Comments on: Grammar 101: Much Ado About Many

By: Grammar 101: There, Their, and They’re « Beyond the Rhetoric

Grammar 101: There, Their, and They’re « Beyond the Rhetoric — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:00:41 +0000

[...] this edition of Grammar 101, we consider a suggestion from Shawn Knight, the same guy who won my E3 swag contest last month. This also happens to be one [...]

By: Shawn Knight

Shawn Knight — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:06:08 +0000

I could see a post on to / too / two being useful as well as there / their. I see both of these confused all the time online, even on some ‘professional’ sites.

By: Ray Ebersole

Ray Ebersole — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:43:38 +0000

Muchly, could become part of the lexicon if it was used like Rachel Ray has used EVOO or Sammie for her food.

Not that I see a use for any of it, every year a catch work that someone coins and everyone wants to use. As humans we are just too influenced by PR.

By: dcr

dcr — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:22:30 +0000

Muchly can be a word if we keep using it and get it to catch on.

By: Michael Kwan

Michael Kwan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:31:13 +0000

“Thank you very much.” Since that is perfectly acceptable, I’d say that “Thanks much” is equally acceptable, albeit on a more casual level. The first time I heard “thank you muchly” was in Animal Crossing. Muchly is not a word.

By: Lesley

Lesley — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:54:51 +0000

Thank you muchly!

I say that a lot. “Thanks much”, as well. Is that wrong? Or is it just slang?

By: dcr

dcr — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:36:13 +0000

Much thanks!

I wonder when the use of “success” as quantifiable noun became obsolete. One of the definitions for success was outcome, or desirable income. For example, you could have many military successes. You could have three military successes.

There was also the use of the term to describe a person. You could say that Donald Trump is a success. You could have a room full of successful people and say that it was a room full of successes.