Wiktionary has fourice and frice. The OED has neither and I suspect that they are modern and possibly humorous extrapolations.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thrice
Jonathan
Wiktionary has fourice and frice. The OED has neither and I suspect that they are modern and possibly humorous extrapolations.
Or even a brace of decades. About 20 years.
Lyricists can draw on a deep well of aberration known as artistic licence. Taking them seriously is the real mistake.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-s ... e-64931442A man has been rescued from the River Severn in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The incident happened at English Bridge, Shrewsbury, at around 03:13 GMT.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said the man was rescued by it's water rescue technicians.
The service said they then left the casualty at around 03:40 GMT in the care of the ambulance and police, who have both been contacted.
The missing M is as dodgy as the apostrophe. If they'd phrased it as "both of whom have been contacted" they'd probably have got it right, but "who have both been contacted" probably felt funny, if it even crossed their minds.thirdcrank wrote: ↑12 Mar 2023, 12:14pmhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-s ... e-64931442A man has been rescued from the River Severn in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The incident happened at English Bridge, Shrewsbury, at around 03:13 GMT.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said the man was rescued by it's water rescue technicians.
The service said they then left the casualty at around 03:40 GMT in the care of the ambulance and police, who have both been contacted.
Who/ whom, and that awkward last phrase.
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