tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26129073.post2895999543364734979..comments2023-12-06T19:46:26.522-05:00Comments on The Greenbelt: Come on!The Ridger, FCDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26129073.post-69525764123178105382011-09-29T08:39:19.271-04:002011-09-29T08:39:19.271-04:00Can't really expect a British program(me) to g...Can't really expect a British program(me) to get it right, when most Americans don't. And it's all so confusing: we have the National Institutes of Health (plural), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (singular). Who can remember?<br /><br />My pet peeve on the "There's an 's' in there," thing is "John Hopkins University". I see that mistake made even by professors at other major U.S. universities.Barry Leibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26129073.post-37441270166063520512011-09-25T23:14:49.703-04:002011-09-25T23:14:49.703-04:00OTOH, on this evening's "Inspector Lewis&...OTOH, on this evening's "Inspector Lewis" epi -- "The Mind Has Mountains" -- we were quite sure we heard a character refer to the US's National Institute [sic] of Health. Grrr!Kathienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26129073.post-50580954496219203332011-09-23T22:16:39.801-04:002011-09-23T22:16:39.801-04:00Our reaction, too, was that the insistence on &quo...Our reaction, too, was that the insistence on "tariffS" tonight seemed overly persnickety. Of course, once in a rare while someone who's lost gets to come back months later for a second chance (probably so the company can avoid lawsuits, I reckon).Kathienoreply@blogger.com