grammar nazi has a problem
yah i pride myself on my use of the language but i'm ashamed to admit i don't know this:
when referring to some kind of experience, is it more idiomatic to say
a) "I am the richer from it"
b) "I am the richer for it"
and does it go with or without the "the"?
i need help fast! comment plz (reply a) from or b) for, and with/without "the"). google search for idioms throws up no real hints, it's a rather unusual or archaic expression i guess.
if you could i'd love a citation or sth. from a book, OED or another dictionary, whatever. thxvmuch!
EDIT: i'd also like to add this message: screw american spelling, it's giving me a headache on the uni apps. bloody anal point i know, but american spelling is sending a chill up my spine! i mean, judgement looks so right and divine; judgment looks positively fugly. and things like organization and globalization just seem like an excuse to use the z key. -.-
when referring to some kind of experience, is it more idiomatic to say
a) "I am the richer from it"
b) "I am the richer for it"
and does it go with or without the "the"?
i need help fast! comment plz (reply a) from or b) for, and with/without "the"). google search for idioms throws up no real hints, it's a rather unusual or archaic expression i guess.
if you could i'd love a citation or sth. from a book, OED or another dictionary, whatever. thxvmuch!
EDIT: i'd also like to add this message: screw american spelling, it's giving me a headache on the uni apps. bloody anal point i know, but american spelling is sending a chill up my spine! i mean, judgement looks so right and divine; judgment looks positively fugly. and things like organization and globalization just seem like an excuse to use the z key. -.-
Labels: The Universe
posted by Unknown at
7:23 pm
9 Comments:
I am...all the richer for it? that's how I say it anyway, but I'm not much of an authority on grammar.
reply a few days delayed, oops. but wow! highly surprised by the shoutout. at this rate i'm never gonna tell remus anything alr :p woah the day shag gets a blog would be the day i get first prize for artist cat or sth o.O nobody'd believe it!
thx char!
loll leening yah it'll be a massive surprise. like david chan on facebook haha
hullo i think i'd say i'm the richer for it. no references or citations though :P
also YEAH judgment is ugly. it makes me want to pronounce it JUDG-MENT.
Usually I just go by my ear for grammar (sorry. :/) and (b)'the richer for it' sounds correct/better.
Err... does this have anything to do with your university applications?
this by instinct onlY: no the, use for. if using ´the´ then no ´for it´. just ´i am the richer.´
adam
adam: "i am the richer" sounds like i just robbed a bank heh -.- the context is, "i have (gone through this particular experience) and am [the] richer for it."
ming: yah its uni apps.
uhhh anyway i've already submitted it ("i am the richer for it") so case closed. thx all!
help help! :S :S
How do you squeeze out essay ideas from your brain? I have been trying to do so for many days but all i get is water, not juices.. =/
take a break haha. my (uni app) essay writing has become the intermissions between breaks.
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