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Striped Peppermint Meringues with Chocolate Ganache
December 3, 2009 at 8:53 pm 106 comments
Lately it seems like I've had a lot of bad days. More like a lot of bad weeks. Everyone has those days where nothing goes right, where it seems like the flowers close when you walk by and the clouds begin to leak rain. But when those "once in a while" days turn into every other day, you start to feel discouraged.
I don't know what it's been. It started with an unpleasant day in school a few weeks ago, when one of my teachers gave everyone low marks on the final. We all protested but she stayed firm and unyielding. I heard the harshness in her voice and I felt in that moment that her only joy in life came from punishing us.
The following period only made matters worse. It's a "bird class" – the kind that's so easy, you fly through with a free A, but that day we had a substitute teacher and everyone acted up. I didn't find it amusing, but found myself powerless and unmotivated to stand up and help her as she slowly lost control of the class. As the day drew to a close, I realized with dread I'd left some important paperwork at home, and that was the last straw as the sky opened up and began to pour.
A week later, I was spending my weekend afternoon on my bed, trying to sort out a college application. It was a particularly frustrating application, with all sorts of strange requirements and vague instructions that were testing my temper. I must have called twenty people for help on filling it out, but all I got was twenty different opinions, all conflicting. I sat there the whole day, just building up more and more tension until I had to stop looking at the unfinished page.
My friend chose that low, hopeless moment to call me with a complaint and a desire to fight, but I didn't have any fight in me. As she yelled and I felt our friendship ending, I couldn't take any more. My heart felt as tender as a badly bruised peach. I quietly hung up, feeling the worst I'd felt all week, and trying not to let it break me.
Usually at moments like that, I turn to the kitchen. But because of all my commitments, I haven't had as much time to bake as I'd like. I've missed three of my friend's birthdays to date, even though I've had their special birthday cakes planned out since the summer. There's also baked goods I want to make for many people in my life I'm thankful for – teachers, college advisers, my SAT prep tutors. But those have to stay on hold a little while longer.
I decided to make these Striped Peppermint Meringues with Dark Chocolate Ganache as an escape from my stress. They looked beautiful, festive (hello, December) and delicious. Plus, I knew this was a recipe I could do in my sleep. I've made this meringue countless times as part of my favorite Swiss meringue buttercream, and I've never had difficulties with chocolate ganache. As I cracked the eggs, I felt calmness rise in me from my toes up, like a paper towel touched to water.
The meringue whipped into stiff peaks without trouble. I pulled out the whisk and examined the thick, glossy swirl of meringue and couldn't help but feel peace. I pulled out my camera and took a photo of the meringue, thinking about this post. The last step before piping was to beat in a little peppermint extract. I measured out the half teaspoon and poured it into the meringue, and switched the mixer on.
I knew right away something was wrong.
The mixer began to churn and the meringue deflated in about two seconds right before my eyes. What had once been stiff, shiny meringue was now a soft, pepperminty mess, and I suddenly felt betrayed even by my KitchenAid. It felt like too much to handle.
My dad calls days like this "deviled egg days." He told me the story as he drove me home on a particularly bad day. I was keeping my head turned and looking at the raindrops trail down the window so he couldn't see my face, but he didn't get discouraged.
He described a dinner party he was serving, where deviled eggs were on the menu. He threw dozens of eggs into the boiling water, only to look down and see that the eggs had broken. He went to the store and bought dozens more. On his second try, the eggs were impossible to peel, and he was forced to toss them as well. At his limit, he bought more eggs and tried a third time. He made them just right this time, and arranged them on a platter. He turned around to move the platter out of the kitchen and accidentally banged it on the counter. All the eggs slid onto the floor, unsalvageable.
I turned to look at him for the first time. "What did you do?"
He smiled and said, "I realized there weren't going to be any deviled eggs. I just moved on, and as it turned out, nobody missed them."
I was thinking about his words as I looked back down at the meringue. I'd whipped it another 10 minutes, hoping it would increase in volume again, but it stayed resolutely flat. But the oven was preheated, the sheets were lined with parchment, and I decided to go ahead and try them. I prepared the bag and piped them in neat stars, which drooped and failed to keep their lines. I pushed them into the oven anyway.
When they came out, they weren't as tall or pointy as they should have been. But they tasted nice, like the holidays and after-dinner mints, so I made the ganache too. I decided they looked very cute, and the meringues were really complemented by the chocolate. In the end, I guess my kitchen wasn't betraying me – maybe it was trying to teach me something.
