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Subject: Re: [OM] Hiya
From: Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 15:37:35 -0500
Maybe that's just what you call a bunch of cops now, an amount. <g>

--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal


On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ignorance is bliss - until we are reminded of it.
> Current irritation - the ‘fewer/less’ confusion and the related
> ‘amount/number’ problem. This one infests the broadcast media. Apparently,
> an incident in Melbourne the other night was attended by an “amount of
> police officers.’ I wonder if they had to put them through a blender first.
> Or merely dismember them into a pile of bits.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> www.soultheft.com
>
>
>
> > On 4 Nov 2015, at 9:16 am, Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > _E_ct-chew-allie, we pedants are exceedingly informative. It's just that
> > those whom we inform frequently are exceedingly annoyed with us. <g>
> >
> > --Bob Whitmire
> > Certified Informative & Pedantic Neanderthal
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 5:45 AM, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> The pedant police are often infirm, sometimes on-form but we never
> inform.
> >> Your secrets are safe.
> >>
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