Assume v. Presume

[gomezz]

In the context of the programme I would go with "are". If comparing Nemo against Shaun then "is".

 

[Black Hole]

The title works... if the programme is a discussion about the appropriate use of a four letter word describing a group of mammals in a sentence!

 

[gomezz]

Not really. You wouldn't say "Cats is a type of furry animal".

 

[Black Hole]

Okay, so it could do with some quotation marks.

 

[Trev]

The met office weather forecast for the south says that "An area of very strong winds are expected to extend"

 

[Black Hole]

Roasted.

Now in such common circulation that my spell checker doesn't throw it out!

 

[Trev]

Why should it? Past tense of to roast?

 

[Black Hole]

Roast is the past tense of roast.

 

[Black Hole]

Ah, I see what the problem is: there's a fashion for using the past tense as the adjective.

Celebrity chef restaurant menu / M&S product labelling: "Roasted potatoes"

Roast potatoes. These potatoes have been roast/roasted... I'm still not sure I like "roasted"!

 

[af123]

"Chestnuts roasted on an open fire..."
Probably 'merican : )

 

[prpr]

Don't you mean "prolly"?
I despise that...

 

[Black Hole]

Wouldn't scan without the "ed". Sigh.

 

[Trev]

HERE for one.
roast
rəʊst/
verb
past tense: roasted; past participle: roasted
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1. 
   
2. 1.
   cook (food, especially meat) by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire.
   "she was going to roast a leg of mutton for Sunday dinner"
   synonyms: cook, bake, grill;
3. 2.
   informal
   criticize or reprimand severely.
   "if you waste his time he'll roast you"

 

[Black Hole]

That still doesn't excuse the "roasted seasonal vegetables".

 

[af123]

I think it's just prolonged exposure but "roasted veg" and "roast chicken" /sound/ right to me. Of course when I was young we just had vegetables which had been boiled too long.

 

[gomezz]

"Chestnuts roasted on an open fire..."
Probably 'merican : )

It's "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire ..."

 

[af123]

It's "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire ..."

That makes more sense! Thanks.

 

[Black Hole]

Of course when I was young we just had vegetables which had been boiled too long.

Bring 'em back I say! I hate carrots that taste of carrot. Or veg you can hardly get your knife into!

 

[RobH1]

ee, when I were a lad.......

 

[af123]

Ah, I see what the problem is: there's a fashion for using the past tense as the adjective.

SWMBO, who is usually right about these things, says that the past tense is "roasted" and the adjective is "roast".