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taipan wrote:jeez, and only yesterday I suggested an alternate date for RD, to Skully.
Alternative?
That woman looks like she's just had her wisdom teeth removed.
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Red wrote:taipan wrote:jeez, and only yesterday I suggested an alternate date for RD, to Skully.
Alternative?
See what I mean Skulls.
We have had this debate before, either can be used.
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taipan wrote:Red wrote:taipan wrote:jeez, and only yesterday I suggested an alternate date for RD, to Skully.
Alternative?
See what I mean Skulls.
We have had this debate before, either can be used.
I'm sorry that can't. Unfortunately some people don't understand these because they don't understand the distinction between the two and why it's essential to use them correctly and not interchangeably.
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you are disrupting the flow of this thread.
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taipan wrote:you are disrupting the flow of this thread.
I wouldn't have to if your literacy levels were up to scratch. Your use of alternate in that context conjures up possiblities you probably didn't intend. And let's get this straight, the two cannot be used interchangeably.
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Ugh. Another hot and steamy taips and Red session. FFS.
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skully wrote:Ugh. Another hot and steamy taips and Red session. FFS.
Nah, she's all talk and no action
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The gall is what gets me.
I know the pedantry is a wind up, but the p!ssweak excuses when its own posts are full of fark ups is laughable.
I know the pedantry is a wind up, but the p!ssweak excuses when its own posts are full of fark ups is laughable.
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Told you the solution yesterday
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skully wrote:The gall is what gets me.
I know the pedantry is a wind up, but the p!ssweak excuses when its own posts are full of fark ups is laughable.
My fark ups are usually typos. He genuinely believes that you can use alternate and alternative as if they mean the same. I overlook most spellos I see but when someone blatantly tries to argue something that is wrong, he's asking for it.
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Um, what is an alternate director?
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taipan wrote:Um, what is an alternate director?
One who directs every second show.
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Red wrote:skully wrote:The gall is what gets me.
I know the pedantry is a wind up, but the p!ssweak excuses when its own posts are full of fark ups is laughable.
My fark ups are usually typos. He genuinely believes that you can use alternate and alternative as if they mean the same. I overlook most spellos I see but when someone blatantly tries to argue something that is wrong, he's asking for it.
He's a Jaarpie, WTF do you expect when Swahili and not English is his mother tongue ....
Mind you, WTF do you expect as well ... being a Con from the outback where Abbo-speak is preferred to English ...
I mean BOTH of you ... get. a. grip. FFS.
Okay Round 1 .. dingaling .... ... c'mon, give it yer best shot ...
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Red wrote:taipan wrote:Um, what is an alternate director?
One who directs every second show.
Sorry, I forgot you are not conversant with the corporate world.
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taipan wrote:Red wrote:taipan wrote:Um, what is an alternate director?
One who directs every second show.
Sorry, I forgot you are not conversant with the corporate world.
You didn't specify the context. Directors are not unique to the corporate world last time I checked.
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Guess what F.O.R. stands for.
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skully wrote:Guess what F.O.R. stands for.
I'll bite
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taipan wrote:skully wrote:Guess what F.O.R. stands for.
I'll bite
The bottom line is that Taipan has never quite grasped the difference between alternate and alternative.
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Synonym,com
Synonyms for alternative
3 senses of alternative
Sense 1:
alternate, alternative, substitute
Synonyms for alternative
3 senses of alternative
Sense 1:
alternate, alternative, substitute
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Although UK authorities disapprove, in US usage, “alternate” is frequently an adjective, substituted for the older “alternative”: “an alternate route.” “Alternate” can also be a noun; a substitute delegate is, for instance, called an “alternate.” But when you’re speaking of “every other” as in “our club meets on alternate Tuesdays,” you can’t substitute “alternative.”
Sometimes ignorance allows a misuse to come into common usage.
Sometimes ignorance allows a misuse to come into common usage.
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And that is how a language develops.
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FFS. And tails used to give me the sh!ts.
All is forgiven, taily.
Or is that you, Red?
All I need is a "Merlian" to slip, and the jig is up.
All is forgiven, taily.
Or is that you, Red?
All I need is a "Merlian" to slip, and the jig is up.
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Well thay are both from the Melbourne area.
Should we read something into that?
Should we read something into that?
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I'm lurking skulls ... lurking I tell you !!
But I can't envisage Red to be the bender somehow ... Red has actually been polite to me in the past ... which is most unusual for anyone on this board, let alone the bending-tail !!
But I can't envisage Red to be the bender somehow ... Red has actually been polite to me in the past ... which is most unusual for anyone on this board, let alone the bending-tail !!
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taipan wrote:And that is how a language develops.
Or how words are distorted so that the language loses its sense of nuance and the usefulness of certain words to perform their functions of denoting unique usage which helps to convey more specific meaning.
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