On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 09:16:17AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 11 May 2015, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > [snip] > > I hear that a _lot_. <shudder> But I am hearing it more and more in cases > > like this above where only the negative makes sense. When it is written, > > some are, I am sure, typos. But I am equally sure that soemtimes when I > > understand the positive the negative is likely to be meant . > > > > > I certainly hope this > > > is not becoming a 'modern usage'! (Or should I say 'is becoming a > > > modern usage'?) > > > > Yes, you certainly should. ;-) > > > > Lisi > > > > Since we're well off-topic already, I can't resist citing a rather > similar and increasingly prevalent negative usage that makes no sense. > I quite often read the phrase: "the importance of this cannot be > underestimated". It should, of course, be OVER-estimated, or > alternatively "must not be under-estimated". I think the two usages have
Nooooo! Why does it need a hyphen? What is it with all these hyphens that people are sticking between words these days? -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150515113520.GI22323@tal
