Is this sentence grammatically correct? (Coin related)
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I was in the middle of reading revisions made by an editor to my college essay when I stumbled upon this addition she (the editor) made:
Eager to share his passion for numismatism...
Numismatism. That's the word I have in question. I could've sworn that word did not exist, but maybe I'm wrong?
Eager to share his passion for numismatism...
Numismatism. That's the word I have in question. I could've sworn that word did not exist, but maybe I'm wrong?
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That is to say, no. Someone trying to coin a new word it seems.
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<< <i>I was in the middle of reading revisions made by an editor to my college essay when I stumbled upon this addition she (the editor) made:
Eager to share his passion about numismatism...
Numismatism. That's the word I have in question. I could've sworn that word did not exist, but maybe I'm wrong? >>
I'm not sure it's technically a "grammatical" error to use a word that isn't in the dictionary ("Numismatism").
In any event, the writer should have used the word "Numismatics".
First, the expression is "passion for", not "passion about" for Pete's sake.
Second, "numismatism" is a creation from ignorance. "Numismatics" or even "Numismatology" is accurate, but not NUMISMATISM, LOL! Rob
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Numismatism is a made up word but not necessarily incorrect. It has a rather specific meaning and goes with a context. Following the general rules of the -ism suffix, this is a minor grammatical misuse. The -ism suffix typically means a condition, state, action or process, and it usually goes with more context. "numismatism" would be a way to describe something that has a numismatically related trait. But based on what I read..."Numismatics" is the proper word here.
- Conan the Grammarian
<< <i>Makes is sound like a medical condition. >>
Almost seems like it belongs in a US Mint commercial?
I am passionate about my coins and my wife and I have passion for both, but "passion about"??? Rob
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<< <i>I was in the middle of reading revisions made by an editor to my college essay when I stumbled upon this addition she (the editor) made: >>
Perhaps the editor should be taking some lessons?
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<< <i>I was in the middle of reading revisions made by an editor to my college essay when I stumbled upon this addition she (the editor) made: >>
Perhaps the editor should be taking some lessons? >>
Better not be. I actually had to pay this person to edit this essay for me. $170 freaking dollars...
... but first, he had to put them under numismatism. A hypnotic state.
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That's what it says on the 2005 Ocean In View nickel.
of the pyramid and become numisautomatons which feasted on the heav-
ily nummuolated limestone which they found nummulicious. (some were
round too)
One suspects they were frustrated numogenesists and it would be thousands
of years before numiobjects were actually mintified.
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Has anyone ever watched Scrabble competitions on TV? I can't find any dictionary that lists some of the words they "coin". When I was a bartender many years ago, the wife of the owner left a note one day to remind me that there was extra cash under the "til" to pay for an expected delivery. It used to be that the word, til, was a shortened form (poetic) of the word "until", and a cash drawer was called the "till". It seems that so many new words evolve because people become lax in their writings and it is too much trouble to take the time to check.
Chris
<< <i>Someone trying to coin a new word it seems. >>
Groan..........
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
ex: Sumorada's find of 11,000 error Washington dollars was cause by his Numismatism.
ex: Madmarty's loss of that deep cameo accented hair Kennedy at the coin shop was caused by his lack of Numismatism.
If you search for and continue to try and make P001 coins you too may cause a disturbance in the force, and find your Numismatism lost and unrecoverable.
Feel free to add other great examples of this newly defined force.
Rob
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How about this one . . . disastrophe. This came from my step-daughter when she was about 4. I literally ROFL when she said that.
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1. The practice of supposedly communicating with the spirits of the dead in order to alter a coin.
2. Black magic; sorcery.
3. Magic qualities.