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incandescensAnd now someone in the Independent newspaper (in a movie review) has used a particular phrase. Shame on them.
I am referring to the modern habit of saying that a person is "grieving the X", as in "grieving the death of his father" or "grieving the loss of his lottery ticket". Bah. Bah and humbug. The proper phrasing is "grieving over the death of his father" or "grieving for the loss of his lottery ticket". If I ever catch people who use that phrase, I shall give them something to grieve for. With a big stick.
In other news, the weather continues late-summer hot and everyone is in short sleeves.
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Who is the Provost of Summerset ?
Watch out for Summerset's Provost. He's the one with the moustache. The dangerously charming, extremely good-looking one with the moustache.
-- Echo Bazaar
I am referring to the modern habit of saying that a person is "grieving the X", as in "grieving the death of his father" or "grieving the loss of his lottery ticket". Bah. Bah and humbug. The proper phrasing is "grieving over the death of his father" or "grieving for the loss of his lottery ticket". If I ever catch people who use that phrase, I shall give them something to grieve for. With a big stick.
In other news, the weather continues late-summer hot and everyone is in short sleeves.
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Who is the Provost of Summerset ?
Watch out for Summerset's Provost. He's the one with the moustache. The dangerously charming, extremely good-looking one with the moustache.
-- Echo Bazaar
