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to put up with

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:50 am
by Philip Hudson
Good Doctor: Do you use phrases as Goodwords? I would like to suggest: "to put up with".

I teach ESL. In class, I mentioned that my wife had to put up with me. My students asked me to define "toputupwith", which they took to be one word. I was almost at a loss. I asked if they knew the word tolerate. To my relief, they all did. My reputation remained unsullied.

Is this story truth or fiction? An underling gave Winston Churchill a reprimand for using a preposition to end a sentence with. Sir Winston replied, “This is the sort of insubordination up with which I shall not put.”

Re: to put up with

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 1:18 am
by Slava
Is this story truth or fiction? An underling gave Winston Churchill a reprimand for using a preposition to end a sentence with. Sir Winston replied, “This is the sort of insubordination up with which I shall not put.”
I've always seen this one as "pedantry" not "insubordination."

As to phrases, a nice site is www.phrases.org.uk , though the one you're looking for isn't there as yet.

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:30 am
by Perry Lassiter
I heard it as "nonsense." This is nonsense, up with which I will not put.

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 1:49 pm
by Philip Hudson
Slava,
I think it might have been pedantry. I have been called pedantic by more than one person.

TO PUT UP WITH

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:15 am
by Dr. Goodword
Phil,

This is a phrase, not a word. Tolerate is a synonymous word. Do you want to suggest that?

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:26 pm
by Philip Hudson
The Good Dr. Goodword:

Yes, I would like to see '"tolerate" as a Goodword. It has such a rich definition that only you can do it justice.

I didn't think you did phrases, but I had to ask.

I am grateful for this forum. I was on another forum recently and, because my opinion was counter to that of the forum owner, I got thoroughly trounced or, as the younger generation says, dissed. Here we can let our hair down in a friendly way and we may get comeuppances, but always with respect.

Phrase Site

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:49 pm
by Slava
For phrases, you'll want to look here: http://www.phrases.org.uk/index.html

Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:10 pm
by Philip Hudson
Slava: Thanks for the reference.