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DATE: 02 April 2016
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Others will no doubt have heard about a study at the University of Michigan which concludes that people who are pedantic about grammar are more likely to be disagreeable and introverted than those who aren't. Quite where that leaves those of us who enjoy debating these things, but ultimately couldn't give tuppence for what other people insist on writing, I don't know.
DATE: 15 August 2016
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Referring back to Nigel Wood's reply 14, I wonder what he makes of "Brexit" as a verb! Even worse (though not as bad as the concept), the fact that David Davies is Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union.
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NAME: Nigel Wood.jpg "Nigel Wood")
DATE: 19 August 2016
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Re reply 122, I Have to say I'm not brextatic (though I don't think the verb 'brexit' is any worse than the noun). Maybe the period of brexition will be more brexatious than the final brexification - but I doubt it. Might not have let our cat keep his previous name, 'Boris', if I'd known what was going to happen in the breferendum. Unfair on him.
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NAME: Nigel WoodDATE: 21 September 2016
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With reference to 163/27, it took me a little while to understand how 'thereby' could possibly mean 'approximately' but then it clicked. It's just as reasonable as a metaphor based on position as is the familiar South-of-border meaning ('in this way'). I'd guess 'outwith' was also in the DB Fry vocabulary, but I can't recall his using it.
DATE: 21 December 2016
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Another striking example of verbification - this time from BBC Parliament reporting that the Northern Irish First Minister has survived an attempt to no confidence her.