Or "the people vacated the building". No, the building was vacated.
You know, I don't think I realized this distinction. Hmm.
Um, well, we listened to aggressively cheerful music sung by people chosen for their ability to dance. Then we ate cookie dough, and talked about boys.
Giles ,'Get It Done'
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Steph L. - Dec 15, 2009 3:56:47 pm PST #3823 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
javachik - Dec 15, 2009 4:01:46 pm PST #3824 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I am sure it's one of those things I learned at a young age, but like "decimation" widely incorrect usage (now accepted) has just screwed it up for stubborn people like me.
Steph L. - Dec 15, 2009 4:06:02 pm PST #3825 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Oh! I *know* what word it is whose incorrect use has gotten accepted because everyone, even fucking NPR, does it: "troops" as indicating a singular person. Like "three troops were killed in Afghanistan."
"Troop" is a goddamn collective noun, like "flock." But all kinds of news outlets have been using "troop" as a synonym for "soldier." WTF???
-t - Dec 15, 2009 4:06:23 pm PST #3826 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
They covered evacuation as it applies to people and buildings on The Wire. Otherwise I wouldn't have known that one.
amych - Dec 15, 2009 4:07:09 pm PST #3827 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
OH GOD I FUCKING HATE "TROOP"
javachik - Dec 15, 2009 4:07:54 pm PST #3828 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
They covered evacuation as it applies to people and buildings on The Wire. Otherwise I wouldn't have known that one.
Hey I might've learned it there!
Steph L. - Dec 15, 2009 4:08:40 pm PST #3829 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
OH GOD I FUCKING HATE "TROOP"
Even goddamn NPR!!!
Perhaps we should all write to NPR. It would be a revolution.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 15, 2009 4:12:23 pm PST #3830 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I HATE TROOP TOO! Every time they says 'three troops were deployed' I picture 3 groups of soldiers, not three soldiers. I was beginning to think I was crazy and that troop always = soldier.
-t - Dec 15, 2009 4:14:33 pm PST #3831 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, I thought I was just wrong about what I thought troops meant because that's used so universally. Now I can be righteously indignant! So much better.
Polter-Cow - Dec 15, 2009 4:22:53 pm PST #3832 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I didn't even realize about troops. Because we always talk about supporting the troops, and what we really mean is supporting the individual soldiers, so I assumed troop = soldier.