catbirdseat Posted March 15, 2004 Posted March 15, 2004 Without looking them up, which is more correct? Farther or Further Farthermost or Furthermost Farthermore or Furthermore Thaw or Unthaw Quote
JGowans Posted March 15, 2004 Posted March 15, 2004 guessing: Further Furthermost Furthermore Thaw Quote
whirlwind Posted March 15, 2004 Posted March 15, 2004 depends on contex, cbs fuckina fucking a fuck-n-a Quote
Dru Posted March 15, 2004 Posted March 15, 2004 you can't unthaw something, unless by that you mean to refreeze it like when you take the frozen peas out of the freezer and then chuck them back in to unthaw Quote
willstrickland Posted March 15, 2004 Posted March 15, 2004 Pre-formed eh? So you can't pay your tickets, but you can buy the $5000 doll...hmm. Quote
snugtop Posted March 15, 2004 Posted March 15, 2004 I see these confused a lot: excessively/exceedingly implicit/explicit distinct/distinctive prior to/before imply/infer libel/slander Concept/concetion pragmatic/practical subject (to)/subjected (to) Quote
klenke Posted March 15, 2004 Posted March 15, 2004 Further can act for further or farther, but farther can't act for further. Something abstract (like time or processes) can't be "farther," only further. Farthermost: Farthermore: There is no "unthaw," but un-thaw could be used in literature if the stress of the action was more important or meaningful in this form vs. freeze or refreeze. Treat on a case-by-case basis. Quote
cracked Posted March 15, 2004 Posted March 15, 2004 Pre-formed eh? So you can't pay your tickets, but you can buy the $5000 doll...hmm. Quote
Dru Posted March 15, 2004 Posted March 15, 2004 Farther can also be used in Oirish jokes. "So then Oi said to the good Farther O'Malley, whoi that was Seamus and not mai." Quote
Double_E Posted March 16, 2004 Posted March 16, 2004 EuroEnglish The European Commission have just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the EU rather than German which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had room for improvement and has accepted a five year plan that would be known as "EuroEnglish." In the FIRST year, "S" will replace the soft "C". Sertainly this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "C" will be dropped in favour of the "K". This should klear up konfusion and keyboards kan have one less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the SEKOND year when troublesome "PH" will be replased with "F", this will make words like "fotograf" 20% shorter. In the THIRD year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated letter kombinations are possible. Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters that have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also al wil agre that the horid silent "E"'s in the languag are disgrasful and should be removd. In the FOURTH year peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "TH" with "Z" and "W" with "V". During ze FIFZ year ze unesesary "O" kan be droped from vords kontaining "OU" and similar alterations vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinatons of leters. After zis FIFZ yer ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi to komunikat viz ech ozer. "ZE DREM VIL FINALI KUM TRU !!!!!" Quote
klenke Posted March 16, 2004 Posted March 16, 2004 That's a variation of the joke whereby Schwarznegger was going to enact legislation to change California's official language to Austrian. Quote
SmokeShow Posted March 16, 2004 Posted March 16, 2004 Farther refers to distance. Further is relative to time. How about words that are spelled the same that have two different pronunciations/meanings: bow close tear wind lead wound Quote
Double_E Posted March 16, 2004 Posted March 16, 2004 That's a variation of the joke whereby Schwarznegger was going to enact legislation to change California's official language to Austrian. actually vice versa bro. got that in 1998. Quote
klenke Posted March 16, 2004 Posted March 16, 2004 Further can be used for distance, time, processes, intangible things. Farther can only be used for distance. bow, tear, close, etc.: I refer you to this previous attachment from a thread last month... Quote
SmokeShow Posted March 16, 2004 Posted March 16, 2004 Dude, uh... I don't get it. Those words are neither homophone or homonym. So what are they? Quote
klenke Posted March 16, 2004 Posted March 16, 2004 Sorry, I should have read the attachment again instead of simply reposting it. I was under the assumption that he (Norman Schur) made reference to homograph, which is what your lists of words are (individually, of course). Quote
SmokeShow Posted March 16, 2004 Posted March 16, 2004 Ah yes. Well as Schur said, "It must be hell for foreigners" Quote
pindude Posted March 16, 2004 Posted March 16, 2004 I see these confused a lot: excessively/exceedingly implicit/explicit distinct/distinctive prior to/before imply/infer libel/slander Concept/concetion pragmatic/practical subject (to)/subjected (to) Nice 'fro. Here's a list for ya Snugtop, from a prof of mine from WSU. Start at this page first (where he can keep track of his hit count), then click on "go to list of errors." Paul Brians' Common Errors in English Quote
klenke Posted March 16, 2004 Posted March 16, 2004 Hey, pindude, that's a great reference. It will come in handy. Quote
snugtop Posted March 16, 2004 Posted March 16, 2004 Nice 'fro. --Thanks, it's a bitch to blowdry but beauty has its price. Quote
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