tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post3537280198285550371..comments2024-03-10T06:51:42.128+00:00Comments on The Art of Words: Grammar: Yet More Misplaced PedantryLucy R. Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-63622420998706392872014-05-18T13:35:52.350+01:002014-05-18T13:35:52.350+01:00Quite likely I got it the wrong way round, no wond...Quite likely I got it the wrong way round, no wonder I got it wrong then!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-18974598840725315062014-05-12T10:02:17.909+01:002014-05-12T10:02:17.909+01:00Surely Americans say "fill out"....??? ;...Surely Americans say "fill out"....??? ;-)Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524950191725976190.post-55657200939392334632014-05-11T10:35:29.220+01:002014-05-11T10:35:29.220+01:00And of course he is a pedant, you are a bit fussy,...And of course he is a pedant, you are a bit fussy, I am just correct. I have a vast working inner pedant, but as soon as I hear other people complain in a sneery way I am on the side of this changing language. In early journo days I was told off for 'fill in a form- - American! It should have been 'fill out'. I think that one's gone. I do still like to maintain a difference Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.com