Just FYI, but remember that early Sunday morning it will be time to change all the clocks back one hour for Daylight Saving Time. If you're going to be out late partying, then you get one extra party hour, or one extra hour of sleep / recovery. I have always wondered, rhetorically, if the clock goes back one hour, do all the TV shows (or probably infomercials) get replayed?As a pet peeve, please note that there is no 's' at the end of 'Saving', so please tell people to stop doing it. You wouldn't call the Thanksgiving period 'turkey cookings time' nor Christmas 'presents givings day'. That is almost as frustrating as the people that honestly seem to have no clue (as opposed to just being lazy) as to the difference between 'your' and 'you're'.
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OK...so is it a "Saving Account" at the bank or a "Savings Account"?
Saving is used here as a verbal adjective (a participle). It modifies time and tells us more about its nature; namely, that it is characterized by the activity of saving daylight. It is a saving daylight kind of time. Similar examples would be dog walking time or book reading time. Since saving is a verb describing a single type of activity, the form is singular.
Adding to the confusion is that the phrase Daylight Saving Time is inaccurate, since no daylight is actually saved. Daylight Shifting Time would be better, but it is not as politically desirable. I suppose that many people simply feel the word savings (with an 's') flows more mellifluously off the tongue.
In your example, 'Savings' is in the plural since it indicates your having more than one saving entry as a depository for all your monies. The word saving, like other -ing participles, is not commonly used as a noun, but the word savings is. This is especially true in the context of money, and there's a well-known metaphorical link between money and time. So, at least for many people, the most accessible relevant noun is savings, not saving.
A final pet peeve is how people almost always equate 'begs the question' with 'raises the question'. 'Begs the question' is a specific logical argument, and it annoys me to no end when supposedly educated writers with plenty of literary experience and training get this wrong.
OK, It is out of my system. I'm all better now... really.
I think you read Wikipedia too much!
Aren't you "saving"/shifting the time every year? Therefore, it is happening multiple times which would imply the action of doing so would be plural also.
Logic is as overused a word as the phrase "common sense" - the base on which answers are arrived at "logically" is derived from previous experience, of which, no two peope have exactly the same. Just as "common sense" is only common if the vast majority is in possession of it. For instance, if your cars begins to swerve on ice, what do you do? (no cheating and asking Wikipedia) One person could theoretically "beg" the question while another, not neccessarily less intelligent only raises the question.
In case it's missing the intonation - I am screwing with you - it's fun.
Time isn't being saved. Until one gets into high end physics and the issues of space-time (such as when approaching light speed), then time is considered unwavering and constant.
What is being 'saved' is the energy since we'll intuitively use more for light when it is dark outside than when natural light is freely available. Farmers hate it because their day is dictated by the amount of available light. Factory works are slightly less affected while those that work in offices are really not affected quite so much.
While I agree with you assessment regarding the common usage of logic, I was referring to the literal definition. It is a form of logical fallacy in which an argument is assumed to be true without evidence other than the argument itself. When one begs the question, the initial assumption of a statement is treated as already proven without any logic to show why the statement is true in the first place.
The term just tends to be used by people that this it means something and try to sound impressive, but really showing lack of understanding. The term was created to specifically describe a particular argument and became a catch-phrase to those trying to sound more official.
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/
If a car starts to swerve, the key is to turn into the slide and even accelerate a bit if possible since that transfers weight to the back end. Besides, you live in Texas, what do you know about ice other than it cools your drink and makes for great daiquiris?
Point exactly.
It USED to be true that in most situations, if swerving, you should steer into the skid and slightly accelerate for exactly the reason you stated, it transfers weight to the rear of the vehicle and helps you to regain control - IF YOU HAVE REAR WHEEL DRIVE!!!! Most cars these days are not rear wheel drive. Therefore, turning into the skid will make you swerve more sharply.... I love to see the cars on the side of the road when there're ice storms here! Maybe that's slightly mean, but... nothing like watching people who have been subjected to "common sense".
I may live in Texas, but I used to live in Colorado. There are all kinds of things to do with ice, in it, on it...
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