Cato's Grammar Grumble

[Ken B]

Aye.  In inglese, if he wanted something more emphatic than (the admittedly rather neutral) several, I suppose he might have to go with a great many.

Untold. it is le mot juste. It means "not numbered or counted".
So: "451 masses, an untold number of which have been recorded."

[Karl Henning]

Nice.  I could tell I was being underverbal with a great many, but I was powerless . . . .

[Wendell_E]

Untold. it is le mot juste. It means "not numbered or counted".
So: "451 masses, an untold number of which have been recorded."

But the untold number could be just a few.  I'd go with "a whole bunch" or "a buttload".

[Cato]

But the untold number could be just a few.

Well, in a literal sense, yes.  But the dictionaries I consulted gave the definition as "vast" or "too many to be counted."  It was not defined as "unknown" in this sense.

[kishnevi]

A set of Grumbleworthy mugs
http://www.theliterarygiftcompany.com/grammar-grumble-mugs---set-of-all-six-14140-p.asp

[Ken B]

But the untold number could be just a few.  I'd go with "a whole bunch" or "a buttload".

No. The implication is a lot. That's the standard usage.

Well, in a literal sense, yes.  But the dictionaries I consulted gave the definition as "vast" or "too many to be counted."  It was not defined as "unknown" in this sense.

As I said.

However that is what we want here. He wrote a whole lot, 400 plus, of which many, no exact count, but not just a few have been recorded.

[Ken B]

A set of Grumbleworthy mugs
http://www.theliterarygiftcompany.com/grammar-grumble-mugs---set-of-all-six-14140-p.asp

Must be imports. In 16 years Living here I have yet to meet an American who gets less/few. Or uses a fork correctly. 

[aquablob]

Speaking of "a lot"...

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

[Karl Henning]

Must be imports. In 16 years Living here I have yet to meet an American who gets less/few. Or uses a fork correctly. 

Solution: Less forks.

[Ken B]

Solution: Less forks.

Happens naturally, with age and a long marriage.

[jochanaan]

Could be the Libra in me, but I do prefer mid-falutin'.

And I simply like fluting, and flouting, in any range.

[Florestan]

And I simply like fluting, and flouting, in any range.

Off topic: have you ever tried playing The Flute´s Garden of Delights?

[jochanaan]

Off topic: have you ever tried playing The Flute´s Garden of Delights?

That's one I hadn't heard of--apparently a criminal omission in one who loves early music.  I'll have to look into it!

[kishnevi]

The manager of the fine jewelry department went to a corporate sponsored training yesterday.  On the store management schedule this was noted as
                                            FINE JEW TRAINING

There are things at which one can only laugh.....

[Cato]

The manager of the fine jewelry department went to a corporate sponsored training yesterday.  On the store management schedule this was noted as
                                            FINE JEW TRAINING

There are things at which one can only laugh.....

Oy! Some people are such mumsers!  0:)

[Florestan]

The manager of the fine jewelry department went to a corporate sponsored training yesterday.  On the store management schedule this was noted as
                                            FINE JEW TRAINING

There are things at which one can only laugh.....

Teach Jews not to [insert stereotype].   

[Karl Henning]

♫ This little Jew of mine,
I'm gonna train him fine . . . .

[Ken B]

 

Some days I don't know who is more terrifying: the members here I usually disagree with, or the ones I usually agree with!

[jochanaan]

Some days I don't know who is more terrifying: the members here I usually disagree with, or the ones I usually agree with!

Satire is such a terrifying art form.

[Karl Henning]

Well, at least the first bullet point makes sense with must be . . . .