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Quote from: T42 on 09 January, 2016, 04:16:51 pmIn a trailer for a film called "London has fallen" (looks like rubbish) the wondrous line "London has been decimated". Er... devastated?The OED says:Quote from: OEDdecimate, v. 1. c. to reduce drastically or severely; to destroy, ruin, devastate. ... now the most usual sense in standard English.with citations from 1660 onwards.
In a trailer for a film called "London has fallen" (looks like rubbish) the wondrous line "London has been decimated". Er... devastated?
decimate, v. 1. c. to reduce drastically or severely; to destroy, ruin, devastate. ... now the most usual sense in standard English.
Then Cruz said that both McCain, born in Panama, and George Romney, Mitt’s father, were born in Mexico.
Quote from: Gareth Rees on 13 January, 2016, 08:02:16 pmQuote from: T42 on 09 January, 2016, 04:16:51 pmIn a trailer for a film called "London has fallen" (looks like rubbish) the wondrous line "London has been decimated". Er... devastated?The OED says:Quote from: OEDdecimate, v. 1. c. to reduce drastically or severely; to destroy, ruin, devastate. ... now the most usual sense in standard English.with citations from 1660 onwards.That's very irritating.If it has become the most usual sense in standard English it's only from abuse - and probably the nefarious influence of German George.
Quote from: T42 on 15 January, 2016, 09:22:17 amQuote from: Gareth Rees on 13 January, 2016, 08:02:16 pmQuote from: T42 on 09 January, 2016, 04:16:51 pmIn a trailer for a film called "London has fallen" (looks like rubbish) the wondrous line "London has been decimated". Er... devastated?The OED says:Quote from: OEDdecimate, v. 1. c. to reduce drastically or severely; to destroy, ruin, devastate. ... now the most usual sense in standard English.with citations from 1660 onwards.That's very irritating.If it has become the most usual sense in standard English it's only from abuse - and probably the nefarious influence of German George.Abuse? Meh.It's just an exaggeration for effect thing. Perfectly normal. There are many (conflict-related) other examples:"Chelsea were thrashed by <insert any premier league club> yesterday."(Note that I do consider abuse of "literally" worthy of a proper thrashing. I'd be quite happy to see that usage decimated ... )
In all intensive purposes......
In an email received from my client last FridayQuoteIn all intensive purposes.......... is not what she meant, and English is her first language
US President Barack Obama has pledged his support to the Michigan city beset by a water contamination crisis, saying Flint had been "short-changed".Speaking from nearby Detroit, he said: "If I were a parent up there, I would be beside myself that my kid's health could be at risk."The city's water became contaminated when lead leached from old pipes after a change in supplier in 2014.Since then, residents have complained of bad smells, headaches and rashes.Unable to drink tap water, the National Guard has joined volunteers in distributing lead tests, filters and bottled water.
Oil rout in progress:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35362397
that's not science, it's semantics.
That's interesting - they should tell Simon Jack to read it. The standard used by the publishers of the indices, and across the UK financial sector is "indices", and often "indexes" in the US (though Bloomberg's website hedges its bets by using both on the same page!).
Does that mean we're allowed to hang offenders?
Andrij. I pronounce you Complete and Utter GIT