tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306024999105542124.post2855768968939736709..comments2024-03-04T04:43:32.083-06:00Comments on Expert Witness: Let's Use the Correct Words: A Few DefinitionsJPGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01224444263429720535noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306024999105542124.post-80288623706356411352013-04-07T10:37:06.284-05:002013-04-07T10:37:06.284-05:00No matter what the differences in all the studies,...No matter what the differences in all the studies, there is no doubt of it's efficacy. When it is Drawne ice it. Also available are Vardenafil, an oral drug that is prescribed for most patients with the condition, age and type of medicines, coordination with health insurance companies.<br /><br />Also visit my web-site; <a href="http://fosterparents.com/fpgeneral/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=86063" rel="nofollow">fosterparents.com</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306024999105542124.post-16820248184884951822013-04-05T16:54:50.975-05:002013-04-05T16:54:50.975-05:00While such loyalty programs are unusual for prescr...While such loyalty programs are unusual for prescriptions drugs, they must secure the sexual <br />interest of the guard for the prisoner to trust inside the <br />abnormal environment. Maddow started the show by telling anyone with a connection to the military.<br />The Farmacia On Line claim surfaced in an al-Jazeera report last month from <br />Libya-based doctors who said they had not been for the chaos of <br />the Cultural Revolution swept the country.<br /><br />Also visit my website :: <a href="http://Di-namicmassage.com/our-services/" rel="nofollow">http://Di-namicmassage.com</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306024999105542124.post-90894683149286214592013-04-03T22:45:27.507-05:002013-04-03T22:45:27.507-05:00' Tales of pharmaceutically induced sexual pro...' Tales of pharmaceutically induced sexual prowess among 58-year-olds are common enough in the tablet game that a small number of Medicaid recipients would qualify for Farmacia On Line.<br /><br />Look into my homepage <a href="http://www.iz8gbh.com/joomla/guest" rel="nofollow">her response</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306024999105542124.post-55121592921130953412012-12-12T00:48:57.403-06:002012-12-12T00:48:57.403-06:00Yes! Finally something about diet.
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Next time, look your word up in the dictionary to be sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306024999105542124.post-7358314770255018012008-02-02T22:49:00.000-06:002008-02-02T22:49:00.000-06:00How about "enormity?" Nearly always misused as if...How about "enormity?" Nearly always misused as if it meant "enormousness," which it does not. An "enormity" is a huge *evil.* Drives me up th' wall!Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306024999105542124.post-89020558669964759202008-02-02T18:41:00.000-06:002008-02-02T18:41:00.000-06:00Uh, Don? You had me going for a minute there. Yo...Uh, Don? You had me going for a minute there. You wrote that so convincingly, I thought there might well be a definition for “verse” with which I was unfamiliar. I'd seen such phrases as "D.C. verses Heller” and had gone right along, figuring someone was simply misspelling the word <I>versus</I>. But then I started reading your comment, and you really made me doubt myself. <BR/><BR/>For the record, I will vehemently verse this becoming common usage.<BR/>And yes, I did look it up – or try to – before writing this comment. ;-)<BR/><BR/>JPGJPGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01224444263429720535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306024999105542124.post-27114874147689355112008-02-02T16:31:00.000-06:002008-02-02T16:31:00.000-06:00Submitted this day for your approval: "Versing."V...Submitted this day for your approval: "Versing."<BR/><BR/>Verse: <I>Verb</I> To oppose in a fight, argument, or contest of any kind. e.g. <I>"This year the Giants are versing the Patriots in the Super Bowl!"</I><BR/><BR/>See, if there is such a verb as "verses" in the present tense ("D.C. verses Heller today in the Supreme Court") then according to context clues, it must be a synonym for "opposes" or "plays against." Therefore, it stands to reason that the past tense must be "versed" and the present progressive third-person must be "is versing."<BR/><BR/>It all makes logical sense, actually, if you've never seen the word "versus" in print.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824445546892392815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306024999105542124.post-24664192020275284022008-01-30T15:20:00.000-06:002008-01-30T15:20:00.000-06:00Mayhem. Mayhem is a specific offense involving the...Mayhem. Mayhem is a specific offense involving the unwanted removal of limbs.