Comments on: Waiting with bated breath

By: Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:25:20 +0000

Oh. Right. Now I feel dumb.

By: Johnathan

Johnathan — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:10:17 +0000

I meant I felt dumb because of my inability to read a calendar. :-p

I’m a bit of a grammar cop, myself. It’s ok, you can admit it.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:33:38 +0000

No!!!!!!!! I was congratulating you on getting it right!!!! “Bated” as you had/have it written, is absolutely correct.

(I’m not a grammar cop — I NEVER correct people, particularly people who volunteer their time for the greater good. Like, y’know, soccer bloggers. But it does give me a sweet little frisson of joy whenever I see difficult words handled correctly. I probably should have been an English teacher or something.)

Carry on.

By: Johnathan

Johnathan — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:00:27 +0000

Wow, I feel so dumb.

Duly noted (and corrected).

By: Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:40:02 +0000

Language lover says: Thank you, thank you, thank you for spelling “bated” correctly.

Also, alas, the draft isn’t till tomorrow, so we’re all going to have to guzzle Maalox for one more day.