Originally Posted by
Struan Gray
"put" in this case, acting as a particle, not a preposition. So Winnie was just blustering.
My own pet peeve is the way that "decimate" has been perverted from meaning a reduction by ten percent, to a reduction to ten percent. Newscasters seem to love using the word when a group is nearly destroyed or wiped out, and to my surprise and shame I often find myself putting down my meds box to wave my stick at the TV and shout at them there is still 90% left after decimation you idiot etc etc.
Don't get me started on 'quantum'.
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