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The Pedants' Revolution

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1justjim
sep 28, 2014, 10:46 pm

Just added a snaggable pic to the group images collection. I thought it was quite good.

2lilithcat
sep 28, 2014, 11:16 pm

It's excellent!

3eromsted
Bewerkt: sep 28, 2014, 11:58 pm

It should really be titled the Pedants' Revolt though, as the painting comes from the Peasants' Revolt.

4lilithcat
sep 29, 2014, 12:16 am

> 3

Oh, don't be so pedantic!

Never mind.

5justjim
sep 29, 2014, 2:07 am

Arghh! That's my fault. When I found it on Twitter, it was indeed called The Pedants' Revolt. I messed it up in the transcription.

6thorold
sep 29, 2014, 6:04 am

>1 justjim:
Are we sure that Ball wasn't simply commenting on Tyler's girth?

7darrow
Bewerkt: sep 29, 2014, 7:35 am

Fewer/less bothers me but the missuse of "amount" is also common. I heard a woman on the radio today saying that she hoped the "amount of children" learning to play a musical instrument would increase. "Total number of" which is equivalent to 'amount' I would accept (just) but 'amount' seems wrong.