MasTURbate vs. MasTERbate...

[B_DoubleMeatWhopper]

Originally posted by Ryandaoc@Sep 20 2005, 07:05 AM
One that took me a while to get used to is the plural for Attorny General. I don't know why but "Attorny's General" still messes me up.

Apparently. The correct plural is Attornies General.

 

[B_DoubleMeatWhopper]

Originally posted by DC_DEEP@Sep 20 2005, 10:24 AM
Ah, a few more I forgot in a previous post: to lie, vs. to lay, and to sit, vs. to set. My freshman composition dared us to forget usage of the lie/lay pair in a paper. He said simply, "The verb, 'to lay', ALWAYS takes an object, even in the vulgar sense."

Okay, I admit it: Bob Dylan's Lay, Lady, Lay sets my teeth on edge! (Yes, I'm serious.)

 

[jonb]

Originally posted by DoubleMeatWhopper+Sep 20 2005, 07:46 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DoubleMeatWhopper &#064; Sep 20 2005, 07:46 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Ryandaoc@Sep 20 2005, 07:05 AM
One that took me a while to get used to is the plural for Attorny General. I don&#39;t know why but "Attorny&#39;s General" still messes me up.

Apparently. The correct plural is Attornies General.

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Actually, Attorneys General. I had trouble getting used to the plurals of genus, corpus, and opus too.

Then there are the dramatists who don&#39;t know when to say "thou", case in point in The Empire Strikes Back, "What is thy bidding, my master?" Also, "For thine is the kingdom . . ." For the record, thou is a singular form, which (much like tú in Spanish) is never used to address royalty, deities, or anyone else of a higher rank. You use, well, you, as the plural and polite form.

 

[B_DoubleMeatWhopper]

Originally posted by jonb+Sep 21 2005, 09:54 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jonb &#064; Sep 21 2005, 09:54 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-DoubleMeatWhopper@Sep 20 2005, 07:46 AM
The correct plural is Attornies General.

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Actually, Attorneys General.[/b][/quote]

Yeah, I figured someone would catch my brain-fart. I didn&#39;t realise it until after the editing deadline has passed. :banghead: Even English teachers slip occasionally.

I had trouble getting used to the plurals of genus, corpus, and opus too.

Genera, corpora, opera ... probably easier for those of us who took Latin.

For the record, thou is a singular form, which (much like tú in Spanish) is never used to address royalty, deities, or anyone else of a higher rank. You use, well, you, as the plural and polite form.

Also, Elizabeth the first never used the familar thou to address a horse because she considered it such a noble beast.

 

[jonb]

English dropped the T-V distinction, and indeed the entire second-person singular pronoun. so most people don&#39;t know the difference. But most of them don&#39;t know it&#39;s &#39;ðu&#39; and not &#39;ðau&#39;.

 

[Matthew]

Originally posted by jonb@Sep 23 2005, 10:18 PM
English dropped the T-V distinction, and indeed the entire second-person singular pronoun. so most people don&#39;t know the difference. But most of them don&#39;t know it&#39;s &#39;ðu&#39; and not &#39;ðau&#39;.

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You could say that the difference between "you" and "y&#39;all" in southern english distinguishes between and 2nd person singular/plurar pronoun.

 

[prepstudinsc]

Originally posted by Matthew+Sep 24 2005, 02:45 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Matthew &#064; Sep 24 2005, 02:45 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-jonb@Sep 23 2005, 10:18 PM
English dropped the T-V distinction, and indeed the entire second-person singular pronoun. so most people don&#39;t know the difference. But most of them don&#39;t know it&#39;s &#39;ðu&#39; and not &#39;ðau&#39;.

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You could say that the difference between "you" and "y&#39;all" in southern english distinguishes between and 2nd person singular/plurar pronoun.

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Well, there is also the plural form of y&#39;all, used when speaking to a large group of people--"all y&#39;all".

 

[Pecker]

Grammarians, seldom aggressive,
Are apt to react with excessive
Conniptions of anger,
And stir from their languor,
When someone thinks "it&#39;s" is possessive.

 

[madame_zora]

Originally posted by Pecker@Sep 24 2005, 02:07 PM
Grammarians, seldom aggressive,
Are apt to react with excessive
Conniptions of anger,
And stir from their languor,
When someone thinks "it&#39;s" is possessive.

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Beautiful, Pecker&#33; Is that an original?

 

[Pecker]

Originally posted by madame_zora+Sep 24 2005, 11:44 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(madame_zora &#064; Sep 24 2005, 11:44 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Pecker@Sep 24 2005, 02:07 PM
Grammarians, seldom aggressive,
Are apt to react with excessive
Conniptions of anger,
And stir from their languor,
When someone thinks "it&#39;s" is possessive.

[post=346128]Quoted post[/post]​

Beautiful, Pecker&#33; Is that an original?

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I wish it were, Jana, but I found it languishing on the internet.

 

[madame_zora]

Originally posted by Pecker+Sep 25 2005, 04:31 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pecker &#064; Sep 25 2005, 04:31 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>

Originally posted by madame_zora@Sep 24 2005, 11:44 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Pecker

@Sep 24 2005, 02:07 PM
Grammarians, seldom aggressive,
Are apt to react with excessive
Conniptions of anger,
And stir from their languor,
When someone thinks "it&#39;s" is possessive.

[post=346128]Quoted post[/post]​

Beautiful, Pecker&#33; Is that an original?

[post=346304]Quoted post[/post]​

I wish it were, Jana, but I found it languishing on the internet.

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Well, you languish with the best of &#39;em, my friend&#33;