28-11-2021, 08:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 28-11-2021, 08:08 PM by Tony Griffiths.)
(28-11-2021, 07:00 PM)andrew34ruby Wrote: What about the missing word 'an', simply replaced with 'a'? Even Mr Grimmond wrote .... a NYCC, whereas I would always say 'an NYCC'. For example 'are you a NYCC ratepayer?" And for those who don't know, NYCC is North Yorkshire County Council. A council that will not exist in two years time.'Number' and 'amount' are regularly mixed up by TV presenters, especially by regional ones on the BBC. As for 'fewer' and 'less" the less said the better (in fewer sentences).
I also saw a mention of a Austin seven.
Also when did a number of items become an amount of items?
(28-11-2021, 07:23 PM)Robert Leigh Wrote: Another thing that annoys me as a pedant is the frequent use of the recently invented word 'focused'. When I was a lad the past tense of focus was focussed, with double 's'. The pronounciation of the word is changed by the single 's'.By way of contrast, in the UK skill drops an 'l' to become skilfully - but not in the USA. Why did that happen?