Quote:
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. [/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"?


"Difficult....not impossible"