Passage of time ... - Page 2

HungLikeJesus · 03-02-2012, 11:57 AM

The handle saver costs just $9.99!

But wait, that's not all! Order in the next 10 minutes and we'll throw in the lid holder AND the carrot peeler at no extra charge.

Operators are standing by!

infinite monkey · 03-02-2012, 11:58 AM

It's from RONCO, and it really really works!

infinite monkey · 03-02-2012, 11:59 AM

(These pretzels are making me thirsty!)

infinite monkey · 03-02-2012, 12:27 PM

I agree with Jesus.

BigV · 03-02-2012, 12:33 PM

cute. +1 for cross thread humor.

of course dollars is a count noun, even considering fractional dollars.

monster · 03-02-2012, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

of course dollars is a count noun, even considering fractional dollars.

disagree that it can't be treated as a mass noun. It can be both and in that context it's better treated as a mass noun. I feel it's to do with the fractions. You can't count up to 10 dollars and mention all possibilities on the way up. You can count up to 10 birds for example -you would never say "there are 8.62 birds on the lawn eating my grass seed", even in you had shot one and taken off a wing. And you shouldn't say there are less than 10 birds on the lawn easting the grass seed (I know many do) That is a count noun ---fewer. but money is different, you do split it, so round numbers of dollars can be treated as mass nouns.

HungLikeJesus · 03-02-2012, 12:46 PM

Why of course?

BigV · 03-02-2012, 01:49 PM

because all our transactions, especially ones at the hardware store, are completed using a finite, rational number of dollars. In any event, the number ten, that's clearly countable, it's the number of dollars I'm measuring against.

furthermore, 9.999r is not less than ten, it is equal to ten. We've established this. Just ask ZenGum.

infinite monkey · 03-02-2012, 02:12 PM

Leave it to all y'all to turn a grammar fread into a mafs fread.

ZenGum · 03-02-2012, 05:12 PM

@ maths reference. You naughty people.

Nine is one less than ten, but nine dollars is one fewer than ten dollars.

I think "fewer" is on it's way out and will be quite archaic in 50 years or so, and simply because we are too lazy to uphold standards. When was the last time you complained to the supermarket checkout operator about the sign saying "twelve items or less"?

sexobon · 03-02-2012, 05:23 PM

Did you just say the fewer the better and less is more?

ZenGum · 03-02-2012, 05:31 PM

More or less.

monster · 03-02-2012, 07:31 PM

or something.

It's Friday night, I need a pass......

footfootfoot · 03-02-2012, 07:46 PM

The Passage of Time
Is Flicking Dimly Up On the Screen
I Can't See the Lines
I Used to Think I Could Read Between
Perhaps My Brains Have Turned to Sand

Oh Me Oh My
I Think It's Been An Eternity
You'd Be Surprised
At My Degree of Uncertainty
How Can Moments Go So Slow.

Several Times
I've Seen the Evening Slide Away
Watching the Signs
Taking Over From the Fading Day
Perhaps My Brains Are Old and Scrambled.

Several Times
I've Seen the Evening Slide Away
Watching the Signs
Taking Over From the Fading Day
Changing Water Into Wine.

Several Times
I've Seen the Evening Slide Away
Watching the Signs
Taking Over From the Fading Day
Putting the Grapes Back On the Vine.

(Simultaneously With the Last Two Verses, Another Voice Sings Another Melody With Different Words, As Follows

Who Would Believe What a Poor Set of Eyes Can Show You
Who Would Believe What An Innocent Voice Could Do
Never a Silence Always a Face At the Door.

Who Would Believe What a Poor Set of Ears Can Tell You
Who Would Believe What a Weak Pair of Hands Can Do
Never a Silence Always a Foot in the Door.

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03-02-2012, 11:57 AM	#1
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	The handle saver costs just $9.99! But wait, that's not all! Order in the next 10 minutes and we'll throw in the lid holder AND the carrot peeler at no extra charge. Operators are standing by! __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

03-02-2012, 12:33 PM	#5
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	cute. +1 for cross thread humor. of course dollars is a count noun, even considering fractional dollars. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

03-02-2012, 12:46 PM	#7
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Why of course? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

03-02-2012, 01:49 PM	#8
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	because all our transactions, especially ones at the hardware store, are completed using a finite, rational number of dollars. In any event, the number ten, that's clearly countable, it's the number of dollars I'm measuring against. furthermore, 9.999r is not less than ten, it is equal to ten. We've established this. Just ask ZenGum. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

03-02-2012, 11:58 AM	#2
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	It's from RONCO, and it really really works!

03-02-2012, 11:59 AM	#3
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	(These pretzels are making me thirsty!)

03-02-2012, 12:27 PM	#4
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I agree with Jesus.

03-02-2012, 02:12 PM	#9
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Leave it to all y'all to turn a grammar fread into a mafs fread.

03-02-2012, 05:12 PM	#10
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	@ maths reference. You naughty people. Nine is one less than ten, but nine dollars is one fewer than ten dollars. I think "fewer" is on it's way out and will be quite archaic in 50 years or so, and simply because we are too lazy to uphold standards. When was the last time you complained to the supermarket checkout operator about the sign saying "twelve items or less"? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

03-02-2012, 05:23 PM	#11
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Did you just say the fewer the better and less is more?

03-02-2012, 05:31 PM	#12
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	More or less. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

03-02-2012, 07:31 PM	#13
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	or something. It's Friday night, I need a pass...... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-02-2012, 07:46 PM	#14
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	The Passage of Time Is Flicking Dimly Up On the Screen I Can't See the Lines I Used to Think I Could Read Between Perhaps My Brains Have Turned to Sand Oh Me Oh My I Think It's Been An Eternity You'd Be Surprised At My Degree of Uncertainty How Can Moments Go So Slow. Several Times I've Seen the Evening Slide Away Watching the Signs Taking Over From the Fading Day Perhaps My Brains Are Old and Scrambled. Several Times I've Seen the Evening Slide Away Watching the Signs Taking Over From the Fading Day Changing Water Into Wine. Several Times I've Seen the Evening Slide Away Watching the Signs Taking Over From the Fading Day Putting the Grapes Back On the Vine. (Simultaneously With the Last Two Verses, Another Voice Sings Another Melody With Different Words, As Follows Who Would Believe What a Poor Set of Eyes Can Show You Who Would Believe What An Innocent Voice Could Do Never a Silence Always a Face At the Door. Who Would Believe What a Poor Set of Ears Can Tell You Who Would Believe What a Weak Pair of Hands Can Do Never a Silence Always a Foot in the Door. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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