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| From | "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.usage.english |
| Subject | Re: Outdoor cat |
| Date | 2016-01-01 15:29 +0000 |
| Organization | . |
| Message-ID | <op.yakfz8s586ebyl@red.lan> (permalink) |
| References | <n65api$qa3$1@dont-email.me> |
On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 07:47:26 -0000, Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote: > In response to a question about a missing cat, I said "Oh, she'll be in > the yard somewhere. She's more of an outdoor cat." > > Now that I'm reading AUE, I'm suddenly wondering whether some people > here would have said "outdoors cat". Is the "s" optional in some > regions? Compulsory? It's quite simple, outdoor is an adjective. Outdoors is a place, therefore a noun. You "go outdoors" like you "get to Falkirk", but you have an outdoor barbecue, outdoor sex, etc. What annoyed me more was "yard" instead of garden. A yard is made of concrete, don't you have grass? -- If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
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Outdoor cat Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-01 18:47 +1100
Re: Outdoor cat RH Draney <dadoctah@cox.net> - 2016-01-01 01:54 -0700
Re: Outdoor cat Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-01 20:27 +1100
Re: Outdoor cat bill van <billvan@delete.shaw.ca> - 2016-01-01 04:12 -0800
Re: Outdoor cat Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 12:40 -0800
Re: Outdoor cat "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 15:31 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat grabber <gr@bb.er> - 2016-01-01 09:40 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2016-01-01 08:45 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2016-01-01 12:56 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 04:04 -0800
Re: Outdoor cat "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-01 07:02 -0800
Re: Outdoor cat pensive hamster <pensive_hamster@hotmail.co.uk> - 2016-01-01 07:22 -0800
Re: Outdoor cat "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 15:27 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat CDB <bellemarecd@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 11:14 -0500
Re: Outdoor cat "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 16:25 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 15:27 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-01 12:26 -0800
Re: Outdoor cat "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 20:32 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-01 19:50 -0800
Re: Outdoor cat "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:47 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 15:29 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat Pavel Svinchnik <pintiha@jhmi.edu> - 2016-01-01 13:14 -0800
Re: Outdoor cat Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2016-01-01 21:16 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat Janet <nobody@home.org> - 2016-01-02 12:10 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> - 2016-01-02 12:14 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:53 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-03 10:42 +1100
Re: Outdoor cat "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2016-01-02 13:00 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:54 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 21:22 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat Pavel Svinchnik <pintiha@jhmi.edu> - 2016-01-01 19:12 -0800
Re: Outdoor cat jgh@mdfs.net - 2016-01-02 01:03 -0800
Re: Outdoor cat Pavel Svinchnik <pintiha@jhmi.edu> - 2016-01-02 06:20 -0800
Re: Outdoor cat "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:57 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-01 19:53 -0800
Re: Outdoor cat "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:48 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-02 13:37 -0800
Re: Outdoor cat "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 21:42 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-02 21:26 -0800
Re: Outdoor cat "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 18:32 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-03 11:04 -0800
Re: Outdoor cat "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 19:26 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat Ross <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2016-01-03 18:07 -0800
Re: Outdoor cat "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-03 19:53 -0800
Re: Outdoor cat "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 15:58 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-04 16:19 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 17:16 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2016-01-02 13:07 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:55 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2016-01-02 11:38 +0100
Re: Outdoor cat "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:51 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2016-01-03 10:34 +0100
Re: Outdoor cat "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 18:33 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2016-01-01 10:46 -0500
Re: Outdoor cat David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 09:23 -0800
Re: Outdoor cat jgh@mdfs.net - 2016-01-02 00:54 -0800
Re: Outdoor cat "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2016-01-02 13:39 +0000
Re: Outdoor cat David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2016-01-02 09:42 -0800
Re: Outdoor cat pensive hamster <pensive_hamster@hotmail.co.uk> - 2016-01-02 09:59 -0800
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