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I cannot fathom why you would post this given the content of this thread. Further, you failed to correct “real”! Consider deleting …
 
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Other tips for @THE HCP

"Righty tighty, lefty loosey"

If you're confused as to which is left and right, stick your hands in front of you. Have your palms facing out. Then stick your thumbs out.

You see will that your thumb and index finger on your left hand, creates the letter L. That is your left hand.

If you don't have a left thumb, just look at your right hand and notice it is a backwards L. So that is not the left.

If in addition to not having a left thumb, you don't have a right thumb, you probably got bigger fish to fry.

If you need to count accurately and you don't have a watch, phone or a clock handy, you can go "One Mississippi, Two Mississippi", where each "Mississippi" takes about a second to say.

If someone says "it's a quarter to three", they don't mean 25 minutes to three, even tho a "quarter" is the same as 25 cents. They mean 15 minutes to three.

And even tho a quarter (or "one 4th") of 100 is 25, it is not the same on a clock.

For example, there are "4" 25's in a 100 (25, 25+25<50>, 25+25+25<75>, 25+25+25+25<100>) there are 4 equal segments in 60 minutes (15, 15+15<30>, 15+15+15<45>, 15+15+15+15<60>).

The word is "specifically" not "pacifically". The world is NOT flat. Pro-wrestling is scripted/predetermined.

If someone says "10-4", they aren't talking about a score of a game. That is mostly CB speak.

18:30 means it is 6:30 PM.

Hope these help.
 
Cugel said:
I cannot fathom why you would post this given the content of this thread. Further, you failed to correct “real”! Consider deleting …
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Real was correctly spelled although ungrammatical.
 
julius said:
Other tips for @THE HCP

"Righty tighty, lefty loosey"

If you're confused as to which is left and right, stick your hands in front of you. Have your palms facing out. Then stick your thumbs out.

You will see that your thumb and index finger on your left hand, creates the letter L. That is your left hand.

If you don't have a left thumb, just look at your right hand and notice it is a backwards L. So that is not the left.

If in addition to not having a left thumb, you don't have a right thumb, you probably got bigger fish to fry.

If you need to count accurately and you don't have a watch, phone or a clock handy, you can go "One Mississippi, Two Mississippi", where each "Mississippi" takes about a second to say.

If someone says "it's a quarter to three", they don't mean 25 minutes to three, even tho a "quarter" is the same as 25 cents. They mean 15 minutes to three.

And even tho a quarter (or "one 4th") of 100 is 25, it is not the same on a clock.

For example, there are "4" 25's in a 100 (25, 25+25<50>, 25+25+25<75>, 25+25+25+25<100>) there are 4 equal segments in 60 minutes (15, 15+15<30>, 15+15+15<45>, 15+15+15+15<60>).

The word is "specifically" not "pacifically". The world is NOT flat. Pro-wrestling is scripted/predetermined.

If someone says "10-4", they aren't talking about a score of a game. That is mostly CB speak.

18:30 means it is 6:30 PM.

Hope these help.
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Fewer modifies plural noun only. Otherwise use less.
If you do this correctly you have fewer headaches and less stress.
 
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crandc said:
Fewer modifies plural noun only. Otherwise use less.
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I absolutely suck at that. Also, I struggle with the "good" and "well" situation.
 
1. Curl your right hand into a fist.
2. Put your left index finger on the 2nd knuckle of your right index finger. Start with January.
3. Move your left finger between the knuckles and say February.
4. Continues with the months alternating from being atop a knuckle to touching between them.
5. When you get to your pinkie knuckle, you will say July. Touch the pinkie knuckle again and say August.
6. Continue with September between knuckles, atop, and so on.

The months that you say when touching a knuckle have 31 days. The ones between knuckles are 30 or 28 (sometimes 29).
They taught this in boot camp so that Marines could remember. No we did not use crayons or eat them … mostly.
 
HoopsFanAZ said:
1. Curl your right hand into a fist.
2. Put your left index finger on the 2nd knuckle of your right index finger. Start with January.
3. Move your left finger between the knuckles and say February.
4. Continues with the months alternating from being atop a knuckle to touching between them.
5. When you get to your pinkie knuckle, you will say July. Touch the pinkie knuckle again and say August.
6. Continue with September between knuckles, atop, and so on.

The months that you say when touching a knuckle have 31 days. The ones between knuckles are 30 or 28 (sometimes 29).
They taught this in boot camp so that Marines could remember. No we did not use crayons or eat them … mostly.
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I actually do this on a regular basis, so I can remember what month has how many days (cept for February).

Also, @THE HCP Some math tips.

If the sum of 2+ digit numbers add up to a number that is divisible by 3, that number is also divisible by 3.

I.e., 252. 2+5+2 = 9. 3 goes into 252 84 times.

1776 = 1+7+7+6= 21 3 goes into 21, so yes, 1776 is divisible by 3.

For bigger #'s, it works too but a little differently. If you add up a group of #'s and you don't know off the top of your head if that # is divisible by 3, add those numbers together.

So like if after adding those #'s together you end up with 78, combine 7+8. That is 15. And then 1+5=6. Which means you can divide the original # by 3.

To figure out half of a fraction, just double the denominator. Ex: 3/8. Half of 3/8th is 3/16th.

One of my favorites is "Desert" vs "Dessert".

You want *more* dessert, so it has the extra S. You don't want to be stuck in the desert because it has Sand.
 
Think the old "30 days hath September...." easier than knuckles!
 
English is a hodgepodge language. Derived from original Saxon. Norman conquest added French and Latin based words. Heard lecture on the matter. Why do we eat meat with names that don't match animals? Norman conquerors demanded Saxon peasants supply meat. Peasants called animals Saxon names, sheep, cattle, pigs. Normans used French names, mouton, boeuf, porc. Became mutton, beef, pork.
 
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