I can't take it anymore. (examples, participle, quote, similar)
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I am at work and saw something that so disturbed me I just HAD to sign on here and share it.
I am working on a document that includes the sentence, "The <name of group> was created to advise on the restoration/rehabilitation of <name of historic building>..."
Microsoft Word has a squiggly line under "advise", and when I click on it, it suggests I change it to "advice".
I am at work and saw something that so disturbed me I just HAD to sign on here and share it.
I am working on a document that includes the sentence, "The <name of group> was created to advise on the restoration/rehabilitation of <name of historic building>..."
Microsoft Word has a squiggly line under "advise", and when I click on it, it suggests I change it to "advice".
Mocrosoft thinks it's always right! Sometimes I'd love to give it a swift kick in the you-know-what.
The first year that MLB baseball players used pink bats on Breast Cancer Awareness Day, one of the commentators mentioned that they were doing so "in support of breast cancer", which made my wife blow iced tea out of her nose.
The first year that MLB baseball players used pink bats on Breast Cancer Awareness Day, one of the commentators mentioned that they were doing so "in support of breast cancer", which made my wife blow iced tea out of her nose.
Reminds me of the headline of a little item in our local newspaper once, notifying the public that there would be a Support Group for Homicide Victims.
OK, let's consider this. What if I want to make a sign saying "If you have a Rx, present it at this window". No reader would ever actually read it outloud and say "Ar Eks" when they came to that shorthand. The reader, in his mind, says "a prescription", not "an R-X". So, what then is the correct article?
Similarly, "Is there a AAA office nearby?" (Pronounced "triple-A")
Last edited by jtur88; 05-24-2011 at 12:18 AM..
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