more random inquiries

Cloud · 06-02-2010, 07:05 PM

--what do you call that piece of living room furniture you sit on? A couch? sofa? davenport? divan?

--what do you call fizzy sweet drinks like Coca Cola? a soft drink? soda? pop? sodapop?

--do you put an "s" at the end of toward? i.e., "towards"?

Spexxvet · 06-02-2010, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

--what do you call that piece of living room furniture you sit on? A couch? sofa? davenport? divan?

Sofa

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Originally Posted by Cloud

--what do you call fizzy sweet drinks like Coca Cola? a soft drink? soda? pop? sodapop?

Soda

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Originally Posted by Cloud

--do you put an "s" at the end of toward? i.e., "towards"?

No

limey · 06-02-2010, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

--what do you call that piece of living room furniture you sit on? A couch? sofa? davenport? divan?

Sofa

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--what do you call fizzy sweet drinks like Coca Cola? a soft drink? soda? pop? sodapop?

A fizzy drink. Frequently the Scots refer to it as "ginger", though.

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--do you put an "s" at the end of toward? i.e., "towards"?

Towards.

Rhianne · 06-02-2010, 08:44 PM

1 Settee
2 Fizzy drink (though as Limey says, most folk around here call it 'Ginger')
3 Towards

squirell nutkin · 06-02-2010, 08:55 PM

couch
soda
tords

lumberjim · 06-03-2010, 12:08 AM

couch and sofa both

soda

toward or towards depends on plurality of context....

your cars are pointed toward the finish line

your car is headed towards the finish line

Gravdigr · 06-03-2010, 03:30 AM

Couch/sofa
It's a Pepsi (that's what I drink), generically--it's a soda
Toward

toranokaze · 06-03-2010, 08:28 AM

Chair

Soda( soft drink sometimes about equal with refresicas)

Depends on context

glatt · 06-03-2010, 09:09 AM

couch

soda (but usually "that crap")

tords

TheMercenary · 06-03-2010, 11:17 AM

Couch, Soda, Torsades

Shawnee123 · 06-03-2010, 11:37 AM

Couch

Pop

Depends on context

(But NEVER add an S to anyway. Just don't.)

Clodfobble · 06-03-2010, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

toward or towards depends on plurality of context....

your cars are pointed toward the finish line

your car is headed towards the finish line

To me, it's not the plurality of the subject, but whether there is movement. So I'd agree with both your example sentences: because toward means a certain direction while towards means actually moving in that direction. (To me, anyway--I'm not saying there's a grammatical rule about that...)

Trilby · 06-03-2010, 04:06 PM

couch

pop

two swords.

lumberjim · 06-03-2010, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

To me, it's not the plurality of the subject, but whether there is movement. So I'd agree with both your example sentences: because toward means a certain direction while towards means actually moving in that direction. (To me, anyway--I'm not saying there's a grammatical rule about that...)

you may be onto something there. I noticed when i was making the example sentences that headed sounded better in the second one....

lumberjim · 06-03-2010, 04:53 PM

what would you say if my plane was on a treadmill flying in the direction of the finish line, but not actually moving because of the treadmill?

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06-03-2010, 03:30 AM	#7
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06-03-2010, 08:28 AM	#8
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06-02-2010, 08:44 PM	#4
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	1 Settee 2 Fizzy drink (though as Limey says, most folk around here call it 'Ginger') 3 Towards

06-03-2010, 09:09 AM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	couch soda (but usually "that crap") tords

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TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Couch, Soda, Torsades

06-03-2010, 11:37 AM	#11
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Couch Pop Depends on context (But NEVER add an S to anyway. Just don't.) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

06-03-2010, 04:06 PM	#13
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06-03-2010, 04:53 PM	#15
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	what would you say if my plane was on a treadmill flying in the direction of the finish line, but not actually moving because of the treadmill? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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