http://noncompositional.com/2008/09/a-non-rule-i-dont-have/ Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:44:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://noncompositional.com/2008/09/a-non-rule-i-dont-have/comment-page-1/#comment-29181 Russell Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:08:07 +0000 http://noncompositional.com/?p=283#comment-29181 <p>I've found relaxing on a few of my sensitive points ("I wish I was/were") a difficult but ultimately gratifying experience. It's still difficult each time, but now I don't get looks from people. =)</p> I’ve found relaxing on a few of my sensitive points (“I wish I was/were”) a difficult but ultimately gratifying experience. It’s still difficult each time, but now I don’t get looks from people. =)

]]> http://noncompositional.com/2008/09/a-non-rule-i-dont-have/comment-page-1/#comment-29132 Heather Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:24:56 +0000 http://noncompositional.com/?p=283#comment-29132 <p>I read about the "nauseous/nauseated" distinction in Strunk & White's The Elements of Style when I was 12, and have since been acutely conscious of it. As a teenager I was rather officious at correctly people's use, but I am a bit more relaxed about it now, as I just think how pretentious "I feel nauseous" sounds. Despite this, I still think I am a nice person. :-)</p> I read about the “nauseous/nauseated” distinction in Strunk & White’s The Elements of Style when I was 12, and have since been acutely conscious of it. As a teenager I was rather officious at correctly people’s use, but I am a bit more relaxed about it now, as I just think how pretentious “I feel nauseous” sounds. Despite this, I still think I am a nice person. :-)

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