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then/than. Yup, that's a killer. On the issue of Name Mispronunciation, which I put in at the top of this thread: In a former job, I answered many phones to take information from branch-workers needing document lookups... "Research, this is Mike," I'd say. "Hi, Frank," was far too often the...

or, you may... TRUMP EITHER TEST or, refer to the... TURRETS THEME TIP (some sort of microsoft desktop setting boondoggle) then again, you may prefer... TEEPEE HIT MR STRUT I really need to put my Scrabble[©] tiles away now. Note: The above comments are the opinionated ravings of...

Sort of an algebraic story problem...n quail, Henry? Also easily described as a crappy anagram. HarleyQuinn Steeper truth, Tim ... I think that's a tough one. I am undoubtedly wrong. Note: The above comments are the opinionated ravings of Mr3Putt. As such, Mr3Putt accepts no responsibility...

I'm going ask Mary to marry me tonight," said Tom, engagingly.

E2, the 3Putts wish you and your bride happiness.

donutman yeah, that the CASE statement, of course, works just fine... I was just hoping that something would shake loose from the great foggy recesses of my memory. Something closer to COALESCE, but checking for lower values instead of NULLs. I guess I'm remembering wrong. It might've been in...

Seems to me that there was a funtion somewhere that returned the greater of two parameters, like: biggerOf(1, 5) = 5... or biggerOf(0, -1) = 0 I want to set a zero baseline, but I cannot recall the quick way (if ever there was one). dang, i'm gettin' old Note: The above comments are...

SilentAiche lol. Oh, I've found another one at our office here. We post our quarterly FOCUS reports on our web site. What, oh what, could FOCUS stand for? Financial and Operational Combined Uniform Single report. Why, it's been combined, and now it's uniform... and since it's combined...

My oatmeal storage warehouse business has mushroomed! (which is not actually a good swiftie, but was off the top of my head) NYPD Blue's profane dialogue was censored. When Boccho found out, he stared blankly (or blankity-blank-ly?). The cows were out, he'd he[a]rd. (which actually means...

E2, I think you may be confusing what something MEANS, with what something INDICATES. Just seemed a very arrogant statement, not unlike statements I make all the time (that's how I recognized it). My experience in arrogant statements and therefore the recognition of same, does not mean that...

Actually, I think 'but' works much better. It contrasts his normal activity to his current activity in a measure of degree (or something). Q: If JP2 is not leading the service, will he be listening or watching? Does he have some input on the services? What the deuce is going on with the Pope...

...and lead us not into the downward spiral of orientated and conversate(d)...

E2: For me to score only 8 out of 15 (with ample warning that it was hard) means the test is flawed, not my answers. The above statement is also remarkably flawed. I didn't like the test either but since I shan't pony up the $$ to find out what the deuce they think the best answers are, I will...

SilentAiche I imagine they will eventually, I think.

To perform as Devil's Advocate is not a pessimistic or even contrarian duty. In my line of work, it is to unearth potential errors before striking on a course of action. The DA (hmmm... that's odd) has an important job, as I see it. Of course, I often choose that role in design meetings and...

Gah! Another 9/10 score. Someday I'm going to learn that dang Lie Lein Lay Lei Laid Lion Lied Lain Lane Line thing. Maybe it's today, but I doubt it. Note; I threw the extraneous words Lein, Lei, Lion, Lane, and Line into that sentence based on their homophonic quality, not because I thought...

Pyrrhic... won at too high a cost. As the OP implied: How to explain the term to one who does not know it... certainly not all here, even E2 and CC knew what an "adjective" was at birth. What other words were used to describe the duty of "adjectives" while learning grammar? Your teacher...

Damn, I didn't think anyone remembered Gabby Hayes anymore. I actually laughed aloud at that, donbott. Thanks. -Mr3Putt

Tim, Tracy, et al I understand the point. Still, print out the word "onomatopoetic" and hand it to a coworker to pronounce... results? Even folks who have a nagging memory of what it means will probabl pronounce this form incorrectly. I'm gonna go ahead and guess that "po-eh-tic" wins in a...

Of course what you write is absolutely true, but it should be noted that I indicated that it may "lead others to believe that something rhymes". I would bet, and probably give odds, that if you asked 100 members of the general public to define "poetic", and then asked them to write two lines...