Are you an expert in something? Do you find people coming to you about $whateverThatIs with their heads full of nonsense that they don't have the breadth and background knowledge to understand, and which they got second hand from someone who knows even less and/or has some agenda to push?
Indeed. Hitler was certainly not elected as Fuhrer (which is what GP and his ilk are trying to imply) because the position didn't exist until he - having been appointed as chancellor - merged that post with the presidency.
Social media companies face fines of up to 50m Euro ($57m) if they persistently fail to remove illegal content from their sites under a new law passed in Germany.
Disappointed. I was hoping they'd fine social media companies just for being social media companies.
The way dictionaries were once described tjlo me was that they were descriptive, not proscriptive.
You probably meant prescriptive, which is exactly the kind of error people like you make.
And don't try to claim that most people use it that way. 1) Most people[1] don't use it at all. 2) No matter how many people might think the Earth is flat, it's still spheroidal.
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It wasn't paypal who blocked the accounts, you slack cunt. They wouldn't (well, shouldn't) even be able to.
Even as I speak the Syrians are starting a campaign to fix this.
But now he'll have to go twice!
It's amazing how many Americans don't know their own history. It's not like there's a lot of it to learn.
"People will believe anything if you attribute it to Mark Twain".
Author is mistaken as it's not actually Chinese. It was by Benjamin Franklin.
Are you an expert in something? Do you find people coming to you about $whateverThatIs with their heads full of nonsense that they don't have the breadth and background knowledge to understand, and which they got second hand from someone who knows even less and/or has some agenda to push?
Great, isn't it?
That was my first thought, but it's not really relevant to the context.
How about "Don't trust a barber who says you need a haircut"?
Indeed. Hitler was certainly not elected as Fuhrer (which is what GP and his ilk are trying to imply) because the position didn't exist until he - having been appointed as chancellor - merged that post with the presidency.
Presumably it's something you write on chalk with, since chalk doesn't write on glass.
That's rather part of the job description, isn't it?
Why do you think it's limited to Europe?
"Right guys, I know absolutely nothing about this. Outline the options, then go through the pros & cons of each one".
Guess who didn't say that last week.
They nearly did. It was quite a while back, though.
Essentially you need something like a low pass filter to keep this week's buzzword[1] out, at least until it stands the test of time.
[1] Which probably was a buzzword when it first came out.
d) Butty (a sandwich)
e) Batty (crazy)
So you have to buy a new one, just like GP said.
There's also the competition to have the most definitions, which means they include something joe_dragon mistyped, once.
I'm perfectly aware that proscriptive is a word, and I know what it means.
It's the wrong word here, and your attempt to shoehorn it in has little value apart from amusement.
You can also be generally aware.
Coming on board? You pulled that out of your arse, they were already running but they closed the receiving account.
Like OMG! Like totally!
Disappointed. I was hoping they'd fine social media companies just for being social media companies.
Are you sure it's not Bewick's or Whooper?
I've been there for most of that time and I've never ever seen or heard it used as an adjective.
So basically "aware". Or would that trigger nudists?
Finite verb expected. Only participle(s) found. Bailing out near line 2.02078E14 + exactly 3i.
You probably meant prescriptive, which is exactly the kind of error people like you make.
And don't try to claim that most people use it that way.
1) Most people[1] don't use it at all.
2) No matter how many people might think the Earth is flat, it's still spheroidal.
[1] Perhaps you should join them.