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<div>
<br></div><div>Can't speak for you yanks though. You can't spell colour right<br><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 2:33 AM, Peter Jukes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pdjukes@gmail.com">pdjukes@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Without cherry picking too much...<div><br></div><div>A specific colour of cherry is just one out of many</div><div>A particular colour cherry stands out above the many (in good ways and bad)</div>
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On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 1:11 AM, Rob Enderle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:renderle@enderlegroup.com" target="_blank">renderle@enderlegroup.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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.<br>
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Subject: [debate] particular vs specific<br>
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perhaps with all of your input i can rest tonight<br>
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for the past few months (yup i lead an easy lifestyle) i've been going<br>
back and forth with my g/f over which one of the above words is correct<br>
for example<br>
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i like a particular shade (not so good)<br>
i like a specific shade (much better)<br>
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she selected a particular cherry (yikes)<br>
she selected a specific cherry (ahh)<br>
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so do tell, you smart peeps,<br>
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which one is more correct, according to the insane rules of the english<br>
language<br>
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