12-18-2007, 01:31 PM
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| And you assume I am a sir, when indeed I am not  | 
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12-18-2007, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by LTranter  And you assume I am a sir, when indeed I am not | D'Oh! I took a shot.  | |
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01-17-2008, 04:05 PM
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| Thursday January 17, 2:47 pm ET
By Tim Paradis, Retarded AP Business Writer
Each of the major indexes were off by more than 1 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which fell nearly 200 points. | |
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01-17-2008, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Beloit Fencer of Old Thursday January 17, 2:47 pm ET
By Tim Paradis, Retarded AP Business Writer
Each of the major indexes were off by more than 1 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which fell nearly 200 points. | Each was or All were?
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01-17-2008, 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Beloit Fencer of Old Each of the major indexes were off by more than 1 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which fell nearly 200 points. | Indexes -> indices.
And the DJIA fell <i>more</i> than 200 points, not nearly.  | 
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01-17-2008, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by larkmaj Each was or All were? | RPI peeps are tooooo smart! Way to go! Here's another one from the same article! What a frickin' moron! The Philadelphia manufacturing reading caught Wall Street by surprise -- igniting fears that the economy is slowing precipitously and that policymakers might be too late in bringing water to douse an economic flameout. | |
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01-17-2008, 04:59 PM
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| "might" should be "may". Can't be bothered actually looking in any more detail.
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01-17-2008, 05:07 PM
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| 'Slowing precipitously' looks horribly wrong | |
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01-17-2008, 05:11 PM
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pre·cip·i·tous (prĭ-sĭp'ĭ-təs) pronunciation
adj.
1. Resembling a precipice; extremely steep. See synonyms at steep1.
2. Having several precipices: a precipitous bluff.
3. Usage Problem. Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate: “The change has included a precipitous collapse of Communist authority” (New York Times). See Usage Note at precipitate.
| So in a sense he is saying that is it slowing rapidly. A bit redundant.
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01-17-2008, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Beloit Fencer of Old The Philadelphia manufacturing reading caught Wall Street by surprise -- igniting fears that the economy is slowing precipitously and that policymakers might be too late in bringing water to douse an economic flameout. | Almost seems like the writer is trying too hard to make a clever analogy. igniting? water? flameout? Someone needs their smoke break?
How does one douse an flameout with water anyway? By definition a flameout is already extinguished. And to throw water on something that looks like it's going to flameout would just cause the flameout you are seeking to avoid. | |
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01-17-2008, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by pokey How does one douse an flameout with water anyway? By definition a flameout is already extinguished. And to throw water on something that looks like it's going to flameout would just cause the flameout you are seeking to avoid. | This was my favorite problem. | |
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01-22-2008, 12:55 PM
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| Jesse and Angie's story continues starting January 18.
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01-23-2008, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by LTranter Jesse and Angie's story continues starting January 18.
| A comma between "continues" and "starting" would help. There are those who would say that "Jesse" must also be made possessive, but I disagree. | |
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01-23-2008, 01:20 PM
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| Jesse and Angie's story continues/starts Jan. 18.
Since we don't know if the story is continuing or starting, take your pick of which word you want to use.
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01-23-2008, 01:24 PM
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| I think Jesse should also be possesive, as read there are 2 subjects, Jesse and the story (which is Angie's). The intent obviously being one subject, the story, which belongs to both Jesse and Angie.
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01-23-2008, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by larkmaj I think Jesse should also be possesive, as read there are 2 subjects, Jesse and the story (which is Angie's). The intent obviously being one subject, the story, which belongs to both Jesse and Angie. | The story belongs to Jesse and Angie. You only need one possessive.
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01-23-2008, 02:20 PM
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| Hmmm...interesting debate. I have to side with Matt on this one. | |
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01-23-2008, 02:25 PM
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| Yes, one possessive. I'm going to assume most of you aren't familiar with the All My Children duo, but it is their story, not just Angie's. What got me with the "continues starting." I know that what they were trying to say is the story continues on the the date given, but there were definitely better word choices, not to mention punctuation, that would have would have made the statement better.
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01-23-2008, 03:55 PM
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| From a CNN.com article. Am I right about the error in this? I had to read it a few times just to make sure I wasn't going crazy. Now I have a headache from it.
Paulson discussed the stimulus package with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, and House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, during a working breakfast on Capitol Hill to discuss details of the package.
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01-23-2008, 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by larkmaj From a CNN.com article. Am I write about the error in this? I had to read it a few times just to make sure I wasn't going crazy. Now I have a headache from it.
Paulson discussed the stimulus package with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, and House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, during a working breakfast on Capitol Hill to discuss details of the package. | Hah. It's a little redundant, don't you think? The sad part is, I've done this myself.
By the way, it's right, not write.
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