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Adam Gillard wrote:

Graeme Cole wrote:that oft-referred-to page xiii of the front of the dictionary

I think you and I are the only ones, Graeme.

Yes, but I find myself referring people to it often.

Graeme Cole wrote:that oft-referred-to page xiii of the front of the dictionary

I think you and I are the only ones, Graeme.

... invalid, and it's only shown as a mass noun, but that oft-referred-to page xiii of the front of the dictionary says that some subjects can be pluralised, e.g. "musics" ...

page xiii Don't bother. I think it's fair to say that page xiii can't be used as a guide as to what is and isn't acceptable ...

Adam Gillard wrote:

Graeme Cole wrote:page xiii

Don't bother.

I think it's fair to say that page xiii can't be used as a guide as to what is and isn't acceptable on Countdown, even if arguably it should be. Hence why aptodic doesn't include the likes of CLOVERS and MUSICS.

Graeme Cole wrote:page xiii

Don't bother.

... It's not quite as clear cut as that. At the front of the dictionary on page xiii there's a list of categories of mass noun that can be pluralised. Along with the classic ...

... The rules on the acceptability of mass noun plurals are lifted from page xiii of the ODE3. OUTSETS isn't an action. The dictionary definition says it's the start or ...

... BE PLURALISED! Fed up of repeating this. Anyone who has an ODE3 look at page xiii of the Introduction section, which specifically mentions Countdown . CLOVER/CLOVERS is ...

Charlie Reams wrote:

I strongly suggest Charlie / Mike read page xiii of ODE3 and fix silly things like this and CLOVERS.

Well, since you ask so nicely...

I strongly suggest... please.

I'm already pretty good at draughts so Go probably isn't that interesting for me.

I strongly suggest Charlie / Mike read page xiii of ODE3 and fix silly things like this and CLOVERS.

Well, since you ask so nicely...

PERIDOTS not in the Apterous dictionary for some reason... I strongly suggest Charlie / Mike read page xiii of ODE3 and fix silly things like this and CLOVERS.

... sorts of words -ISE and -IZE are both equally acceptable in English. Page xv of ODE3 explains thusly: "Many verbs end with the suffix -ize ... list may be helpful for people who enjoy the programme" (p. xiii). By the way, CLOVERS (quite a controversial one on here) is one of ...

... 4. My opponents include Mike Brown, Graham Nash and I defeated Grace Page in my series final Clue 5. In one game I spotted four 9-letter words ... Clue 5. I lost to Steven Briers in arguably the greatest game of CoC XIII Character 3 Clue 1. I was born on July 3rd 1975 and first appeared on ...

... SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER A truly epic contest surely awaits today. Don't be fooled by the stats at the top of the page which show David with 3 more wins and over 200 more points scored, this is gonna be close and it's gonna be IMMENSE. Both were number one seeds ...

Jimmy wrote:No she only managed 7, Junaid's right.

http://www.countdownwiki.com/Anita_Freeland

Woops!. I'd looked at that same page, and when I saw 83 - 86, I took 83 as being more than 86. Perhaps a little more water with my drink might be in order.

It seems you've put "someone" from Series 59 in bold on the Countdown Wiki page, does that mean that he's the series champion? It's a massive spoiler if it is, I just looked out of the page out of curiosity I didn't expect it to be a huge spoiler. Without ...

It seems you've put "someone" from Series 59 in bold on the Countdown Wiki page, does that mean that he's the series champion? It's a massive spoiler if it is, I just looked out of the page out of curiosity I didn't expect it to be a huge spoiler.