General Discussion

brooklynite

(96,882 posts) Thu Mar 17, 2022, 06:23 PM Mar 2022

"Round up the usual suspects..."

Link to tweet

7 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

"Round up the usual suspects..." (Original Post) brooklynite Mar 2022 OP

I just don't get these... "MORANS" RustyWheels Mar 2022 #1

Again, tie score. dchill Mar 2022 #2

The left has the Squad TheProle Mar 2022 #3

No, it's acceptable usage... brooklynite Mar 2022 #4

That still doesn't indicate plural TheProle Mar 2022 #5

Can also be used for a designated group, i.e. "The Squad" was the lone group that supported whatever Hekate Mar 2022 #6

Sure TheProle Mar 2022 #7

RustyWheels

(205 posts)

1. I just don't get these... "MORANS"

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 06:27 PM

Mar 2022

They serve absolutely no useful purpose in Congress.

dchill

(42,660 posts)

2. Again, tie score.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 06:28 PM

Mar 2022

TheProle

(4,072 posts)

3. The left has the Squad

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 06:28 PM

Mar 2022

The right has the Fraud.

Note to the original tweeter: 8 votes is not the "lone" NO votes.

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)

4. No, it's acceptable usage...

Reply to TheProle (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 06:32 PM

Mar 2022

"LONE" has multiple definitions...

lacking the support of others; isolated.

(Oxford Dictionary)

TheProle

(4,072 posts)

5. That still doesn't indicate plural

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 06:36 PM

Mar 2022

plus it's a secondary definition after:

having no companions; solitary or single

It was an offhand comment, but I found it annoying (if not absolutely incorrect).

Hekate

(100,133 posts)

6. Can also be used for a designated group, i.e. "The Squad" was the lone group that supported whatever

Reply to TheProle (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 06:43 PM

Mar 2022

TheProle

(4,072 posts)

7. Sure

Reply to Hekate (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 17, 2022, 06:45 PM

Mar 2022

but that wasn't the sentence construction as there was no collective noun, so it was referring to a group of individuals.

Reply to this discussion