My first five Tweets of the day –
@baldyblogger Jon Rieley-Goddard re: within and without … *without* is the culprit w/its two meanings of *outside* and *lack*. As idiom, OK to use. I don’t.
@baldyblogger Jon Rieley-Goddard re: inside and out. Works w/o the ambiguity of idioms (qv) such as *within and without* cf *inside-out* (takes hyphen in all uses) #usage
@baldyblogger Jon Rieley-Goddard re: idiom. A phrase that skates on the usual rules by common assent. For example *common assent* tho redundant enjoys wide use. #usage
@baldyblogger Jon Rieley-Goddard re: q.v. … q.v. stands for two Latin words meaning *which see*. cf *v.* which is handy and short for *see*. For other abbrev. e.g. *cf* …
@baldyblogger Jon Rieley-Goddard re: cf … which means *compare to*. For all other abbreviations and shortcuts handy for TwitterTalk? v. Google. JFGI (q.v.)
