Comments on: Language grumps http://walt.lishost.org/2010/04/language-grumps/ The library voice of the radical middle. Thu, 23 May 2013 16:58:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2010/04/language-grumps/comment-page-1/#comment-43494 walt Sat, 01 May 2010 21:28:02 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=2162#comment-43494 Two responses, Seth:

1. I did say I won’t even start on that distinction.

2. I’m unimpressed by citing King Alfred the Great; in his time, spelling was pretty much “as you wish” as well. On the other hand, the article was interesting… (my own take: There are times when, for distinctly countable items–like apples and dollars, *not so much* like minutes and hours–”less” just feels wrong to me. It’s a feeling, not a Strict Grammatical Rule.)

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://walt.lishost.org/2010/04/language-grumps/comment-page-1/#comment-43482 Seth Finkelstein Sat, 01 May 2010 04:40:20 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=2162#comment-43482 > I won’t even start on less and fewer

See “Language Log” anti-grump:

“If it was good enough for King Alfred the Great…”
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:JDPtGgm8yE8J:itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003775.html

]]> By: Michael Golrick http://walt.lishost.org/2010/04/language-grumps/comment-page-1/#comment-43446 Michael Golrick Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:56:26 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=2162#comment-43446 If you had a “like” button, I would have hit it!

]]> By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2010/04/language-grumps/comment-page-1/#comment-43445 walt Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:45:19 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=2162#comment-43445 Ruth: I love it, but in that case my dictionary does give “mediums” as the plural.

]]> By: Ruth Ellen http://walt.lishost.org/2010/04/language-grumps/comment-page-1/#comment-43444 Ruth Ellen Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:15:38 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=2162#comment-43444 She participated in seances with several spiritual media, attempting to contact her dead husband?

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