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FierceKitty

Armies of the Middle Ages (Heath). Annoying quirk he developed writing this: says utilize all the time (rather than use, which a human being would say), and clearly has no understanding of the word decimate.
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Ithoriel

decimate
ˈdɛsɪmeɪt/
verb
verb: decimate; 3rd person present: decimates; past tense: decimated; past participle: decimated; gerund or present participle: decimating

    1.
    kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of.
    "the inhabitants of the country had been decimated"
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paulr

Quote from: Ithoriel on 30 March 2015, 02:32:48 AM
decimate
ˈdɛsɪmeɪt/
verb
verb: decimate; 3rd person present: decimates; past tense: decimated; past participle: decimated; gerund or present participle: decimating

    1.
    kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of.
    "the inhabitants of the country had been decimated"

1/10 isn't really a large proportion
Unless of course you are the one
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Ithoriel

The word decimate ceased to be reserved solely for the loss of a 1/10th sometime in the last millennium!

Do keep up with the language or you'll wind up as far behind as FK  :D :D :D
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FierceKitty

From a man (courtesy title) who hasn't learned to put a full stop at the end of his sentences. Hmmmm.

BTW, I was pleased to note that the Doctor's nemesis ordered the decimation of the human race with due respect to history, lexis, and arithmetic.
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getagrip

Quote from: FierceKitty on 30 March 2015, 01:55:37 PM
From a man (courtesy title) who hasn't learned to put a full stop at the end of his sentences. Hmmmm.

BTW, I was pleased to note that the Doctor's nemesis ordered the decimation of the human race with due respect to history, lexis, and arithmetic.

From a man who uses a superfluous comma before his conjunction.   :D
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FierceKitty

Only decent thing Oxford has done since the ECW.
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getagrip

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cameronian

Quote from: getagrip on 30 March 2015, 01:58:17 PM
From a man who uses a superfluous comma before his conjunction.   :D

Would you describe BTW as a conjunction? I would have said its a prepositional phrase, anyhow it shouldn't be used to start a sentence but to introduce a new, less important topic  :P
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mollinary

Quote from: cameronian on 31 March 2015, 03:43:49 PM
Would you describe BTW as a conjunction? I would have said its a prepositional phrase, anyhow it shouldn't be used to start a sentence but to introduce a new, less important topic  :P

Cam, I think he is talking about the comma before "and arithmetic."  There is no comma before BTW. ;)

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getagrip

Quote from: mollinary on 31 March 2015, 03:54:02 PM
Cam, I think he is talking about the comma before "and arithmetic."  There is no comma before BTW. ;)

Mollinary

I thank you. ;)
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Fenton

Whats this full stop thing your all talking about?
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cameronian

Quote from: mollinary on 31 March 2015, 03:54:02 PM
Cam, I think he is talking about the comma before "and arithmetic."  There is no comma before BTW. ;)

Mollinary

Yes you're right, got mixed up with before and after ...  :-[
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getagrip

Quote from: cameronian on 31 March 2015, 06:20:30 PM
Yes you're right, got mixed up with before and after ...  :-[

It's and easy mistake make to. :D
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Quote from: Fenton on 31 March 2015, 05:11:46 PM
Whats this full stop thing your all talking about?

Sounds like my early love life. My girlfriends would often shout "Fool! Stop!".

:P
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