<BR/><BR/>Yet the term has become generalized to mean pretty much any instance of folks run amok...Jay Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11085873775096542015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306024999105542124.post-34098578297698341972008-01-27T21:41:00.000-06:002008-01-27T21:41:00.000-06:00Great information. I wish everyone knew this, espe...Great information. I wish everyone knew this, especially the news media loonies that want to grandstand about every time someone shoots even a BB gun through a window.<BR/><BR/>I especially like your clarification of the term "assault rifle". It seems that journalists, news commentators and ALL of the gun bandemonium crowd have a very poor understanding of the difference between an assault rifle and a semi-automatic rifle.<BR/><BR/>JoeAssrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093506505019819353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306024999105542124.post-34588791103916543642008-01-27T10:37:00.000-06:002008-01-27T10:37:00.000-06:00And you mentioned Massacre. I believe it correctly...And you mentioned Massacre. I believe it correctly means that one side is completey helpless. Therefore, Custer was not maccassacred. He sought battle and lost fair and square.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306024999105542124.post-62626249442982641162008-01-27T09:39:00.000-06:002008-01-27T09:39:00.000-06:00It drives most everyone I work with bugnuts, but I...It drives most everyone I work with bugnuts, but I have the same problem. In my industry, you say/order/install the wrong thing, and a several hundred-thousand dollar system becomes a huge boat anchor.<BR/><BR/>It also drives The Wifey nuts, too, as I tend to nit-pick the heck out of movies/TV shows when it comes to firearms. She hates that.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately for me, it is rarely if ever tolerated from the youngest guy in the group. It used to come across as arrogant.<BR/><BR/>I believe, as the saying goes, that you are damned if you do and damned if you don't.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>tweakerSpeakerTweakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520767686388236987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306024999105542124.post-68821117564425009952008-01-27T09:15:00.000-06:002008-01-27T09:15:00.000-06:00I have two pet peeves on this topic. Use of the th...I have two pet peeves on this topic. Use of the the word shell to mean both loaded cartridges and spent cartridge cases.<BR/><BR/>My main complaint is "Unique". Unique is an absolute. It means "there is nothing else like it". Therfore, one cannot use terms like "rather unique", "very unique" or "somewhat unique". Either something is unique or it is not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306024999105542124.post-22777208667997412462008-01-27T08:18:00.000-06:002008-01-27T08:18:00.000-06:00"Investigators are calling the shooting accidental..."Investigators are calling the shooting accidental. The 18-year-old has not been charged in the case. The Sarpy County attorney is trying to determine whether charges should be filed."<BR/><BR/>Gee, it only took me a couple of minutes to figure out:<BR/>Nebraska Revised Statutes 28-309:<BR/>(1) A person commits the offense of assault in the second degree if he or she:<BR/> (b) Recklessly causes serious bodily injury to another person with a dangerous instrument;KD5NRHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04169457396389789270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306024999105542124.post-24758827338868121882008-01-27T08:06:00.000-06:002008-01-27T08:06:00.000-06:00"Decimate" drives me around the bend, too, but I'l..."Decimate" drives me around the bend, too, but I'll admit that I've always used "round" for both the cartridge and the bullet. "Sending rounds downrange" and the like, you know.<BR/><BR/>The only other one that occurs to me off the top of my head is "literally."<BR/><BR/>A lot of people "literally" don't know what "literally" means, and they throw in "literally" with their figurative language because they figure it just means "a whole bunch."<BR/><BR/>"You know, I'm literally starving to death. Where's lunch?"<BR/><BR/>No, sir, you are not literally starving to death. You are <I>figuratively</I> starving to death as a way to illustrate that you are feeling mild hunger pangs. If there were any justice, you would <I>literally</I> get a backhand across your face . . . . but the hell of it is, if I were to hit you for what you've done, I'd be the one going to jail.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824445546892392815noreply@blogger.com