EMPIRE GRAMMATICA
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I had actually forgotten about this (not the cause, the thread). It brings me great joy to be reminded that I do not stand alone.
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1. "Supposedly" and "Supposably" do not have the same meaning. Stop using them interchangeably.
2. The plural of text isn't pronounced "texas". In fact, when you are referring to a text, you should only be referring to a piece of literary work. If you are referring to strings of alphanumeric code on your mobile phone that you are sending to another person, you are talking about a text message. The plural of text message is text messages. 'Texts' refers to several different pieces of literary work.
Dictionary.com does recognize that, when used as a colloquialism, "text" can be a verb representing the sending of a text message. But when you are speaking of the actual message itself you are referring to it as a noun, in which case it is considered a text message(s).
Not "text" or "texts".
2. The plural of text isn't pronounced "texas". In fact, when you are referring to a text, you should only be referring to a piece of literary work. If you are referring to strings of alphanumeric code on your mobile phone that you are sending to another person, you are talking about a text message. The plural of text message is text messages. 'Texts' refers to several different pieces of literary work.
Dictionary.com does recognize that, when used as a colloquialism, "text" can be a verb representing the sending of a text message. But when you are speaking of the actual message itself you are referring to it as a noun, in which case it is considered a text message(s).
Not "text" or "texts".
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Circe wrote...
1. "Supposedly" and "Supposably" do not have the same meaning. Stop using them interchangeably.2. Dictionary.com does recognize that, when used as a colloquialism, "text" can be a verb representing the sending of a text message. But when you are speaking of the actual message itself you are referring to it as a noun, in which case it is considered a text message(s).
Not "text" or "texts".
[align=justify][color=green][font=verdana]1. Mhmm, I agree with this. As a general rule, I use "supposedly" over "supposably".
2. Now, this is something that, surprisingly, I don't agree with. I mean, yes, technically, that is right, I also think - just like you have said to me many times in the past - that language can adapt with time. With text messages, the use of the word "text/texts" has become so universal that it can easily be acknowledged as its own word - or at least, the use of the word "text/texts" can have two meanings.
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Oh! I almost forgot that this happened earlier. This was mfw a woman accused her co-worker of ending a sentence with a dangling participle. He ended the sentence with the word "at".
