Words you dislike? Or really like?
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75Crazie
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Is that what you were saying? I heard it as "fetish". My bad.
OldPhiKap
Super Moderator
Well, "peckish" is also my safe word so there is some overlap.
camion
Member
Wow! I use it like, you know, literally all the time.
And I can literally hear the grinding of teeth.
bundabergdevil
Member
I didn’t know peckish was frowned upon. I use it, too!
Wow! I use it like, you know, literally all the time.
And I can literally hear the grinding of teeth.
Wheat/"/"/"
Well-known member
Exponential.
…as in something is experiencing exponential growth rate.
…as in something is experiencing exponential growth rate.
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CrazyNotCrazie
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Referring to Evans' contributions to Duke? I love it in that context.Exponential.
…as in something is experiencing exponential growth rate.
What if the growth rate is exponential?Exponential.
…as in something is experiencing exponential growth rate.
tteettimes
Member
I like Ya’ll——
75Crazie
Member
Reported. It's "y'all", y'all.I like Ya’ll——
Use geometric and hope the person doesn't care about the math minutiae?
I am tired of the exponential use of the word "iconic".Exponential.
…as in something is experiencing exponential growth rate.
rsvman
Member
Evans's.
Even though his last name ends with an s, it is not a plural. Therefore, the possessive is made by adding s's.
Exceptions made for Jesus, Moses, Socrates, and the like probably don't apply to Jason. At least not yet.
(I figure this kind of pedantry is acceptable in a thread about words.)
brevity
Member
Evans's.
Even though his last name ends with an s, it is not a plural. Therefore, the possessive is made by adding s's.
Exceptions made for Jesus, Moses, Socrates, and the like probably don't apply to Jason. At least not yet.
(I figure this kind of pedantry is acceptable in a thread about words.)
MLA agrees with you, but it's not universal.
In MLA style, proper nouns ending in s that are singular follow the general rule and add ’s :
Athens’s history
Diogenes’s philosophy
Alexandre Dumas’s novels
Some styles may allow you to add only an apostrophe: Athens’ history, Diogenes’ philosophy, Dumas’ novels.
rsvman
Member
Sporks for the Psych reference.
MLA agrees with you, but it's not universal.
In MLA style, proper nouns ending in s that are singular follow the general rule and add ’s :
Athens’s history
Diogenes’s philosophy
Alexandre Dumas’s novels
Some styles may allow you to add only an apostrophe: Athens’ history, Diogenes’ philosophy, Dumas’ novels.
I'm old school, and therefore use the Chicago Manual of Style. Even they make exceptions, as I noted, for extremely famous (and mostly historical) people whose names ended with an s; Diogenes would likely qualify.
I'm still not ready to put Jason in that company. Maybe in a few hundred years?
Phredd3
Member
Strunk & White say write it the way you would use it in conversation. So we're buying the Smiths' house and keeping up with the Jones's lifestyle, but it's Isaiah Evans' world.
OldPhiKap
Super Moderator
I just avoid the awkward question by sticking them in the middle. So we're buying the Smi’ths house and keeping up with the Jo’nes lifestyle, but it's Isaiah Ev’ans world.
When someone complains, I tell them to read Cormac McCarthy and get some culture. That usually ends the conversation.
(I guess I would describe my style as “aggressive stupidity”).
When someone complains, I tell them to read Cormac McCarthy and get some culture. That usually ends the conversation.
(I guess I would describe my style as “aggressive stupidity”).