To be fair, the use of style guides as if they were prophetic scripture was in its heyday among the educated in Wells’ time. Modern scholars are more accepting of the “evolving language” model. Ironically, aspiring pedants among the masses tend to cling to hearsay about guidelines that were too often taken as absolute rules.
pcolli almost 6 years ago
Like “enjoy” which means to give joy rather than to feel joy….. but that has been misused since before Wells’ time.
MS72 almost 6 years ago
And then there’s this: The word “areal” is the adjective version of the noun “area.”
Why does the weatherman need to teach english class?
bbbmorrell almost 6 years ago
And why is there a whole channel just to talk about the weather?
Zen-of-Zinfandel almost 6 years ago
H.G. was knocked out cold.
gammaguy almost 6 years ago
“And why is he using a noun as a verb?”
Because English is a language in which any noun can be verbed.
Huckleberry Hiroshima almost 6 years ago
The weather reporter will likely challenge your use of an extra question mark, Mr. Wells.
stepham almost 6 years ago
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impact (Be sure to read the WHOLE page.) :0 Mike drop.
anorok2 almost 6 years ago
Is he going to start a “War of the Words”?
BlueIris Premium Member almost 6 years ago
And what happened to “normality”?? It’s all “normalcy” these days.
Seeker149 Premium Member almost 6 years ago
To be fair, the use of style guides as if they were prophetic scripture was in its heyday among the educated in Wells’ time. Modern scholars are more accepting of the “evolving language” model. Ironically, aspiring pedants among the masses tend to cling to hearsay about guidelines that were too often taken as absolute rules.