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We all have heard?
I'm about to add a sentence from a client onto a web page. I'm unsure which of these is correct. The first is his submission, and it sort of looks grammatically correct to my non-scholarly eye. Yet I would have used the second in conversation.
'We all have heard of the phrase, a picture paints a thousand words.' 'We have all heard of the phrase, a picture paints a thousand words.'
Terry, West Sussex, UK
'We all have heard of the phrase, a picture paints a thousand words.' 'We have all heard of the phrase, a picture paints a thousand words.'
Terry, West Sussex, UK
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[nq:1]I'm about to add a sentence from a client onto a web page. I'm unsure which of these is correct. '[/nq] Well, it's the first time I've heard of it, in any case.
- [nq:1]I'm about to add a sentence from a client onto a web page.
- I'm unsure which of these is correct.
- '[/nq] Well, it's the first time I've heard of it, in any case.
- " than either of the above.
- But either form looks acceptable to me (though I would think that more of us have heard "a picture is worth a thousand words").
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[nq:1]I'm about to add a sentence from a client onto a web page. I'm unsure which of these is correct. ... phrase, a picture paints a thousand words.' 'We have all heard of the phrase, a picture paints a thousand words.'[/nq]
Well, it's the first time I've heard of it, in any case.
I'd be more likely to say, "We've all heard the phrase ..." than either of the above.
But either for
Well, it's the first time I've heard of it, in any case.
I'd be more likely to say, "We've all heard the phrase ..." than either of the above.
But either for
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[nq:1]I'm about to add a sentence from a client onto a web page. I'm unsure which of these is correct. ... phrase, a picture paints a thousand words.' 'We have all heard of the phrase, a picture paints a thousand words.'[/nq]
This may be a pondial difference (UK v US), but I've always heard "a picture is worth a thousand words."
Also: I think it better to say "we have all heard the phrase"
This may be a pondial difference (UK v US), but I've always heard "a picture is worth a thousand words."
Also: I think it better to say "we have all heard the phrase"
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[nq:2]I'm about to add a sentence from a client onto ... heard of the phrase, a picture paints a thousand words.'[/nq]
[nq:1]This may be a pondial difference (UK v US), but I've always heard "a picture is worth a thousand words."[/nq]
It's that Telly Savalas bloke confusing us.
m.
[nq:1]This may be a pondial difference (UK v US), but I've always heard "a picture is worth a thousand words."[/nq]
It's that Telly Savalas bloke confusing us.
m.
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[nq:2]I'm about to add a sentence from a client onto ... heard of the phrase, a picture paints a thousand words.'[/nq]
[nq:1]Well, it's the first time I've heard of it, in any case. I'd be more likely to say, "We've all heard the phrase ..." than either of the above.[/nq]
I agree. "We've all heard the phrase..."
[nq:1]But either form looks acceptable to me (though I would think that mo
[nq:1]Well, it's the first time I've heard of it, in any case. I'd be more likely to say, "We've all heard the phrase ..." than either of the above.[/nq]
I agree. "We've all heard the phrase..."
[nq:1]But either form looks acceptable to me (though I would think that mo
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[nq:1]It must a be more modern than it feels maybe tied to the invention of cameras and printing processes?...[/nq]
Yes, especially to the rise of advertising: in 1927, in the magazine Printers' Ink, but the published version is "One picture is worth ten (sic) thousand words." Its coiner, F. R. Barnard, obscured its origins by calling it a Chinese proverb. He'd used the one-thousand-words vers
Yes, especially to the rise of advertising: in 1927, in the magazine Printers' Ink, but the published version is "One picture is worth ten (sic) thousand words." Its coiner, F. R. Barnard, obscured its origins by calling it a Chinese proverb. He'd used the one-thousand-words vers
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Terry Pinnell wrote on 30 Apr 2004:
[nq:1]I'm about to add a sentence from a client onto a web page. I'm unsure which of these is correct. ... phrase, a picture paints a thousand words.' 'We have all heard of the phrase, a picture paints a thousand words.'[/nq]
Either one is fine grammatically. But I agree that the "of" should be deleted and that the first would be better as "We've all hea
[nq:1]I'm about to add a sentence from a client onto a web page. I'm unsure which of these is correct. ... phrase, a picture paints a thousand words.' 'We have all heard of the phrase, a picture paints a thousand words.'[/nq]
Either one is fine grammatically. But I agree that the "of" should be deleted and that the first would be better as "We've all hea
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[nq:1]I'm about to add a sentence from a client onto a web page. I'm unsure which of these is correct. ... phrase, a picture paints a thousand words.' 'We have all heard of the phrase, a picture paints a thousand words.'[/nq]
The second is definitely more idiomatic.
"of" is odd here: one would more likely hear a phrase than hear *of* it without actually hearing it. So I'd delete "of".
The second is definitely more idiomatic.
"of" is odd here: one would more likely hear a phrase than hear *of* it without actually hearing it. So I'd delete "of".
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[nq:2]It must a be more modern than it feels maybe tied to the invention of cameras and printing processes?...[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes, especially to the rise of advertising: in 1927, in the magazine Printers' Ink, but the published version ... the one-thousand-words version a few years earlier, but evidently decided to prefer a higher order of magnitude. See here: [/nq]
Thanks for identifying "Ba
[nq:1]Yes, especially to the rise of advertising: in 1927, in the magazine Printers' Ink, but the published version ... the one-thousand-words version a few years earlier, but evidently decided to prefer a higher order of magnitude. See here: [/nq]
Thanks for identifying "Ba
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[nq:2]It must a be more modern than it feels maybe tied to the invention of cameras and printing processes?...[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes, especially to the rise of advertising: in 1927, in the magazine Printers' Ink, but the published version ... but evidently decided to prefer a higher order of magnitude. See here: What do the Chinese characters actually say?[/nq]
The last two characters are "wan4
[nq:1]Yes, especially to the rise of advertising: in 1927, in the magazine Printers' Ink, but the published version ... but evidently decided to prefer a higher order of magnitude. See here: What do the Chinese characters actually say?[/nq]
The last two characters are "wan4
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