RE:[tips] word confusions- one more
Finally, someone can tell me if the term went missing is actually correct, as in: The two hikers went missing shortly after sunset. It sounds so wrong! Pat Santoro --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
RE: [tips] word confusions- one more
Here is Grammar Girl's take on went missing. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/went-missing.aspx She says that it is correct, a British usage dating to at least the 1940s that has gained a footing in the US recently. Paul C. Bernhardt Department of Psychology Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland -Original Message- From: Patricia Santoro [mailto:psant...@frostburg.edu] Sent: Tue 8/11/2009 7:58 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE:[tips] word confusions- one more Finally, someone can tell me if the term went missing is actually correct, as in: The two hikers went missing shortly after sunset. It sounds so wrong! Pat Santoro --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)winmail.dat
RE: [tips] word confusions- one more
Two great replies with ideas today Paul. Thanks for the tips. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu Original message Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:33:59 -0400 From: Paul C Bernhardt pcbernha...@frostburg.edu Subject: RE: [tips] word confusions- one more To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@acsun.frostburg.edu Here is Grammar Girl's take on went missing. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/went-missing.aspx She says that it is correct, a British usage dating to at least the 1940s that has gained a footing in the US recently. Paul C. Bernhardt Department of Psychology Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland -Original Message- From: Patricia Santoro [mailto:psant...@frostburg.edu] Sent: Tue 8/11/2009 7:58 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE:[tips] word confusions- one more Finally, someone can tell me if the term went missing is actually correct, as in: The two hikers went missing shortly after sunset. It sounds so wrong! Pat Santoro --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) winmail.dat (4k bytes) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] word confusions- one more
I love this Britishism, but do not know if it's grammatically correct in UK: American Me: Is she going home after dinner? British You: She might do (or just, Might do.) Paul --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] word confusions- one more
Especially for those of you who are also IRB members, how many times have you seen Principle Investigator? ;-) Miguel --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
RE: [tips] word confusions- one more
Reminds me of the time when I worked a night shift job as an undergraduate and one of the supervisors tried to get us a “night differential” raise by arguing that he would have a “moral problem” on the night shift if we didn’t get the raise! Heh . . . I did persuade him to add an “e” to improve the memo. J Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor, Psychology University of West Florida Pensacola, FL 32514 – 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 e-mail:csta...@uwf.edu mailto:csta...@uwf.edu CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm From: roig-rear...@comcast.net [mailto:roig-rear...@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 11:33 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] word confusions- one more Especially for those of you who are also IRB members, how many times have you seen Principle Investigator? ;-) Miguel --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
