Jeremy Clarkson.

[bridge too far]

He admitted publicly this week that he 'didn't see the recession coming'.

 

He is therefore uneducated, ignorant or ill informed, which by the definition you posted makes him an idiot

 

Boooooooo

 

He's definitely not uneducated. He's definitely not ignorant. He may well have been ill informed but that's hardly his fault, really, if that's the case.

 

If he was ill informed so was every other leader / finance minister in the Western world. So I guess they're all idiots then

 

Clarkson, on the other hand, was sort of educated at some public school somewhere, but to no great degree. He's definitely ignorant and this is demonstrated by his regular use of offensive phrases and descriptions of people. He's probably as well informed as the rest of us but he chooses to ignore / misuse that information.

[Jillyanne]

Don't worry Jillyanne you are not the first, My youngest sister married a Jock Pongo 25 years ago, He rose through the ranks, Took her with him all over the world, She had three lovely Kidd's, They are well off with the houses they sold, and his high pension, And now they are semi retired in there Early 40s running there own ranch and Hotel catering for posh ass golfers in Margate Durban S Africa, And iff asked what i think of my Scottish brother in law. I reply To me he is a KANT!..................Best of luck Girl.

 

Thanks for that!!!

[Handyman]

Makes a living out of behaving like an idiot,

[Patrick Bateman]

lay into Slang 1. To scold sharply.

2. To attack physically; beat up.

 

I don't have to TRY to be clever

 

Believing the internet dictionary is one of the reasons grammar has gone to pot. If you believe that, then read this: http://i-shrugged.blogspot.com/2008/02/into-or-in-to.html It's just as believable as the one you found, which is incorrect.

 

You can reword the statement to read similar to; "he laid in, to Gordon Brown". But the comma is not needed, however it helps to show why the use of 'into' is incorrect in this instance when you read the statement properly.

Bye.

[Colinjb]

Even though he took back the controversial aspects of his statement, I do utterly respect Clarkson for him sticking by his initial statement that Gordon Brown is an idiot.

 

If only more people around would have more conviction in their words, MR WILDE!!!!

[badgerx16]

Believing the internet dictionary is one of the reasons grammar has gone to pot. If you believe that, then read this: http://i-shrugged.blogspot.com/2008/02/into-or-in-to.html It's just as believable as the one you found, which is incorrect.

 

You can reword the statement to read similar to; "he laid in, to Gordon Brown". But the comma is not needed, however it helps to show why the use of 'into' is incorrect in this instance when you read the statement properly.

Bye.

My dear boy, please take note :-

Oxford English Dictionary : lay into ( informal ) attack violently.

Chambers Dictionary : lay into someone ( colloq ) to attack or scold them severely.

Cambridge Dictionary : lay into ( sb ) phrasal verb INFORMAL

to attack someone physically or to criticise them in an angry way:

{m:- In the middle of the meeting she suddenly laid into him for no apparent reason. }

 

TTFN

[Weston Super Saint]

My dear boy, please take note :-

Oxford English Dictionary : lay into ( informal ) attack violently.

Chambers Dictionary : lay into someone ( colloq ) to attack or scold them severely.

Cambridge Dictionary : lay into ( sb ) phrasal verb INFORMAL

to attack someone physically or to criticise them in an angry way:

{m:- In the middle of the meeting she suddenly laid into him for no apparent reason. }

 

TTFN

 

They are all noted as slang though aren't they, which technically is incorrect English

[badgerx16]

They are all noted as slang though aren't they, which technically is incorrect English

English is a living, evolving language; the language of Chaucer grew into that of Shakespeare, which itself had perhaps 20% of the words and phrases commonly in use today, and the grammar and accepted spelling keep pace; after all, 'meh' made it into the Collins Dictionary at the end of last year.

 

It all depends on what the individual defines as 'correct' English, ( and we can start by discounting all the American corruptions such as 'color' and 'lite' ).