tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post6638907136601237572..comments2024-02-19T07:51:46.118-05:00Comments on Throw Grammar from the Train: Fine distinctions: careering, fearing, recollectingJanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03173219179480606941noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-60535477094409302092013-06-16T23:03:27.992-04:002013-06-16T23:03:27.992-04:00"Who says it's 'useful'? If I fou..."Who says it's 'useful'? If I found it useful, wouldn't I be using it?"<br /><br />Exactly. The distinction is being lost precisely because it isn't useful, or at least the majority of users don't find it useful. In the free market of language, speakers invest in the meanings that are useful and abandon the ones that aren't.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323568112711824064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-38386672373821919282013-06-16T22:39:28.004-04:002013-06-16T22:39:28.004-04:00And if remember doesn't take effort, it should...And if <i>remember</i> doesn't take effort, it should have been:<br /><br /><i>Try to recollect the kind of September<br />When life was slow and oh, so mellow.<br /></i>Gregory Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293280236115306205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-22542861051781143762013-06-15T14:03:57.449-04:002013-06-15T14:03:57.449-04:00I had 2 alternate meanings in mind, and couldn'...I had 2 alternate meanings in mind, and couldn't understand the confusion between tilting a ship to clean the barnacles, and one's job path in life.Sue Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386142309332609673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-42454357581823301152013-06-15T09:41:00.708-04:002013-06-15T09:41:00.708-04:00It reminds me of my father who was very pedantic -...It reminds me of my father who was very pedantic - he hated people using 'surprised' when they meant 'astonished'. But i got him over 'mend' and 'repair' saying that they actually meant the same thing but their roots were different OE v/s OF!cucarachahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15670159176178952806noreply@blogger.com