Spoilers for Friday, 26 May 2017
Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 1:55 pm
3rd (?) numbers, target 474
(100 + (4 x 10) + (9 x 2)) x 3
(100 + (4 x 10) + (9 x 2)) x 3
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Nice method. I did it a different way (outside the time) - (75+10+10-50)*7-9 = 306.
It's not valid on Apterous but that's not necessarily 100% in line with how they adjudicate on the show.Philip Wilson wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2017 9:16 pm In one of the rounds I saw defamity. Not being sure it's a word I checked on the site I think we use, https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/ - and it defaulted to defamer. It didn't say 'no exact match' though, which I usually see! So was I right or wrong?
I can't see it in any of the example sentences linked to 'defame' so I'll conclude it's not a word then. So why not just say 'no exact match'?Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2017 11:16 pmIt's not valid on Apterous but that's not necessarily 100% in line with how they adjudicate on the show.Philip Wilson wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2017 9:16 pm In one of the rounds I saw defamity. Not being sure it's a word I checked on the site I think we use, https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/ - and it defaulted to defamer. It didn't say 'no exact match' though, which I usually see! So was I right or wrong?
So you're saying in situations like this the word is valid, right?David Williams wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2017 1:09 pm In a similar vein, I saw CORRALED a few days ago. If you look it up, it takes you to CORRAL, exactly the same as if you look up CORRALLED. The old print dictionary specifies CORRALLED, and the Introduction to the ODE says that if nothing is specified in the entry for the word, the correct version would just add -ED. All the examples online have CORRALLED as the spelling. Not exactly definitive unless there's something else I haven't found.
CORRALED (and many similar words) certainly wasn't valid in the print dictionary. I don't know of any reason why this would change. I just can't see where it tells you now what is and isn't valid when it comes to inflexions. The only thing that differentiates is that CORRALLED is the way it's spelt in the examples.Philip Wilson wrote: ↑Fri Jun 02, 2017 10:20 amSo you're saying in situations like this the word is valid, right?David Williams wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2017 1:09 pm In a similar vein, I saw CORRALED a few days ago. If you look it up, it takes you to CORRAL, exactly the same as if you look up CORRALLED. The old print dictionary specifies CORRALLED, and the Introduction to the ODE says that if nothing is specified in the entry for the word, the correct version would just add -ED. All the examples online have CORRALLED as the spelling. Not exactly definitive unless there's something else I haven't found.
Sorry, no banana -- CAROTENE is explicitly listed as a mass noun.