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Grammatical and Other Peregrinations: October 2014
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Grammatical and Other Peregrinations. Tuesday, 21 October 2014. An Incident on Mayne Island. The lights were going out all over the island. We lost power on Mayne Island this morning. I had gone to pour my first coffee of the day only to find that the coffee maker had shut off in mid-stream. Caffeus interruptus. The stuff in the freezer could look after itself. I needed a coffee. Did anyone else just lose power? I decided to go out. Perhaps one of the coffee shops would have an auxiliary generator...
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Grammatical and Other Peregrinations: February 2013
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Grammatical and Other Peregrinations. Saturday, 9 February 2013. Deaf Old Buggers in a Subjunctive Mood. One of the topics discussed by the Deaf Old Buggers on a recent hike was the subjunctive mood. Did it still exist in English? One of our members, who serves on a voluntary Board, had been extolling the virtues of a fellow director. Pray God, she stay on the Board. What would you say? Present, past, future, etc), or the voice. Active or passive), the mood. Mood, a command; and the subjunctive. The subj...
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Grammatical and Other Peregrinations: August 2015
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Grammatical and Other Peregrinations. Saturday, 22 August 2015. I must go down to the sea again. As I read the Patrick O'Brian series of novels for the third or fourth time, I am astounded at the number of nautical metaphors that have passed into our language from sailing ships and the sea. I suspect that this aspect of British history is the richest source of idiom and expression after Shakespeare and the King James Bible. I was taken aback when a seafaring friend of mine, and medical man to boot, let s...
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Grammatical and Other Peregrinations: November 2014
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Grammatical and Other Peregrinations. Wednesday, 5 November 2014. Abuse and Misuse of Language. This morning In a news report I read a succinct announcement by BC Ferries about possible changes to service between Vancouver and the mainland:. It is contemplated that the Major Routes Strategy will challenge historically established notions of how BC Ferries' service is delivered to the mid-island corridor, and will require changes in customer behaviour. And what were these historically established notions?
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Grammatical and Other Peregrinations: January 2013
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Grammatical and Other Peregrinations. Wednesday, 30 January 2013. Ontario elects gay premier. Along with other readers of the newspaper, I have been following the flurry of letters criticizing the Globe. For mentioning that the premier elect of Ontario was gay. I was inclined to agree with them. I was particularly taken by the conclusion to one of those letters:. Using your standards of what constitutes relevant information, how should I sign off on this letter? It's good to read different points of view.
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Grammatical and Other Peregrinations: February 2012
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Grammatical and Other Peregrinations. Wednesday, 8 February 2012. Also" is a very useful adverb meaning "in addition to", and is often used as a transition into a second sentence which adds a further detail:. We ate bacon and eggs for breakfast this morning. We also had coffee. But it can't be used as a transition between negative sentences. For that, we have the simple and emphatic conjunction "nor". Makes this mistake in today's edition:. To lose what the government does for us. Update, March 3, 2012.
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Grammatical and Other Peregrinations: An Incident on Mayne Island
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Grammatical and Other Peregrinations. Tuesday, 21 October 2014. An Incident on Mayne Island. The lights were going out all over the island. We lost power on Mayne Island this morning. I had gone to pour my first coffee of the day only to find that the coffee maker had shut off in mid-stream. Caffeus interruptus. The stuff in the freezer could look after itself. I needed a coffee. Did anyone else just lose power? I decided to go out. Perhaps one of the coffee shops would have an auxiliary generator...
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Montpellier to Castres - Peregrinations
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Auch to Orolon-Sainte Marie. Somport to Puente la Reina. Bourges to La Souterraine. La Souterraine to Limoges. Markina Xeneim to Bilbao. An open letter to the Globe and Mail. A word about toilet paper. The terminus is at the end of the line. Why I walk the Camino. Why I love Victoria, BC. Day 4 April 4, 2011. Montpellier to Montparnaud. Last night I slept right through. Until now, I have been waking up at three or four in the morning and listening to the mumbles and rumbles and snores of my companions.
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Grammatical and Other Peregrinations: Fewer and Less
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Grammatical and Other Peregrinations. Wednesday, 3 June 2015. A friend asked me to explain the difference between "fewer" and "less". Here is the short answer. Use "fewer" with number: fewer marbles. Use "less" with quantity: less sugar. 8221;Less” is often incorrectly used with number: There are less people. Here today than yesterday. It should be: There are fewer people. There are only a few marbles left. There is only a little sugar left. It should be: John has the fewest marbles. Tall, taller, tallest.
