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Old 05-10-2017, 11:06 AM
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Hello. Is this on? Testing...

My peevoid is the current and constant, IMHO, misuse of "pre-" when employed as an adverb. This is manifestured whenever used with the past tense of a verb. Car dealers really enjoy the now ubiquitous, "pre-owned", as a replacement for the traditional and simple, yet politically incorrect, "used". As in, oh, the horror, "used cars". The rationale is that "pre-owned" is short for "previously-owned". Logical, as we are known for our abbrevity. However, this COMPLETELY CHANGES THE MEANING.

Simply put, "pre-" means "before", "not yet", maybe even, "un-". To me, "pre-owned" means, "new", as in, "not yet owned".

Some things either are or are not. Plastic modelers are fond of the terms "pre(or post)-shaded", "pre-painted", "pre-assembled", etc. Same deal. An item is either "assembled" or it isn't, likewise, "shaded", "painted", and so on.

Example: One would say, "I owned that car", not, "I pre-owned that car".

"Pre-" does not splay my contentment, nor, yea, verily, nail-scrape my chalk board when coupled to a noun, however. "Pre-flight", for example, is perfectly acceptable.

And, of course, there's a redundancy factor has yet to be addressed...but not today.

I fully appreciate the tenet adopted by Colin Chapman, "Simplicate and add lightness".

Now, y'all'll excuse me, I must attend to my pre-mowed lawn....
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Old 05-10-2017, 12:08 PM
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I've always wondered why the opposite of hilarious isn't lowlarious.
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Old 05-10-2017, 01:33 PM
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If Pro is the opposite of con,
Then the opposite for progress is. . . .
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Old 05-10-2017, 02:47 PM
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If Pro is the opposite of con,
Then the opposite for progress is. . . .
Nailed it.
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Old 06-25-2017, 10:36 PM
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When you marry the right woman, you are complete. And when you marry the wrong woman, you are finished. And when the right one catches you with the wrong one, you are completely finished! - I just saw this online :D
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Old 07-12-2017, 11:00 AM
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Severely peeved.

The one that rattles the bars of my cage is people who say "I could of...."
instead of "I could've....."
I will NOT mention Manchester at this time.
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Old 07-12-2017, 11:37 AM
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When you marry the right woman, you are complete. And when you marry the wrong woman, you are finished. And when the right one catches you with the wrong one, you are completely finished! - I just saw this online :D
See the first post of this thread
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Old 07-13-2017, 02:39 PM
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By the way, is there any difference at all between "exact", "precise" and "accurate"?
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Old 07-13-2017, 03:52 PM
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I always thought incontinent meant that you were somewhere in Europe, as apposed to being in the UK.
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Old 07-20-2017, 12:37 PM
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Dear Mirco
As you should have realised (Pre-thought ?) from the term "Pre-owned"
1/ Exact - The scene before this one.
2/ Precise - How big you used to be.
3/ Accurate - A religious churchy type person..
I cannot for the life of me understand why people find English so hard to understand.
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