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eyepaddle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-04 08:18 PM
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35. Sorry, but
Edited on Fri Dec-10-04 08:24 PM by eyepaddle
You said "A" amateur when we know it's supposed to be "AN" in front of a word starting with a vowel, and in fact (although it is falling into disuse) any word starting with an "h." An example (well, actually that was one right there--here's a second) would be "I have AN harmonica." In conrast to the more common, though technically incorrect "I have A Harmonica." oh yeah, you mispelled "Amateur."

Next; your dictionary entry only defined snowiest in relation to "Snow" and "snowy," and not usage. I don't have a style guide handy (used to look at the roommate's) but I think it'd go something like this "snowiest: largest amount of snow" so if we substitute your phrase we get "least largest amount of snow." You've got contradictory and confusing modifiers. Just say "Least Snowy."

But hey! Don't let anything like being wrong stop you from feeling certain.

I also missed a mistake with a contraction, and drought--unless by draught you mean how deep a ship's keel sits in water, or possibly a nice long drink of snow.

M'mmmm drink the snow. (Just not the yellow stuff!)
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