Just a tiny little grammar rant...

[Rebo]

@Pochacco

I agree with the argument that there should be an apostrophe, but I think the case for the quotation marks is arguable. Presumably the rider didn’t literally win by a hair’s-breadth, but by a much larger distance. In this case the quotes can be justified as emphasizing that a colloquialism is being used, not a literal measurement.

Are you “down” with that?

I can “dig” it…

[pbbth]

I am also sick of people telling me they have “boughten” things. You either bought or purchased something, you cannot have “boughten” anything!

[Johnny_L.A]

@pbbth

I am also sick of people telling me they have “boughten” things. You either bought or purchased something, you cannot have “boughten” anything!

Especially if they mention how much it ‘costed’.

[Dung_Beetle]

There used to be a woman in our fiscal department who would let us know when she had “paided” something.

[guizot]

@lissener

And the hyphen ain’t strictly necessary either.

Hyphens often exit by way of usage. For example, dictionaries used to list “data-base.” Now it’s “database,” primarily because the word became more widespread.

[Clock]

@Dung Beetle

There used to be a woman in our fiscal department who would let us know when she had “paided” something.

A guy at work used to ask me if I could “borrow” him a tenner (£10) until payday.

He meant could I “Loan” him…but you guessed that already

[KlondikeGeoff]

@Polycarp

A hare’s breadth is, of course, the width of the International Standard Rabbit, which is kept at the Jardin Zoologique de Paris, under the auspices of the Societé Internationale des Metaphores Betiales.

Wonderful, love it!!!