http://www.word-detective.com/2010/01/05/beer-and-skittles/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:14:13 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.word-detective.com/2010/01/05/beer-and-skittles/comment-page-1/#comment-4919 Sam R. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:02:04 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2140#comment-4919 Funny, that. I feel safe in assuming that anyone who spells out common abbreviations (e.g. e.g., Q.E.D., etc.) is a hopeless pedant. Funny, that. I feel safe in assuming that anyone who spells out common abbreviations (e.g. e.g., Q.E.D., etc.) is a hopeless pedant.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2010/01/05/beer-and-skittles/comment-page-1/#comment-3938 Owen Gerald Bjornstad Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:13:25 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=2140#comment-3938 I am one of those annoying people who believe that "from whence" is incorrect. I also find the snippet "who someday you may have the misfortune of encountering" to be illuminating, since it shows that the author has not been taught the proper use of "whom", as in "whom someday you may have the misfortune of encountering". I would submit that in considering the latter point, I can safely disregard the author's authority in dismissing my concerns about the proper use of "whence". Quod erat demonstrandum. I am one of those annoying people who believe that “from whence” is incorrect. I also find the snippet “who someday you may have the misfortune of encountering” to be illuminating, since it shows that the author has not been taught the proper use of “whom”, as in “whom someday you may have the misfortune of encountering”. I would submit that in considering the latter point, I can safely disregard the author’s authority in dismissing my concerns about the proper use of “whence”. Quod erat demonstrandum.

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