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At least three times in the past week I’ve seen the following mistake made, and it’s driving me up the wall.

Methodology is the study of methods.
Method refers to an applied technique.

For example: “many new methodologies exist...for the placing of bolts” should read “many new methods...”

Rant over.

Any others from any others?

In reply to ianstevens:

Pedants'

In reply to Thugitty Jugitty:
Pedants'.

In reply to Thugitty Jugitty:

It's so common that pedantic posts include errors on UKC they ought to have a named law beyond Mr Sod.

In reply to Offwidth:


Cole slaw?

In reply to Thugitty Jugitty:


The OP might have a corner all to himself

In reply to john arran:

That will do nicely

In reply to ianstevens:

Methodology is a SET of methods...

In reply to ianstevens:
Sorry to be pedantic, but the use you highlighted is entirely in keeping with the primary definition of "methodology";

Definition of methodology
plural methodologies
1 :a body of methods, rules, and postulates employed by a discipline :a particular procedure or set of procedures

2 :the analysis of the principles or procedures of inquiry in a particular field

(Merriam-Webster)

In reply to john arran:


Surely that should be kept for the hypothesis that criticism of religious belief can never be deemed to be racist.

In reply to Offwidth:

Not necessarily an error. A corner for pedants could perfectly correctly be called the Pedant's Corner, just as a radio programme for women could be (and is) quite correctly called 'Woman's Hour'. It's a service offered to the pedant, not a pedant. Or you might be right. After endless debate in the original Pedant's/Pedants' Corner, Private Eye has given up; they call it 'Pedantry Corner' now.

BTW, there is already a named law for this beyond that of Mr Sod (aka Mr Murphy):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law

In reply to deepsoup:
I'm aware of Mr Murphy but never thought he was at all specific for the pedant (a specifiity very much needed here). On the use of the apostrophe: the UKC pedant is never alone or abstact (too bloody common and very much 'in the face'). English is such a wonderful language partly as its living and growing and rules should always give way to apt communication and poetry; as a public web forum we should also be tolerant to those posting with less than ideal skills, sometimes maybe a little tired or drunk. Having said that a decent 'play on words' in response to errors is fine by me... its the boorish complaints I find so tedious and unfriendly.

Theree once was a pedant on U K C
Who on collective name choice got a bit arsey
Cole's was funny and fine
For an apt joke online
But the stickler insists on plain Murphy.

In reply to Offwidth:

Not sure if you're just being intentionally ironic there or not, it's all getting a little hard to unravel. Your post is an example of Muphry's law in action.

In reply to Thugitty Jugitty:


Yes, but how do you pronounce the first syllable?

In reply to Offwidth:

Mr Murphy (aka Mr Sod) is not. Mr Muphry on the other hand...

In reply to ianstevens:

This thread has had me trying to find out whether there was a route anywhere called Pedant's Corner. Anyone know?

In reply to ianstevens:

Reminds me of the goat's cheese vs goats' cheese controversy in modern cookery writing.

In reply to Offwidth:







Needs work on the scanning.

In reply to deepsoup:

My sincere apologies. An old dog can chase the wrong stick at times.

In reply to ianstevens:

On this and many forums the phrase 'studies have shown' is used to back up an argument usually with no back up references and with much derision from replies. However a more cunning 'another school of thought' has been used recently again with no references. When the derision starts i suppose it is easier to dissassociate yourself from 'a school of thought'.
ie.......just saying.

In reply to ianstevens:

Is this like Poet's corner but played upon an out of tune piano?

In reply to Pekkie:


Scansion

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/scansion

In reply to felt:


and wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Goat_cheese#Goats.27_cheese.3F
is goat cheese ok?

In reply to malk:

Well, not really, because as someone says it's not made from goat.

Incidentally, I still don't know why my Marmot tent smells of pig fat (from new).

In reply to felt:



Marmots are really tiny pigs.

In reply to felt:

what about goat milk? surely that's made from goat?

In reply to malk:

Yes, fermented goats

In reply to felt:


what model? the Catalyst 2P is vegan..

In reply to alx:

ok, so google and wiki are wrong..

In reply to malk:

It's the Nusku 3P. Maybe that means three little piggies, but aside from the smell, which seems to come from some slightly oily coating on the inside of the flysheet, I certainly find it congenial for one, despite the weight.

In reply to krikoman:


I'm not so sure. I've always had a soft spot for marmots, yet apart from Daddy Pig and to a certain extent Wilbur have I ever been that taken with pigs? Possibly not.

In reply to felt:


we'd rather not know about your soft spot if that's OK

In reply to felt:


Do they spit-roast as nicely as Guinea-Pigs are purported to?

In reply to ianstevens


I am not sure if you mean other types of word use?
If so, then I am tired of seeing and hearing functionality used instead of the much shorter/better word, function.

In reply to ianstevens:

I work with a bloke who "scribes" an email FFS!!

He also signs it off with BR, instead of Best Regards!

In reply to ianstevens:

"Yourselves" or "yourself" when "you" would suffice. On a slightly different note, I get annoyed when people in pubs say "can I get a {insert drink of choice}?" when they mean "can you get me?"

In reply to krikoman:

Are little marmots marmites?

In reply to ianstevens:
Recent notice at well known climbing wall.

" No food or drink allowed into the pit area besides bottled water."

( It was At Milton Keynes)

In reply to malk:

Again?

In reply to veteye:

They are better casseroled!

In reply to Removed Userjess13:

Dissociate please

In reply to veteye:
"inspirational" instead of "inspiring" - it seemed to spring into existence for use in a coffee advertisement.

Why has the BBC banned the use of "as", "as if" and "as though" in favour of "like"?