Fellow pedants, gather round and share a very, very special growing-up moment in the Inferiority Complex

[motherinferior]

I explained apostrophes to DD1 today.

It was a special, precious moment (in the car, of course, as these moments tend to be). I shall remember it always.

Oh yes, countable and non-countable nouns - I knew that really

theoretically one could count sand ..if one was of a mind to

I would have applauded you if you hadn't stifled your urge to screech fewer at the thesp though

Hmm Twiglett, I'd say you could count grains of sand, so you would obviously say fewer grains of sand, but sand is like water for the purposes of less/fewer - so fewer drops/molecules of water, less water, fewer grains of sand, less sand.

bugger ..

I'll be back for it tomorrow

Honestly, I'd discuss trivia all night if it meant I didn't have to wrangle my children!

thanks for the explanation Drmartha,will have my ears cocked now!

I always know when something is wrong but I'm not always able to remember why it is wrong, or indeed, explain it to a third person, other than clenching fists and muttering between clenched teetch ''it's Just WRONG! OK?''....

aaaaah, I've found my spiritual home on MN at last...

Bless you all.

DS2 (7) enjoys throwing his one long word into conversations. That word is 'penultimate'.
Please may I join your club?

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Londonmamma, that reminds me of DD when she was coming up to 5, playing with some dolls at nursery and saying 'This baby needs to go to hospital - it's hyperventilating'.