Assume v. Presume

[Trev]

If you Google 'Statement of Compliancy', you get no hits, other than 'Statement of Compliance' hits. So obviously, the second is correct because Google knows everything.

 

[antipodean]

No no - that's not what mitigate means. One mitigates the undesirable consequences of a flat tyre by carrying a spare wheel. The mistake you are making is why "mitigate against" has become common.

OK, I'll militate against a flat tyre then ...

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/mitigate

 

[Black Hole]

By George, I think he's got it

 

[antipodean]

By George, I think he's got it

Yeah, but first time in 60+ years I have heard of militate, and I suspect a lot of the population is in the same state ...

 

[Trev]

It's what the militia do instead of meditating.

 

[antipodean]

It's what the militia do instead of meditating.

 

[Black Hole]

Doctors medicate.

 

[gomezz]

Exotic dancers titillate.

 

[RobH1]

Forum members facilitate

 

[MikeSh]

I vacillate

 

[RobH1]

I vacillate

Really?

 

[gomezz]

Pendulums oscillate.

 

[antipodean]

Forum members facilitate

and one or two of them militate the limitations of the hummies ...

 

[prpr]

Is this thread a predicate?

 

[Trev]

No, but it's educat(e) (ional)

 

[gomezz]

Lovers osculate.

 

[Trev]

Amongst other things

 

[keithatrochdale]

Thread split and moved to;

Change two letters game

 

[Black Hole]

Thanks.

 

[Black Hole]

The idiots on breakfast have just said (several times) that the "Moon is 30,000 times nearer Earth" - probably mean 30,000 miles or km (referring to the current "supermoon" coinciding with the total lunar eclipse).