On the other hand, it’s Olbermann, with 2 n’s.
Carry on.
On the other hand, it’s Olbermann, with 2 n’s.
Carry on.
Why? Does it make more sense of one or two “experts” to contradict the usage of millions?
Fowler thought the “p” in “pneumonia” should be pronounced, because that was “correct.” He was a real expert on language, but why should everyone else have to do it his way?
There’s really no other sane way to deal with grammar. It doesn’t work that way in any other field of study. Could you imagine a biologist saying, “The penguin mating habits are all wrong and they should do it the way I think is right?”
The American media is hopeless; they get more and more inept each year. Lately, in any newsworthy criminal case where the defendant can’t make bail, we hear of their being held in custody “on $x bail”. What makes it ridiculous is that there is no bail, that’s why the defendant’s in jail!
Ah. The French. I should have known. Bloody Normans.
and it’s A Tolkien Bestiary , not Bestiality!!