[debate] particular vs specific

[Peter Jukes]

Without cherry picking too much...
A specific colour of cherry is just one out of many
A particular colour cherry stands out above the many (in good ways and bad)


On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 1:11 AM, Rob Enderle <renderle at enderlegroup.com>wrote:

> Easy answer, you need a new girlfriend. One that will simply point out the
> shade of cherry that she likes, or better yet, one that doesn't like cherry
> at all.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: debate-bounces at whitestar.linuxbox.org [mailto:
> debate-bounces at whitestar.linuxbox.org] On Behalf Of Chaim Rieger
> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 5:00 PM
> To: debate at whitestar.linuxbox.org
> Subject: [debate] particular vs specific
>
> perhaps with all of your input i can rest tonight
>
> for the past few months (yup i lead an easy lifestyle) i've been going
> back and forth with my g/f over which one of the above words is correct
> for example
>
> i like a particular shade (not so good)
> i like a specific shade (much better)
>
> she selected a particular cherry (yikes)
> she selected a specific cherry (ahh)
>
> so do tell, you smart peeps,
>
> which one is more correct, according to the insane rules of the english
> language
>
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