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tvgeek401 1615 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Peanut Festival Grand Marshall" 07-03-05, 02:29 PM (EST) "Attention all grammar geeks!" So there's been a question that has been plaguing me for a few weeks now. I've already asked the smartest people I know and none of them knew the answer, so I then realised that the smartest people I know are here, on this board. Notice the flattery, an obvious attempt to soften you up and get you to answer Without further ado, here it is: When you're lightheaded and sick, would you say "I'm nauseated" or "I'm nauseous"? Do nauseated and nauseous mean the same thing? All this thinking about nausea is making me nauseous. Handcrafted by RollDdice ignore this space. ignore, ignore, ignore this spaceIcecat is da bomb! 4 8 15 16 23 42   Top

Subject     Author     Message Date     ID    RE: Attention all grammar geeks! mysticwolf 07-03-05 1  RE: Attention all grammar geeks! CwazyWabbit 07-03-05 2  RE: Attention all grammar geeks! Molaholic 07-03-05 3    RE: Attention all grammar geeks! frankz 07-03-05 4    RE: Attention all grammar geeks! TeamJoisey 07-03-05 8    RE: Attention all grammar geeks! pythonfan 07-04-05 10        RE: Attention all grammar geeks! Coconut 07-05-05 11            RE: Attention all grammar geeks! mrc 07-06-05 12  RE: Attention all grammar geeks! cahaya 07-03-05 5  RE: Attention all grammar geeks! BlueLies 07-03-05 6    RE: Attention all grammar geeks! LibraRising 07-03-05 7        Hey, thanks... BlueLies 07-04-05 9

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mysticwolf 10692 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 07-03-05, 02:52 PM (EST) 1. "RE: Attention all grammar geeks!" Nauseated adj : feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit Nausea n 1: the state that precedes vomiting 2: disgust so strong it makes you feel sick Nauseous \Nau"seous\ (?; 277), a. Causing, or fitted to cause, nausea; sickening; loathsome; disgusting; exciting abhorrence; as, a nauseous drug or medicine. -- Nau"seous*ly, adv. -- Nau"seous*ness, n. So, something nauseous causes one to feel nauseated, or to experience nausea. http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites   Top

CwazyWabbit 169 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Blistex Spokesperson" 07-03-05, 02:54 PM (EST) 2. "RE: Attention all grammar geeks!" LAST EDITED ON 07-03-05 AT 02:56 PM (EST) My DH is the son of an English teacher (a common swear word around here). He says that the proper word is nauseated. "I'm nauseous" means that "I make other people nauseated." So you really do want to be careful which word you use . eta: Sorry for the repeat. I was typing while MysticWolf was posting.   Top

Molaholic 9015 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 07-03-05, 03:04 PM (EST) 3. "RE: Attention all grammar geeks!" If I may glom on with my own question -- This was in the LA Times today, the story about the Idaho girl being found: "The waitress, who is six month's pregnant..." Is that apostrophe correct? Or shouldn't it just be plural "months"? Yet another Syren gem © MMV Now siggie-comment free!   Top

frankz 1214 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Politically Incorrect Guest" 07-03-05, 03:10 PM (EST) 4. "RE: Attention all grammar geeks!" No apostrophe.   Top

TeamJoisey 3558 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Thong Contest Judge" 07-03-05, 11:56 PM (EST) 8. "RE: Attention all grammar geeks!" Stupid editors. No hook.   Top

pythonfan 3348 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Car Show Celebrity" 07-04-05, 02:30 PM (EST) 10. "RE: Attention all grammar geeks!" Perhaps you should forward the editor a copy of this: "Nothing says romance like baboons on your car." - seana   Top

Coconut 10856 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 07-05-05, 07:44 PM (EST) 11. "RE: Attention all grammar geeks!" Yeah, or a letter bomb. Idiot. Coc au Flange-- Official Dish of the Phoquetard Inquisitorial Squad I cannot believe I missed a grammar geek thread, so I'm bumping this. Nyah.   Top

mrc 10113 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 07-06-05, 09:44 AM (EST) 12. "RE: Attention all grammar geeks!" Did you miss it b/c you were nauseous? Ferociously purrfected by thndrkttn   Top

cahaya 19891 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 07-03-05, 03:32 PM (EST) 5. "RE: Attention all grammar geeks!" LAST EDITED ON 07-03-05 AT 03:34 PM (EST) nau·se·at·ed adj. 1. Affected with nausea. 2. Feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit nau·seous adj. 1. Causing nausea; sickening. 2. Affected with nausea (*see usage problem) * Usage Note: Traditional critics have insisted that nauseous is properly used only to mean “causing nausea” and that it is incorrect to use it to mean “affected with nausea,” as in Roller coasters make me nauseous. In this example, nauseated is preferred by 72 percent of the Usage Panel. Curiously, though, 88 percent of the Panelists prefer using nauseating in the sentence The children looked a little green from too many candy apples and nauseating (not nauseous) rides. Since there is a lot of evidence to show that nauseous is widely used to mean “feeling sick,” it appears that people use nauseous mainly in the sense in which it is considered incorrect. In its “correct” sense it is being supplanted by nauseating. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=nauseous If you're feeling sick, you're feeling nauseated. Vomit is nauseous. Vomit nauseates you. You are nauseated by vomit. ETA: Also preparing this while MW posted. MW wins the race! "Timeless at lightspeed."   Top

BlueLies 398 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Cooking Show Host" 07-03-05, 05:55 PM (EST) 6. "RE: Attention all grammar geeks!" "basically mean the same thing, but one is an adjective" ...she said ously. I'd like an adverb for $500 please?   Top

LibraRising 2847 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Howard Stern Show Guest" 07-03-05, 08:20 PM (EST) 7. "RE: Attention all grammar geeks!" Those retching smileys are the most repulsive thing I've seen today. I lvoe them! A kyngsladye/IceCat masterpiece.   Top

BlueLies 398 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Cooking Show Host" 07-04-05, 02:13 PM (EST) 9. "Hey, thanks..."   Top

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