SueJB
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diabetic can be both an adjective and a noun
diabetic can be both an adjective and a nounIn my mind "diabetic" is an adjective and I feel uncomfortable when it is used as a noun.
I will refer to a "person with diabetes but not "a diabetic."
This may not be linguistically incorrect but it feels that is all there is of significance with that person.
I don't hear people being described as "a canceric. " So why "a diabetic?
Yes she does.My wife said we would have less arguments if I wasn't so pedantic. I said "I think you mean fewer arguments".
And it never is!!!Should be "Ice cream SUITABLE for diabetics" lol lol
Plus the weather forecast. It's not going to be milder, it's going to be less cold.My wife said we would have less arguments if I wasn't so pedantic. I said "I think you mean fewer arguments".
My boss says very minimal....People who say “very unique”! There are no degrees of unique. Either it’s unique or not!
Should be "Ice cream SUITABLE for diabetics" lol lol
Grammar is the difference between knowing your **** and knowing you're ****.What a brilliant thread! A big yes to everyone's grumbles from me, especially loose/lose, fewer/less (likely to cause me to shout at the tv/radio, or even think of writing to manufacturers and point out the error of their ways on packaging), So.... (where/how on earth did that start?), wrap up warm (it's warmLY!!). And don't get me started on there/their/they're and aberrant apostrophes. Dialects are wonderful, with different regional words, e.g. bishybarnybee (Norfork for ladybird) and dimpsy (Somerset for half-light/dusk) but bad grammar? Grrrr. I blame Eastenders!
Isn’t orientated the correct word, oriented is the American version I thought?Grrr, when people say "orientated". Don't get me started.
Isn’t orientated the correct word, oriented is the American version I thought?
"What does orientated mean? ...there really isn’t a good reason to use orientated in your writing.
People sometimes use the word orientated because they see and hear the word orientation and think that orientated is the verb made from it, but really it is just a needless variant.
It’s best to avoid it altogether."
https://writingexplained.org/oriented-vs-orientated-difference
He's wrongMy boss says very minimal....
Grammar is the difference between knowing your **** and knowing you're ****.
"In British English, orientated is much more common than it is in American English ... While it might not be shunned to quite the same degree in British English, it’s still a good idea to avoid it."Seems you can always find something on the internet that agrees with different points of view!
http://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-english-verb-orientate.html
And two too to you!Another niggle that's just come to mind is the difference between "to" and "too"
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