[debate] particular vs specific

[Peter Jukes]

In other words, the rules of the English language are more descriptive than
prescriptive. This fluidity, plus the use of complex auxiliaries rather than
verb endings, and the immense number of cognates, is what gives my native
tongue its flexibility and vast range of nuance and alternate/alternative
vocabulary
Can't speak for you yanks though. You can't spell colour right


 Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 2:33 AM, Peter Jukes <pdjukes at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>>
>> Rob Enderle
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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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