Originally posted by Letizia B.:
[quote]Originally posted by Sicilian Babe:
[b]I was impressed, however, that he correctly used the plural of Inspector General by saying Inspectors General. Given his frequent mangling of the English language, that, at least, was a pleasant surprise.
I agree. And I "misunderestimated" your dorkiness and thought I'd be the only nerd to notice that and actually care.
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[/b][/quote]If I had watched the speech, I would have noticed it.
It drives me crazy when my GF talks about her "son-in-laws"
Here's one that bothers me:
In a football game, the announcer might say "The Giants have three time outs left".
According to the dictionary, the singular is either "timeout" or "time out", so shouldn't the plural be "
times out"?