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So, I made it home early yesterday. No fire or anything, thank God.
Traffic was light.
Except for a couple of places that are usually problematic – I-15/I-215 split and SR138 exit.
I made my morning train today too. I thought I wasn’t going to make it especially with the incident at Main St.
I had to beat the red lights at Rancho Cucamonga today so I can make the train.
A couple more minutes waiting for light to turn green would surely make me late for the train.
I get confused with people when they say “a couple”. Doesn’t it mean two things or a pair? But usually, when I speak to people here in America, it means more than one. Is it an American thing?
When I talk to a client and ask them to specify quantity, I’d like to be precise.
So when they say, give me a couple of these things, I ask again and confirm if they would like two or three?
Most often than not, answer is usually more than two.
And when I point it out, they just answer like it was inconsequential.
Sometimes, the limit is usually five!
If you’d like to be vague about quantity, you could always say a couple (with a wink, of course!)
So, those two are my points today : no fire yesterday (point 1) and I made it home early yesterday (point 2).
Oh and it’s hump day! (point 3)
A “couple” more days til Friday!
So, you see there are actually three points in this post 😉 there’s the wink!
granonine said:
I had to laugh at your frustration with “couple.” I feel exactly the same way. For some reason, people don’t like to be specific about some things, and they’ll say, “Oh, just give me a couple of those” when what they really mean is, “keep giving me those until I tell you to stop.”
I was taught that “couple” is always two; three or more requires the word “few.” But I guess that’s an old-fashioned grammar rule that only a . . . .um. . . .couple of people follow these days 🙂
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M.Winter said:
Ha! I am glad you share my frustration! I have learned to play it by ear when fave to face. Though, it’s more a challenge when on the phone.
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