‘Incredulous' misuse incredibly confusing (The Oklahoman) The price of land runs high in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, where developers are turning a traditional family homestead into a posh real-estate development. The superintendent for one such project looked at land prices on a nearby project and exclaimed: "Something is very wrong with that; $650,000 an acre is incredulous.” Buck figures the project superintendent was incredulous, ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Comment Registration Returns! (Washington Post) As some loyal readers have no doubt already noticed, comment registration has returned to The Fix. What does that mean for Fixistas? Simply that, before you comment on The Fix, you must sign on to the Post website using your... us.rd.yahoo.com
Buck cites a couple more informal examples (The Oklahoman) "Used to be you had a couple of something,” said Gail of Oklahoma City as Buck pumped regular unleaded into her tank at Curly's Soonerco. "Now, I keep seeing, ‘I purchased a couple tickets' and such, with the ‘of' nowhere to be seen. Is this something new, or have I just been missing the point of the situation?” It isn't new, Gail, but sticklers for proper usage would find it objectionable. In ... us.rd.yahoo.com
