sculduggery
1 February 2012 at 8:14am
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Sorry to be a pedant, but the sub-heading of this section of the forums has been bugging me for a while. I'm sure I'm not immune to grammatical errors myself, and I'm very much of the school of thought that says that language is a dynamic tool which shifts and develops all the time and that rules aren't all that helpful, ... but it just doesn't read well to me:
'Discuss Peter's discography both past, present and future'
Surely, if it was just 'past and present' (2 things), then 'both' would be fine, but as there are three things we're talking about - 'past, present & future' (3 things), then both isn't the right word? Can anyone suggest a better way of putting it?
Perhaps someone could look into this pressing matter...
Take A Wild Guess
1 February 2012 at 6:46pm
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"Discuss Peter's discography -- past, present and future."
You are correct, Scullduggery. The word "both" would only apply to two objects and no other number.
sculduggery
1 February 2012 at 7:59pm
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That's much better, thanks. Now all we need is for someone at petergabriel.com to spring into action!
Caste lost his faith
3 February 2012 at 5:26pm
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See? I didn't know this, now I know - always said that the Moon Club was both interesting, fun and informative.
sculduggery
4 February 2012 at 3:11pm
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I can't believe this hasn't been sorted out yet. Thinking of selling all my Peter Gabriel cds if this isn't amended both immediately, soon and promptly.
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5 February 2012 at 11:41am
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