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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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 Posted - 20/03/2008 : 16:02:57
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Originally posted by FG1
Infinite I think the Argus may be right. Principle is being used as an adjective.
But the adjective to mean "of first importance" is indeed "principal" - having first place.
"principle" is a moral quality.
For example, "LTNS was of the opinion that Tony Blair was the principal judge of the principles claimed by residents in England". |
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FG1
Alagaësía
Wallis and Futuna Islands
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Posted - 20/03/2008 : 16:25:25
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Back to first principles. Quite right infinite.
Principle is only a noun. Principal can be a noun and an adjective but the two words have different meanings. |
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Control Panel
Discworld
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Posted - 20/03/2008 : 22:24:11
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Yes, it's quite easy:
The principal had principles - until the biology mistress led him astray. |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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Infinite Poppadum
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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Daveb
Earthsea
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
6330 Posts |
Posted - 27/05/2008 : 20:32:11
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| Then again, the council being ultra selective about what they will and will not tackle in the way of graffiti can be pretty frustrating! |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Daveb
Earthsea
2520 Posts |
Posted - 27/05/2008 : 20:45:50
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| Well they should not be. If it ain't wanted they should remove it, |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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Discworld
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Discworld
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Furzewick
Barsoom
United Kingdom
134 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2008 : 09:16:13
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Today at the Argus website:
Local news
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Control Panel
Discworld
1279 Posts |
Posted - 16/07/2008 : 08:50:38
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News here of editorial cuts at the Argus, which will only have one edition a day and is stopping the Sports Argus. So the proof reading will get even worse... If they increased the editorial staff and sought out news, sales would go up.
The paper had a great opportunity but became caught up in the "city" hype and alienated readers, who want real news. Odds are that it will become a free weekly.
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/greenslade/2008/07/jobs_go_at_brighton_argus.html |
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Furzewick
Barsoom
United Kingdom
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Discworld
1279 Posts |
Posted - 16/07/2008 : 17:03:42
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The Guardian piece has had some interesting comments made beneath it since this morning.
Several say that the Argus has managed to miss all of the potential markets it could reach. It had not achieved the right balancing act..
It could be doing so much more. |
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Furzewick
Barsoom
United Kingdom
134 Posts |
Posted - 16/07/2008 : 19:19:26
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New website today. Missing articles and letters.
Have they got their priorities right ? |
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Daveb
Earthsea
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Furzewick
Barsoom
United Kingdom
134 Posts |
Posted - 16/07/2008 : 20:18:11
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Great link !
Also as mentioned above, the Argus comments via the Guardian link posted earlier are well worth reading. |
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Control Panel
Discworld
1279 Posts |
Posted - 16/07/2008 : 21:49:14
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What a mess the Argus site has become today.
That will lose it readers. |
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No Expert
Barsoom
455 Posts |
Posted - 17/07/2008 : 00:23:45
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| Judging from the comments after stories, the Argus's 'readers' appear to consist of right wing shit for brains. |
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Discworld
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1376 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2008 : 13:18:03
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Today's Argus has to apologise for the other day printing a picture of a Clive Roberts who was prosecuted for groping staff. However, the paper's picture was of somebody else with that name, a restaurant owner. Today it has printed a picture of the groper.
Shouldn't it be pursuing journalistic standards instead of scratching about with a feeble website? |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/08/2008 : 16:36:57
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| Why bother with printing a picture of a groper in the first place? Has it really come down to this? |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Furzewick
Barsoom
United Kingdom
134 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2008 : 16:55:46
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| Anyone heard about this weeks Sunday Argus ? |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1376 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2008 : 11:35:43
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The Argus online today has a headline about a "twarted bank raid gang".
Any other gangs would be well advised not to enlist such Argus staff for a raid as such cackhandness would thwart the enterprise. |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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Posted - 07/09/2008 : 16:12:35
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Another Argus greatest hit in the accuracy stakes. Here's a front page report from almost a year ago, when it confidently stated that property prices in Brighton were "set to soar" 50% by 2012.
Stuff like that makes readers decide to save 100% by not buying it.
Oh, for some real news! Perhaps the paper will learn that in hard times if it wants to survive.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1784401.0/?act=complaint&cid=711826 |
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Argus Shpelling