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Phosphorus discovered. The noun, a chemical element.
by dataspun 3y ago
Phosphorus discovered. The noun, a chemical element.
- isoprophlex 3y agoNot just any regular old phosphorus, but extremely phosphorous phosphorus!
- labster 3y agoYou’ll be prosperous if you find phosphorous phosphorus in the Bosporus.
- mkii 3y agoPreposterous!
- datavirtue 3y agoReddit has entered the chat
- stevenjgarner 3y agoIt would be more preposterous to get prosperous finding phosphor in the Bosporus than finding phosphorous phosphorus
- benterix 3y agoI find your comments prephosphorous!
- theropost 3y agoYou should tell their boss-for-us.
- timcobb 3y agothough we live dangerous
- isoprophlex 3y agoWe're held like phosphorus
- beAbU 3y agoMaybe it's my non-native English letting me down here, but what other, non-noun, non-chemical element Phosphorous is there?
- sigmoid10 3y agoThe title is a typo. "Phosphorous" is an adjective. The correct noun is "phosphorus." The linked article uses it correctly, so only OP screwed up here.
- mkii 3y agoYet the article url's slug uses the adjective, but it's grammatically correct! "2023-11-phosphorous-outskirts-milky.html" And still yet, the article's diagram's caption does not use the correct word!! "Currently known Galactic distribution of phosphorous."
- Spare_account 3y agoThe title of the post (on Hackernews, above) has the spelling "Phosphorous" (with a U). This is the spelling of the Adjective (a describing word). It is a mistake in this context, because what has been discovered in the outskirts of the Milky Way is not a grammatical construct but rather a chemical element. The chemical element is spelled without the U (even in British English!): Phosphorus. https://grammarist.com/spelling/phosphorous-phosphorus/ https://grammarist.com/spelling/phosphorous-phosphorus/
- irrational 3y agoWell, at least I now know the word phosphorous exists.
- op00to 3y agoI am now replacing “cromulent” with “phosphorous”. As in “that is a perfectly phosphorous statement”.
- beAbU 3y ago