Astonishing Facts....
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SCEtoAUX said:
You can't buy a hammer in Greenwich Village after midnight.
Prior to 1994, whilst you could happily trundle down to your friendly local newsagent and fill your boots with the porn mags of your choice on a Sunday, it was illegal to buy a bible!In a similar vein, have you ever wondered why there are so many Chinese Fish & Chip shops? That's because it also used to be illegal for chippies to open on a Sunday, but Chinese takeaways were both allowed to open, and also to sell fish & chips!
Antony Moxey said:
Six Figs said:
gothatway said:
I've never been able to understand that construct. What on earth does it mean ?
I know what it means, what is wrong with the construct?To help you, only is not a number, the phrase is used,, as it is possible other countries may eat cat meat but not as widely publicised.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/only
''adjective
5.
being the single one or the relatively few of the kind:
This is the only pencil I can find.''
Edited by Six Figs on Sunday 11th February 21:57
Edited by Six Figs on Sunday 11th February 22:00
Greg_D said:
There are more humans alive on this planet right now than have ever lived and died in the entirety of human evolution combined.
Such is the speed of population growth.
That can't be true, not even close.Such is the speed of population growth.
The number of people who lived between 50,000 BC and AD 2011 has been guesstimated at 107,602,707,791 by demographer Carl Haub (see Haub’s article How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth?
johnymac said:
Antony Moxey said:
Six Figs said:
gothatway said:
I've never been able to understand that construct. What on earth does it mean ?
I know what it means, what is wrong with the construct?To help you, only is not a number, the phrase is used,, as it is possible other countries may eat cat meat but not as widely publicised.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/only
''adjective
5.
being the single one or the relatively few of the kind:
This is the only pencil I can find.''
Edited by Six Figs on Sunday 11th February 21:57
Edited by Six Figs on Sunday 11th February 22:00
For example, if Fred was at a party with 300 people and absolutely none of them were still sober enough to drive, then you could say that "Fred was the only one at the party still sober enough to drive", yet if Bill and Sally were also still sober enough to drive, then "Fred was one of only three people at the party still sober enough to drive".
Both are perfectly normal and grammatical uses of the word "only".
Antony Moxey said:
Six Figs said:
gothatway said:
I've never been able to understand that construct. What on earth does it mean ?
I know what it means, what is wrong with the construct?To help you, only is not a number, the phrase is used,, as it is possible other countries may eat cat meat but not as widely publicised.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/only
''adjective
5.
being the single one or the relatively few of the kind:
This is the only pencil I can find.''
Edited by Six Figs on Sunday 11th February 21:57
Edited by Six Figs on Sunday 11th February 22:00
johnymac said:
Antony Moxey said:
Six Figs said:
gothatway said:
I've never been able to understand that construct. What on earth does it mean ?
I know what it means, what is wrong with the construct?To help you, only is not a number, the phrase is used,, as it is possible other countries may eat cat meat but not as widely publicised.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/only
''adjective
5.
being the single one or the relatively few of the kind:
This is the only pencil I can find.''
Edited by Six Figs on Sunday 11th February 21:57
Edited by Six Figs on Sunday 11th February 22:00
I am one of the millions who understand what’s being said when it’s used, agree or otherwise and then get on my merry way.
Kermit power said:
johnymac said:
Antony Moxey said:
Six Figs said:
gothatway said:
I've never been able to understand that construct. What on earth does it mean ?
I know what it means, what is wrong with the construct?To help you, only is not a number, the phrase is used,, as it is possible other countries may eat cat meat but not as widely publicised.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/only
''adjective
5.
being the single one or the relatively few of the kind:
This is the only pencil I can find.''
Edited by Six Figs on Sunday 11th February 21:57
Edited by Six Figs on Sunday 11th February 22:00
For example, if Fred was at a party with 300 people and absolutely none of them were still sober enough to drive, then you could say that "Fred was the only one at the party still sober enough to drive", yet if Bill and Sally were also still sober enough to drive, then "Fred was one of only three people at the party still sober enough to drive".
Both are perfectly normal and grammatical uses of the word "only".
Nanook said:
Wiccan of Darkness said:
Shame the grammar police aren't experiencing cutbacks. Quit it please, and stop ruining what was an interesting thread.
Anyhoo....
Octopuses have blue blood.
An ostrich can run from London to Edinburgh - and back again - non stop. It won't get cramp, either.
Had to look into the last one, apparently an Ostrich could run a marathon in 45 minutes!Anyhoo....
Octopuses have blue blood.
An ostrich can run from London to Edinburgh - and back again - non stop. It won't get cramp, either.
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