NauticalGent
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Apparently not...and that is good. Dialogue is always good IF emotion is left out.Last post on this subject.
Apparently not...and that is good. Dialogue is always good IF emotion is left out.Last post on this subject.
If we used the full word, we'd also add the E, M, A, T, I, and C.Why do Americans say 'math' instead of 'maths'? If you use the full word, Americans add the 's' but not in the short version.
Col
Hmmm. If you take the COVID "vaccine" and all the boosters we tell you to take, you won't catch COVID. Apparently lies that many stooges, like Racheal Maddow repeat, aren't lies. But truths that FB and Google suppress are lies. Are we living in 1984?And Trump never lies.
And he doesn't have to
And Trump said they were not. Too bad the FBI insisted that there be no witnesses from Trump's staff. Wonder why they didn't want Trump's lawyers to be presentWonder why they insisted that all cameras be turned off
If they were not doing anything illegal, what were they hiding? MAYBE, they should have requested camera coverage so there would be no dispute regarding what they removed or did not remove from Trump's desk
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What footage? Are you saying that the Trump people disobeyed a direct order from the FBI to disable all camerasWhy hasn't trump released the footage of the search that he and his family watched as it was ongoing?
Where do you come up with this stuff? You do realize that they photograph evidence in situ right? I would guess that there are a couple hundred or so, if not more, photographs and videos of the search efforts. You do know that an evidence officer is assigned who is tasked with documenting everything found in writing, with photos, and by who. Did you think that photo of the evidence that was released is the only one? That putz really has you convinced he's a victim.Are you saying that the Trump people disobeyed a direct order from the FBI to disable all camerasWhy did the FBI want the cameras disabled to begin with? Also, I'm pretty sure there wouldn't be cameras in Melania's closet or Trump's office so there wouldn't be anything to see. BUT THERE SHOULD BE!!!!!!!!!!!! All of those agents should have been wearing cameras. Why were they NOT wearing cameras? What was the secret they were trying to hide?
Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State has NO SUCH AUTHORITY to unilaterally declassify documents. PERIOD.
Why do Americans say 'period'? Then put a full stop after it.
Col
Why do Americans say 'math' instead of 'maths'? If you use the full word, Americans add the 's' but not in the short version.
Col
I don't think the papers were spread all over the floor when they were found so the FBI put them there. In fact, they have admitted as much. In situ, would have been photographing them in the desk drawer. I'm going to stick with -Where do you come up with this stuff? You do realize that they photograph evidence in situ right?
Math is an abbreviation of mathematics.
But why the national disparity? While many differences between British and American English can be traced to Webster’s 1828 dictionary, which codified our favors and centers and realizations in defiance of the estranged motherland’s favours and centres and realisations, this one can’t. Webster didn’t include any abbreviations for mathematics in his masterwork. Anecdotal evidence suggests that notions of which words qualify as mass nouns vary widely across English-speaking countries. For instance, one Lexicon Valley reader email—or, one piece of Lexicon Valley reader email—revealed that, in South Africa, most English speakers treat email as a countable noun (“I’ve got a lot of emails”), and never a mass noun (“Please forward email to this address”). In the United States, we seem to want it both ways.
From:The Lynneguist points out that the pluralizing S is far more “productive”—more likely to actually appear in a context where it might go in theory—than the noun-marking S that perches like a grace note at the end of acoustics. So it stands to reason people will frequently mistake the second S for the first, especially with common words like mathematics. And perhaps it also stands to reason that an English-speaking culture more ostensibly concerned with proper usage will give heightened credence to their grammarly intuition when it tells them to insert an S, even where none is required. Really, though, fate and chance factor into linguistic trends as much as anything. It only takes a few solemn Oxford whizzes talking about maths before much of London catches on, and then Australia, and then … you do the maths.
I haven't heard of the first 4 letters thing before. So I did a quick Google and came up with: IQ, Mr, Mrs, MA, CEO, DIY, Dr., NW, MD, CFO, PA. It seems to vary quite a lot. Not sure if things like LOL are considered abbreviations or not, or come under some kind of alternative definition?Math is an abbreviation of mathematics. We use the first four letters which is the common way to abbreviate words. You use the first four and the last 1. Is that how you abbreviate other words. Like Customer as Custr?
I almost hate to give Colin this ammo, but I your post reminds me of an email I sent out recently. Becuase I was referring to two male individuals, I used the title "Messrs." as in "Messrs. Smith and Jones".I think Dr does (D octo r), for example. And Mr (M iste r). Strangely, Mrs has an r in it even though it is an abbreviation of missus.
math = maths?Maybe math is another example?