Daily Review 10/03/2016

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  1. 1

    Oh dear. I confess to being a bit of a grammar junkie. My biggest moans are:

    Bought. Brought.
    Loose. Lose.
    Choose. Chose.

    Otherwise intelligent people are forever getting them the wrong way round.

    Sigh…

      1. 1.1.1

        They’re both. Using them in the wrong context such as:

        I brought a pen from the Stationers.
        I bought home a pen I found on the bus.
        Wrong way round of course.

        At the end of a long, hard day one is allowed to contribute a light-hearted response to Daily Review.

          1. 1.1.1.1.1

            principle or principal.
            I have seen claims that the (insert party name) MPs do what their principals tell them. Hmm.

            1. 1.1.1.1.1.1

              That’d be correct as they don’t have any principles to guide them and thus just do what their donors tell them to.

      2. 1.1.2

        No they are grammatical errors. IE: Not knowing which word to use, when they sound the same and have 2 totally different meanings. FFS I did this sort of thing in primary school.

      1. 1.2.1

        The Americanisms are what amuse me

        Get off of something
        The double “is” (the thing is, is that… the point is, is that….)
        The “get go”
        the famous nookyoolar: ….

    3. 1.3

      Sports commentators are the worst.
      “This is a new record!”
      Another one I’ve often wondered about:
      “…….her personal best time.” (If its hers surely its personal?)

        1. 1.5.1.1

          ah – I thought I was too late to join in on this discussion !!

          My bugbear is that awful Americanism – gotten.

          Its now creeping (or has leapt) into NZers’ ordinary conversation.

    1. 4.1

      Yup such sound managers this rock star govt.

      Slash n burn, force some of your mates on them, plunder then blame them when it gets out.

      Not all of it gets out.

  5. 5

    Nice piece on TV3 news tonight outlining National’s Northland problem and the possibility it might spread to the Whangarei electorate at the next election. Apparently rumours are swirling up there that Shane Jones may stand for NZ First. The sitting member was too scared to answer a perfectly innocuous question from the reporter and, a not very pleased looking John Key had to move things along.

    1. 5.1

      Thanks ScottGN. Enjoyed the look on Key’s face. Peters wouldn’t comment on the Whangarei electorate….even if Jones doesn’t stand (which I guess he will) Peters will milk it. Genius.

        2. 5.1.1.2

          Paying the price for annoying Judith so many times at the airport when she had just got off the plane in Wellington

    2. 5.2

      ScottGN@5: Surely he will have to change his tune on the TPPA if he stands for NZ First? Isn’t Winston dead against it?

    2. 6.2

      He was one of the many Helen Clark mistakes.
      Quite a few of us said at the time that he was the wrong person in the Labour caucus.
      Actually, despite the honest attempt at rejuvenating the Labour ranks, Helen made very many mistakes and most of them are still there, especially several prominent careerists.

        1. 6.2.1.1

          I don’t think it was Clark’s fault Shane Jones is a porn-loving party-hopping fatso.

          What happened to personal responsibility?

          2. 6.2.1.1.2

            Oh, it’s not Clark’s fault that Shane Jones is a porn loving party hopping fatso.

            It’s Clark’s fault that he was a Labour MP.

            1. 6.2.1.1.2.1

              Yup That was a wtf moment for many labour folk, especially those with knowledge of jones as an elite iwi boot boy who wasn’t that well liked on the right either as Shane is all about Shane.

              The dumbing down and shifting to the muddle has continued since.

            2. 6.2.1.1.2.2

              Although he was and is popular, funny, connected, well funded, charismatic, effective, policy-coherent, persuasive, and otherwise what Labour needs in spades.

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