Pedants' Corner

Originally posted by wolfgang59
FMF is Quite Right.

I do rather think you have erred by qualifying the adjective "right" with the adverb "quite". This seems a somewhat not-as-fulsome-as-it-should-be endorsement. Might I suggest the word "rightly" replaces "quite"?

Originally posted by FMF
I do rather think you have erred by qualifying the adjective "right" with the adverb "quite". This seems a somewhat not-as-fulsome-as-it-should-be endorsement. Might I suggest the word "rightly" replaces "quite"?

"FMF is rightly right" appears to be somewhat tautologous. Perhaps a simple "FMF is right" would suffice.
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Originally posted by Kewpie
"FMF is rightly right" appears to be somewhat tautologous. Perhaps a simple "FMF is right" would suffice.
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I've encountered rebellion against intensifier adverbs before. In this case I sense that it's more of a rebellion against me. But, at least, you agree that we drop the "quite".

Originally posted by FMF
I've encountered rebellion against intensifier adverbs before. In this case I sense that it's more of a rebellion against me. But, at least, you agree that we drop the "quite".

I am sure you are right, absolutely right in fact, and I have no intention of rebelling against you. What did you do that is deserving of rejection or mutiny?

Originally posted by Kewpie
[b Perhaps a simple "FMF is right" would suffice.
.[/b]

Your use of "perhaps" indicates hesitation, indecisiveness and a general lack
of commitment to what follows. Obviously you have no faith in the statement
"FMF is right" and frankly neither do I - he is a leftie libtard if ever there was one.

Originally posted by FMF
But, at least, you agree that we drop the "quite".

That is quite unacceptable! 😠

Originally posted by Kewpie
What did you do that is deserving of rejection or mutiny?

I am misunderstood.

Originally posted by FMF
I am misunderstood.

What does it matter as long as you understand yourself. 😉

Originally posted by josephw
What does it matter as long as you understand yourself. 😉

But this is down-home no-nonsense and not pedantry.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
Your use of "perhaps" indicates hesitation, indecisiveness and a general lack
of commitment to what follows. Obviously you have no faith in the statement
"FMF is right" and frankly neither do I - he is a leftie libtard if ever there was one.

My use of "perhaps" indicates nothing more than that I am a naturally civil person who does not normally seek confrontation.

I have no problem with the statement "FMF is right", but I do have a problem with the words "leftie" and "libtard". These invented words have no meaning other than in the mind of the person who uses them.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
I think you are confusing an "English Pedant" with a general pedant (who may or
may not be English). English Pedants are amongst the most pedantic of pedants
and base their whole existence on the English Language circa 1935.

May I differe here?

Germans are known to be the most pedantic of pedants.

Plus We do capitalize, which makes Texts easier to read 😉

Originally posted by Kewpie
My use of "perhaps" indicates nothing more than that I am a naturally civil person who does not normally seek confrontation.

So, basically, you're claiming to be like a British person? Perhaps?

Originally posted by FMF
So, basically, you're claiming to be like a British person? Perhaps?

Please provide me with a definition of "a British person" as you understand the term.

Originally posted by Kewpie
Please provide me with a definition of "a British person" as you understand the term.

They are, surely, the naturally civil people who do not normally seek confrontation, are they not? When I read your words I felt like you were reaching out through my screen and stroking my head and the heads of British people everywhere.