I'm frequently accused of prescriptivism, and don't deny it.
Joel Send a noteboard - 01/06/2010 12:22:39 PM
"postponed indefinitely" is commonly used, and known to be used, as a delicate way of saying it isn't happening ever.
I'm not responsible for how others misuse and abuse the English language.
If nothing else, the body of the the post should clarify that I'm using the phrase literally rather than in a popular (but incorrect) figurative one.
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Slightly better than chocolate.
Love still can't be coerced.
Please Don't Eat the Newbies!
LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
Meanwhile, the Wedding Is Postponed Indefinitely.
- 01/06/2010 09:17:35 AM
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You meant postponed until further notice
- 01/06/2010 10:44:30 AM
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How so?
- 01/06/2010 10:56:48 AM
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The phrase "postponed indefinitely" is what I'm referring to
- 01/06/2010 12:01:59 PM
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It IS indefinite though.
- 01/06/2010 12:17:07 PM
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I think the point is popular use,,,
- 01/06/2010 12:19:05 PM
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I'm frequently accused of prescriptivism, and don't deny it.
- 01/06/2010 12:22:39 PM
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You might want to cater for your audience a bit better
- 01/06/2010 05:07:28 PM
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- 01/06/2010 05:07:28 PM
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They will do as they're told or be severely beaten111 
- 01/06/2010 05:33:22 PM
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- 01/06/2010 05:33:22 PM
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It's a phrase used in government regarding motions
- 01/06/2010 08:13:42 PM
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Postponed/=canceled.
- 01/06/2010 08:51:14 PM
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The meaning of a commonly used phrase isn't a sum of the definitions of its parts.
- 02/06/2010 09:28:29 AM
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Wow. This is the most impressive trolling I've seen in quite some time.
- 02/06/2010 07:42:02 PM
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No, I just have a hard time dealing with people who can't admit a simple mistake *NM*
- 03/06/2010 07:21:30 AM
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I must say, my first thought on reading your title was that you'd split up.
- 01/06/2010 11:20:45 PM
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In retrospect, I can certainly see why it would be read that way, but it's not what the words mean.
- 02/06/2010 01:14:20 AM
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wishes you luck and/or patience *NM*
My country is a 
- 01/06/2010 07:09:22 PM
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- 01/06/2010 07:09:22 PM
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One thing I learned in the USA was never to say "we met on the internet" to immigration officials.
- 01/06/2010 11:18:39 PM
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Well, yeah, but the alternative is to be deceptive, if not outright dishonest.
- 02/06/2010 01:27:17 AM
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