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Posted By: Wordwind Give Me the Exacts - 10/17/04 10:44 AM
Just an expression I heard the other day that made me smile... It would have probably made many here cringe, but I pass it on to you as an example of either an isolated error or an expression that's developing among the youth.

Posted By: Zed Re: Give Me the Exacts - 10/18/04 10:41 PM
Concise, precise and functional but to be accurate it should have been "Just the exacts, ma'am, just the exacts."

Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: Give Me the Exacts - 10/18/04 10:43 PM
well, it hasn't made it up here to my middle school. yet.

and thanks Joe Friday...

Posted By: Faldage Re: Give Me the Exacts - 10/19/04 10:35 AM
an example of either an isolated error or an expression that's developing

Or another case of an adjective acting as a noun, something that has been with us since the beginning.

Posted By: AnnaStrophic Re: Give Me my Props - 10/19/04 11:21 AM
from the adj. "proper."

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