Comment to this entry and I'll give you a letter. List ten things that you love that begin with that letter and then post that list on your journal." Meme taken from naath, who gave me GSo, things I love beginning with G? Things I like beginning with a G is hard enough really, but here goes ( Read more... )

So what do you think the plural of 'caveat' should be then? Caveats? Caveant ( Read more... )

Firstly, just to warn you that...

Mothers' Day is this Sunday (2nd March)!The apostrophe should be there really, shouldn't it? ;) And when I say 'this Sunday', I mean Sunday coming ( Read more... )

Some things annoy me, you might have noticed this. First today there's the 'How Stupid Are You?' Facebook application, which told me this:

You're an idiot! The word "idiot" is derived from a Latin word meaning "uneducated", and that's most likely what you are. But hey, some of the richest, most powerful people in history have been idiots... and ( Read more... )

It is generally known that I am the worst kind of linguistic pedant. I make no apologies for this, most of the time.

Anyway, two issues recently came up for discussion. Please help me discuss.

'Data' is plural

I would generally insist that 'data' should be treated as plural in all cases (though I approve of vyvyan's treatment of it as a mass noun, it' ( Read more... )