Iowa Caucuses

Jul 2009
5,893
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Port St. Lucie
In the context of elections, points mean percentage points. No one uses points to signify people- have you ever heard anyone say candidate A won by 30,000 points today or something along those lines?

Dude, if I'd used he word correctly you wouldn't have corrected me. You've already shown that you knew what I meant, so why the grammar Nazi act?
 

myp

Jan 2009
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Dude, if I'd used he word correctly you wouldn't have corrected me. You've already shown that you knew what I meant, so why the grammar Nazi act?

Um, all I did was say "8 votes*" after which you extended it by saying why you were somehow right in this context.
 
Jul 2009
5,893
474
Port St. Lucie
Um, all I did was say "8 votes*" after which you extended it by saying why you were somehow right in this context.

But I wasn't. :p he context was Iowa, 8% in no way describes what happened there.
 

myp

Jan 2009
5,841
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But I wasn't. :p he context was Iowa, 8% in no way describes what happened there.

That does not mean you can say whatever you want. I can't say he won by 8 dollars or 8 apples or 8 oranges. Just because you and I know it was 8 votes does not mean everyone does. Semantics matter (and especially in this case where "points" has a different but appropriate contextual meaning than votes or people).
 
Jul 2009
5,893
474
Port St. Lucie
That does not mean you can say whatever you want. I can't say he won by 8 dollars or 8 apples or 8 oranges. Just because you and I know it was 8 votes does not mean everyone does. Semantics matter (and especially in this case where "points" has a different but appropriate contextual meaning than votes or people).

Hence why you corrected me. :p I didn't actually mean points, I don't know why I used the word.
 
Jan 2012
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I would love to see Santorum pull it off. I said in an earlier thread I expected him to finish in the top three, though I thought Mr. Paul would win Iowa.Now Paul has a tough road ahead, going into the Northeast. We will see how he is embraced.
 
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