birthday) as they affect the outcome of our lives. It's the "astrology" of numbers. I don't think "neumorological" or neumorology is even a word.

How many “ands” in a row

  • May 31, 2010, 11:53am

Then the Painter turns to the helper and says, "no, not That that, THAT that!"

Warren, we call people like you British (or British American if you prefer). The people who whipped the British and formed the United States were mostly British themselves. Oh, and while we're at it, if you were Native American, then we really should call you Asian American, since your ancestors would have come to the US from there, ten or twenty thousand years ago. As a matter of fact, all of us should really be called African Americans, since that's where we all started. As for what generation, I'm sure you can figure that out yourself.

Carolingian scribe, your post was certainly interesting, except for one thing. Why did you start by saying "English does not have capital letters"? Accurate or not, everything you posted explains why English DOES have capital letters!

Hey, welcome to paininthecyrillic.com!

pronunciation of th

  • May 15, 2010, 12:25pm

As for "with", I don't think it's purely a matter of dialect. I think it also depends on what comes next. I really have to think about this some more and research it as well, but I noticed that I usually make the "th" voiced if the next word starts with a voiced sound, but unvoiced if the next word starts unvoiced. For example, I would say "come wiTH me", (voiced) but would say "...with happy thoughts" (unvoiced).

Fora vs Forums

  • May 9, 2010, 11:28pm

This whole "none" thing is really much simpler than it seems. Consider:

1 - No [singular noun] is...
2 - No [plural noun] are...
3 - Not any [singular noun] is...
4 - Not any [plural noun] are...
5 - Not one [singular noun] is...

Every one of the above can be replaced by "None is/are..." as appropriate.

The context will tell you what the intent is and which is correct.

Examples:

No dogs are allowed in the house
None are allowed in the house.

No contestant is the victor until all have played.
None is the victor until all have played.

As the quoted usage note suggests, it's usually plural and not singular unless unless clearly, uneguivocably, and unambiguously so. I guess this makes sense, since if someone were to use it in the singular, I would think he or she would be more likely to just use "no one". Example: "No one is home" would sound pretty awkward as "none is home" wouldn't it?

Word in question: Conversate

  • April 30, 2010, 10:46am

Lisa, a study of grammatology isn't required to use proper grammar. Only of study of grammar is, and a basic one at that.