Grammar

Originally posted by mikelom
How does 'Moreover' replacing 'In addition' or 'Furthermore' grab you?

They are synonymous, but moreover and furthermore are more formal.

Furthermore, you are splitting hairs. 😉

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
I sa we shud spel fonetikale.

We don't even spell phonetically phonetically.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
We don't even spell phonetically phonetically.

Question, Andy: If Grampy Bobby had been born a female instead
of a male would her RHP Nickname have been Grammar Betty?

Originally posted by wolfgang59
But the grammatically correct "My wife and I" sounds awful and is liable to be mocked. I find myself avoiding either and use "we" whenever possible.

me likes to be mocked...
and,
if held liable, that's even betterer...

Originally posted by HandyAndy
We don't even spell phonetically phonetically.

I would say phonetically is spelt phonetically.
The grapheme "ph" consistently represents the phoneme /f/

The problem with English orthography is there is not a one to one correspondence between graphemes and phonemes.

Teaching children early that "ph" sounds /f/ along with other unusual
graphemes enhances their reading abilities (but screws with their spelling!)

There are not that many words in which consonants are used non-phonetically. The nightmare is the varied use of vowels.

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
I sa we shud spel fonetikale.

fonetiklee*

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Question, Andy: If Grampy Bobby had been born a female instead
of a male would her RHP Nickname have been Grammar Betty?

Are you thinking of switching over?

Originally posted by wolfgang59
The nightmare is the varied use of vowels.

Not to mention nightmare.

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Are you thinking of switching over?

Not on your life....

Originally posted by mikelom
How does 'Moreover' replacing 'In addition' or 'Furthermore' grab you?

"Additionally, he ate the last piece of pie."
"In addition, the answer is larger than the addends unless you're working with negative numbers."


I think "moreover" and "furthermore" are nuanced.

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Yul Bryner campaigned tirelessly to have the show
renamed "Me and the King" and is on record as saying
that the show did well despite the name not because of it.
www.madeupstuff.com/baldies/yulbryner/king_and_i

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Wolfgang taught him how to spell it phonetically.

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He never did. Apparently he spells it Yul Briner.