Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 4:30 pm
She got what she asked for.DC69Wildcat wrote:
She got what she asked for.DC69Wildcat wrote:
Not trying to be a grammar nazi here, but the disinterested/uninterested distinction is rapidly fading. Those interested in the preservation of distinctions in meaning within the English language (most Davidson people, I would hope) should be vigilant in correct usage.citycat wrote:The way FSU has handled Jameis's issues is the opposite of stupid. They know how to placate and entertain disinterested students who have to loiter on campus for three years before heading off to the NFL.
An enormity of people literally could care less.mccabemi wrote:Literally no one cares about word usage anymore.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/15/living/li ... index.html
I like the the word disinterested, but it's harder and harder to find people who have nothing to gain by their decisions. Maybe raptorcat?WildCock wrote:Not trying to be a grammar nazi here, but the disinterested/uninterested distinction is rapidly fading. Those interested in the preservation of distinctions in meaning within the English language (most Davidson people, I would hope) should be vigilant in correct usage.citycat wrote:The way FSU has handled Jameis's issues is the opposite of stupid. They know how to placate and entertain disinterested students who have to loiter on campus for three years before heading off to the NFL.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disinterestedDisinterested and uninterested have a tangled history. Uninterested originally meant impartial, but this sense fell into disuse during the 18th century. About the same time the original sense of disinterested also disappeared, with uninteresteduninterested is still out of use, but the original sense of disinterested revived in the early 20th century. The revival has since been under frequent attack as an illiteracy and a blurring or loss of a useful distinction. Actual usage shows otherwise. Sense 2 of disinterested is still its most frequent sense, especially in edited prose; it shows no sign of vanishing. A careful writer may choose sense 1a of disinterested in preference to uninterested for emphasis <teaching the letters of the alphabet to her wiggling and supremely disinteresteddisinterested has developed a sense (1b), perhaps influenced by sense 1 of the prefix dis-, that contrasts with uninterested <when I grow tired or disinterested
Waitress wrote:I like the the word disinterested, but it's harder and harder to find people who have nothing to gain by their decisions. Maybe raptorcat?WildCock wrote:Not trying to be a grammar nazi here, but the disinterested/uninterested distinction is rapidly fading. Those interested in the preservation of distinctions in meaning within the English language (most Davidson people, I would hope) should be vigilant in correct usage.citycat wrote:The way FSU has handled Jameis's issues is the opposite of stupid. They know how to placate and entertain disinterested students who have to loiter on campus for three years before heading off to the NFL.
See http://books.google.com/books?id=mVcJqKs1isUC&lpg=PA266&dq=garner%20disinterested&pg=PA265#v=onepage&q=garner%20disinterested&f=false
See alsohttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disinterestedDisinterested and uninterested have a tangled history. Uninterested originally meant impartial, but this sense fell into disuse during the 18th century. About the same time the original sense of disinterested also disappeared, with uninteresteduninterested is still out of use, but the original sense of disinterested revived in the early 20th century. The revival has since been under frequent attack as an illiteracy and a blurring or loss of a useful distinction. Actual usage shows otherwise. Sense 2 of disinterested is still its most frequent sense, especially in edited prose; it shows no sign of vanishing. A careful writer may choose sense 1a of disinterested in preference to uninterested for emphasis <teaching the letters of the alphabet to her wiggling and supremely disinteresteddisinterested has developed a sense (1b), perhaps influenced by sense 1 of the prefix dis-, that contrasts with uninterested <when I grow tired or disinterested
When I make decisions indicative of my fondness for malt beverages and desserts, I do indeed gain.Waitress wrote:I like the the word disinterested, but it's harder and harder to find people who have nothing to gain by their decisions. Maybe raptorcat?
During my high school class reunion weekend, one of the people I hung out with a lot is a woman who uses an ultra-low-carb diet to control her diabetes without medication. In that regimen as she understands it, the only alcoholic beverage she can drink is Scotch. At what amounted to after-parties, every time someone offered her some wine, she'd have more Scotch. With her A1c level testing about 5.0, I'm not going to knock it. (While we were discussing the low-carb lifestyle, I was eating peanut M&Ms and drinking white wine.)raptorcat wrote:When I make decisions indicative of my fondness for malt beverages and desserts, I do indeed gain.Waitress wrote:I like the the word disinterested, but it's harder and harder to find people who have nothing to gain by their decisions. Maybe raptorcat?
Steve, this one is for you:stevelee wrote:An enormity of people literally could care less.mccabemi wrote:Literally no one cares about word usage anymore.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/15/living/li ... index.html
And they are not very far from wrong.
