Deadline or Dateline?
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Why do people keep using the word "Dateline", when it is supposed to be "Deadline"?
"I have a dateline to meet"
"Tomorrow is my project dateline"
Deadline : The point in time at which something must be completed
Dateline : An imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian
It's very easy to remember the right word. My ex lecturer used to tell me this
"Deadline.... If you don't complete your task by , you are dead!" -
jus like ppl who say
"i dun own you anything"......when they mean owe......
there are ppl who dunno when to use "then", when to use "than" -
i think they can both be used?
dateline to mean some date along the schedule that they have to do the stuff?
deadline to mean the date it must be finished? -
From dictionary.comOriginally posted by Aveme:i think they can both be used?
dateline to mean some date along the schedule that they have to do the stuff?
deadline to mean the date it must be finished?
Dateline means:
A phrase at the beginning of a newspaper or magazine article that gives the date and place of its origin.
or
n 1: an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian [syn: date line, International Date Line] 2: a line at the beginning of a news article giving the date and place of origin of the news dispatch v : mark with a date and place; "dateline a newspaper article" -
How abt borrow and lend???
Lives and stay???
Ppl or Singaporeans tend to misue those too. -
nope.. honeybunz has explained it totally
one is the International Dateline.. where GMT is..
the other is a time when the assignment or whatever is dueOriginally posted by Aveme:i think they can both be used?
dateline to mean some date along the schedule that they have to do the stuff?
deadline to mean the date it must be finished? -
"I lend from her $50. Tomorrow I must pay her back"Originally posted by dreamthinkdo_ers:How abt borrow and lend???
Lives and stay???
Ppl or Singaporeans tend to misue those too. -
access/excess.
abt live/stay. u shud use the word stay. haha. isnt it funny? i live at tampines? so anywhere else, u're dead!!! -
hmm ok
i was just wondering whether it is some new phase that people came up with and used it that frequent that it is became common thou i had never seen anyone using dateline rather then deadline personally myself -
we borrow stuff from people.. the stuff is theirs and we borrow it from them...
we lend stuff to people.. the stuff is ours and we loan it to them...
we live in that place = a sense of permanence...
we stay at that place = we're putting up there.. maybe temporarily..
the difference between live and stay is subtle
oh. another... after "to", please please please please please use the present tense...
".. to go", "to stay", "to come"
and NOT "to went", "to stayed", "to came"Originally posted by dreamthinkdo_ers:How abt borrow and lend???
Lives and stay???
Ppl or Singaporeans tend to misue those too. -
it should beOriginally posted by Honeybunz:"I lend from her $50. Tomorrow I must pay her back"
I borrowed from her $50 right? -
u guys go BAR forum??
always got some stupid ppl type masturbate as masterbed.
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they have access to excess
another wrongly used word is "send"...
when you "send someone home", you tell the person to go home.. you remain where you are while the person goes home...
if you are going with that person, you "fetch", you "accompany", you "escort"...Originally posted by sinicker:access/excess.
abt live/stay. u shud use the word stay. haha. isnt it funny? i live at tampines? so anywhere else, u're dead!!! -
ya....heheheOriginally posted by Aveme:it should be
I borrowed from her $50 right?
But I always come across "I borrowed my book to my friend" -
they think the Master Bedroom is a place for them to have relations with their hand
Originally posted by sinicker:u guys go BAR forum??
always got some stupid ppl type masturbate as masterbed. -
well i think that is not used wrongly in contextOriginally posted by sinicker:u guys go BAR forum??
always got some stupid ppl type masturbate as masterbed.
likely it is their spelling power that is limited so they spelt it wrongly? -
YaOriginally posted by the Bear:they think the Master Bedroom is a place for them to have relations with their hand
their only good friend is their right hands. -
well i guess that most singaporeans need to brush up on our english.I would think i am likely to have occasion where i used wrong words too.Originally posted by Honeybunz:ya....hehehe
But I always come across "I borrowed my book to my friend"
Singaporeans might be bilingual,but most are not highly effective in both -
There is not such word as IRREGARDLESS
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i know it's not right, but it's become a habit for me to say "borrow me tissue paper leh"
out of cheekiness
and oso things like......you is idiot leh......
i is bery busy, call back later...... -
well that is one word that i would say i used it.Originally posted by X-men:There is not such word as IRREGARDLESS
wonder how it did come about and then people start using it. -
+1Originally posted by X-men:There is not such word as IRREGARDLESS
Irregardless of (Wrong)
Regardless of (Correct)
Btw, i always hear people pronounce Correct as Corrite.. -
cowek also got.Originally posted by Pitot:Btw, i always hear people pronounce Correct as Corrite.. 
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why do the chinese call nasi lemak nasi lomak? bedok as budok? si-nger-pore as si-ngaaaa-pore?
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Originally posted by sinicker:cowek also got.