Something helpful

**crashe** · 28th April 2006, 11:48

Originally Posted by Rosie

So in that case you'd use fibre cement?

No no no it must be HIGH Fibre cement...
you know to get you *ahem cough cough * going......

Oh and you must SHUT the door during and after you have gone....

**Rosie** · 28th April 2006, 12:06

Originally Posted by Hitcher

You create fewer dishes.

(Being helpful, in the spirit of this thread...)

A spoon isn't a dish. So when talking about 'dishes' it's more a continuous quantity of stuff to be washed, rather than a discrete number of dishes. Thus 'less' rather than 'fewer'. Or something like that.

They stopped teaching grammar long before I started school, so I'm really on the back foot here.

**Hitcher** · 28th April 2006, 17:44

Originally Posted by Rosie

They stopped teaching grammar long before I started school, so I'm really on the back foot here.

Less means "not as much"; fewer means "not as many." Trust your ear: if you'd use "much," use "less"; if you'd use "many," use "fewer." You earn less money by selling fewer products; you use less oil but eat fewer fries. If you can count them, use fewer.

This grammar tip courtesy of the BDOTGNZA.

**MSTRS:Me** · 28th April 2006, 17:47

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Less means "not as much"; fewer means "not as many." Trust your ear: if you'd use "much," use "less"; if you'd use "many," use "fewer." You earn less money by selling fewer products; you use less oil but eat fewer fries. If you can count them, use fewer.

This grammar tip courtesy of the BDOTGNZA.

And for your next trick, can you explain the 'who/whom' thing? Like long division, I never got that either....

**Ixion** · 28th April 2006, 18:04

To whom do you look for enlightenment. Who will enlighten you.

Who relates to the subject of the sentence, whom to the object. Or is it the other way round?

**Qkkid** · 28th April 2006, 18:13

very enlightning ixion very deep i guess thats what happens when we cant ride

our bikes because of the weather

**Hitcher** · 28th April 2006, 18:15

Originally Posted by MSTRS

And for your next trick, can you explain the 'who/whom' thing? Like long division, I never got that either....

A simple test to see which is proper is to replace who/whom with he/him. If he sounds right, use who. If him is right, use whom.

For example: since he did it and not him did it, use who did it. Since we give something to him and not to he, use to whom.

It gets trickier when the preposition is separated from the who: Who/whom did you give it to? Rearrange the words in your head: "To whom did you give it?"

The BDOTGNZA hope this is of assistance.

**Ixion** · 28th April 2006, 18:17

Originally Posted by Custard

very enlightning ixion very deep i guess thats what happens when we cant ride

our bikes because of the weather

What weather? I shall be riding home in a few minutes.

**MSTRS:Me** · 29th April 2006, 09:32

Originally Posted by Hitcher

The BDOTGNZA hope this is of assistance.

Yea, verily and forsooth.....

**kickingzebra** · 1st May 2006, 13:19

I tried to explain the words "Verily verily, I say unto you" to a japanese guy once. That was hilarious. Then there was the walrus incident.
We taught him that a walrus is like a mermaid, with a face like an elephant, with long tusks coming out of the nostrils, and wings, so it can fly, underwater, upside down.
Poor Kenichi...

**hXc** · 16th May 2007, 21:41

Sorry to dig up an old thread but...fuck this sounds good. I sort of thought of it today, haven't made it yet. But mmmm...chicken!

Chicken and cranberry pinwheel bake

2 parts cranberries: 1 part water: 2 parts brown sugar
Half an orange zest.

Rinse berries and remove stems. Place in water and add brown sugar and zest.
Boil lightly until berries pop open, stirring frequently.
Add orange zest just before removing from heat, stirring thoroughly.

Place chicken snitzel into sauce, then roll up tightly, placing in a baking dish, until all chicken is rolled. Once all chicken is used, pour over remaining sauce.

Bake in oven at a moderate heat until the chicken is cooked (I've never actually made this yet, so this is a little guess-work). Towards the end of cooking time, add some brie or other cheese/herbs over the top.