I could care less.

[mhschmieder]

Factoid originally meant "not true". More detailed than that, but at the core, a factoid was NOT the truth! I corrected the CEO of a company I worked for, back in the mid 90's, to spare embarrassment from the misuse, but now his intended meaning has become the common dictionary definition (though not what you'll find in authoritative sources like Merriam-Webster International or Oxford English Dictionary), which is: a trivial fact about a small detail of something that isn't of global interest.

[bayswater]

Or effect is a verb

[stubbsonic]

'verb is an effect.

[James Steele]

Think of “effect” as a noun. It is the “result” of something. “Her words had a strange effect on me.”

“Affect” is more of an action. “Her words might affect me strangely.”

...except when "affect" is a noun.

That's indeed true. It's just not very commonly used as a noun these days. But, yes... if you scroll down to the bottom here:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affect

... it is listed as a noun as well. 10 points!

[James Steele]

'verb is an effect.

LOL... reverb is an effect? LOL

[monkey man]

Apostrophes with esses to denote plural. Ridiculous.

None = not one, so none of this "none are" stuff.

Get off my lawn BTW.

[James Steele]

Apostrophes with esses to denote plural. Ridiculous.

None = not one, so none of this "none are" stuff.

Get off my lawn BTW.

Yeah... that's why it should be "Back in the 80s I listened to a lot of metal." Not "Back in the 80's I listened to a lot of metal."

At least that's my understanding of how it works.

[monkey man]

Correct weight Brother James.

Simply adding an "s" is all it takes. The apostrophe denotes possession of course.

As I like to say, "ridiculous!".

[daniel.sneed]

As I like to say, "ridiculous!".

You mean ridiculou's?

[bayswater]

Germany is now allowing apostrophes (not apostrophe’s).

https://www.dw.com/en/german-language-b ... a-70435316

[stubbsonic]

Apostrophes with esses to denote plural. Ridiculous.

Well, just make sure to dot your is and cross your ts, because if you're making a list of irs for your convolution, you'll want to make sure you've a proper heading on that column.

None = not one, so none of this "none are" stuff.

I was today years old when I learned that none=no'ne=not one. So "none is"...

Out of 10 nuns, none's expecting a Spanish inquisition.

[James Steele]

Out of 10 nuns, none's expecting a Spanish inquisition.

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. Our main weapon is surprise. Surprise and fear. Our main weapons are surprise and fear… and ruthless efficiency. Among are weaponry are such diverse element as surprise, fear, ruthless efficiency, and a fanatical devotion to… never mind. I’ll come in again.

Sigh. I got some wrong, but that’s from memory. Such a funny skit.

“Cardinal Fang… put her in… oh dear… put her in the comfy chair!”

“Not the comfy chair!!”

“Yes! And poke her with the soft cushions!”

[stubbsonic]

I am SOooo glad I teeed (tee'ed?) that up for you. You hit it out of the park. Yea, that skit is definitely burned deep in my brain. My friends and I used to recite that sh't all day long. I realize MP doesn't currently land the way it used to, but I think then it was hearing people with a "proper British accent" being way sillier than one would expect possible.

[James Steele]

I am SOooo glad I teeed (tee'ed?) that up for you. You hit it out of the park. Yea, that skit is definitely burned deep in my brain. My friends and I used to recite that sh't all day long. I realize MP doesn't currently land the way it used to, but I think then it was hearing people with a "proper British accent" being way sillier than one would expect possible.

Same with me. Monty Python was some of the funniest stuff ever committed to film and on television. When I was a kid, before VCRs, I used to watch the Flying Circus show at 11pm on the local PBS affiliate and place my little Panasonic push button cassette recorder by the little speaker on my portable black and white TV in my bedroom and make audio recordings of the shows and listen to them afterward. I had so many of them memorized. Like the giant Blancmanges from the planet Andromeda, that were turning people into Scotsmen with a ray from their spaceship. Their motivation was to compete and win Wimbledon and everyone knows Scots "can't play the tennis game to save their lives." Turns out according to the rules there had to be at least one human in the finals, so an obscure kilt maker, Angus Potgorney, represented the human race in the Wimbledon finals.

The stuff was just pure genius. Wonderful satire, too. The "Bureau of Silly Walks" being one of the obvious examples. Those guys are my heroes. I'd kill to meet any of them... especially Eric Idle or John Cleese... or Michael Palin... well heck... Terry Jones. Was sad when Graham Chapman passed. Just brilliant. Loved Life of Brian... especially when Brian (Graham Chapman) is caught graffitiing the palace with what he thinks is "Romans Go Home!" and the centurion (John Cleese) catches him and then proceeds to give him Latin grammar lesson and instructs him to write it correctly a hundred times.

Don't get me started.

[HCMarkus]

I am SOooo glad I teeed (tee'ed?) that up for you. You hit it out of the park. Yea, that skit is definitely burned deep in my brain. My friends and I used to recite that sh't all day long. I realize MP doesn't currently land the way it used to, but I think then it was hearing people with a "proper British accent" being way sillier than one would expect possible.

Same with me. Monty Python was some of the funniest stuff ever committed to film and on television. When I was a kid, before VCRs, I used to watch the Flying Circus show at 11pm on the local PBS affiliate and place my little Panasonic push button cassette recorder by the little speaker on my portable black and white TV in my bedroom and make audio recordings of the shows and listen to them afterward. I had so many of them memorized. Like the giant Blancmanges from the planet Andromeda, that were turning people into Scotsmen with a ray from their spaceship. Their motivation was to compete and win Wimbledon and everyone knows Scots "can't play the tennis game to save their lives." Turns out according to the rules there had to be at least one human in the finals, so an obscure kilt maker, Angus Potgorney, represented the human race in the Wimbledon finals.

The stuff was just pure genius. Wonderful satire, too. The "Bureau of Silly Walks" being one of the obvious examples. Those guys are my heroes. I'd kill to meet any of them... especially Eric Idle or John Cleese... or Michael Palin... well heck... Terry Jones. Was sad when Graham Chapman passed. Just brilliant. Loved Life of Brian... especially when Brian (Graham Chapman) is caught graffitiing the palace with what he thinks is "Romans Go Home!" and the centurion (John Cleese) catches him and then proceeds to give him Latin grammar lesson and instructs him to write it correctly a hundred times.

Don't get me started.

Are you looking for an argument?