I haven't had any bad days since December began, and I'm glad to see the end of them. This morning was stunning. At dawn, I stepped outside with my camera to photograph the frigid beauty around me: a pale white sun in a cotton-candy sky and the frost-kissed Japanese maple leaves. I breathed in the fresh air and felt my fingers grow numb, and I smiled the whole way to school.
I did some research afterward, because I just didn't believe that I would mess up meringue. It turns out, meringue doesn't like peppermint oil, which some peppermint extracts contain. I checked the bottle and yes – sure enough, oil of peppermint was listed as one of the ingredients. I angrily rechecked the recipe, but it didn't make any mention of this vital fact. Well, you live and learn.
If you plan to make this recipe, you can find a peppermint extract without peppermint oil or use a different extract/different colored stripes. Or, you can go ahead and throw in that peppermint oil and just bake flatter meringues. They were still delicious.
It's very easy to make the red stripes. Before filling a piping bag with the meringue, you use a small food paintbrush to paint 3 long stripes of red gel food coloring inside the bag. Then when you pipe the meringue stars, they come out cheerily streaked with red. I was thinking about using different extracts and colors, like lemon extract and yellow, orange extract and orange, or lavender extract and purple (you get the idea.) If you aren't into food coloring, the meringues won't taste any different without it.
The meringues are crispy, light as air, and very peppermint-y. The chocolate helps keep the strong peppermint flavor in check and adds a bit of moisture and richness to an otherwise weightless dessert. I made the cookies very small, and it was hard to only eat one at a time.
12/4/09 Update: It's Day 2, and the cookies have only gotten better. The chocolate has softened the meringue slightly, so while it still has a crunch, it dissolves into a sweet, creamy inside. The peppermint isn't overpowering and the whole package is so good. It's a definite make-again for me.
Striped Peppermint Meringues with Chocolate Ganache
From Martha Stewart's Cookies
Makes about 5 dozen
3 large egg whites
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp pure peppermint extract (see extract notes above)
Red gel food coloring
Chocolate Ganache
3/4 cup heavy cream
4 1/2 oz semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
Preheat oven to 175 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Whisk the egg whites and sugar in the heatproof bowl of an electric mixer over a pan of simmering water. Stir until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is warm and smooth between your finger tips, 3-5 minutes. Transfer the bowl to the stand mixer and whisk on high speed until stiff peaks form. Mix in the (peppermint oil free! see notes) extract.
With a small, clean paintbrush used for food, paint three stripes of food coloring inside a pastry bag fitted with an open star tip (I used a drop flower tip). Then fill with 1-2 cups meringue and pipe small, 3/4″ high stars onto the sheets. If you need to refill the pastry bag, repaint the food coloring. Clean the brush every time you dip it into the food coloring, or use a new one.
Bake the cookies until crisp but not brown, about 1 hour and 40 minutes. Cool completely on wire racks before sandwiching with ganache.
To make the ganache: bring cream to a simmer in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Pour over the chocolate in a small bowl and let sit for 5 minutes. Stir until smooth and let cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally. The ganache should be thick enough to hold its shape. Fill it into a pastry bag fitted with a plain round tip and pipe a small mound of ganache onto one meringue before topping with another.
Store cookies in a single layer in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days.
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I have just subscribed to Canal House Cooking. It is written and published by two women who have similar passions – writing, photography, and cooking. You can see portions on their website. It is brand new so not readily available. You should check it out. And keep up the cooking. Ruth Reichl always said food was a way of bringing people together.
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Is this recipe from Martha Stewart? She has the identical
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WHOOPS! and apologies. I didn't see the recipe (must be tired)
and that it was Martha Stewart's. Please accept my apologies.
I have not seen your blog before and I must say you have a great knack for engaging writing and have me hooked on your blog. Your photography is spectacular. I love baking more than any other type of cooking and I too started in childhood. I would hope you would become a journalist and I think your talent will bring you far! Lots of luck! -
Elissa, you are just too cute and talented! I found this blog through a story on aol, and found it thoroughly enjoyable. I especially loved the photos of your meringue cookies…..they looked like fancy clams. I hope as you find your career path that you will find a way to continue with what you obviously have a very great talent for – writing and photography. I cannot comment on your cooking skills, having never tasted any of your concoctions, but by the looks of it, you are no wallflower in that department, either. Kudos to you!
Just noting, meringue doesn't much like oil in general–it causes air bubbles to deflate, which is probably why so yours went soft. I'm glad to hear they came through great in the end, though. I've only recently figured out how to whisk egg whites into foam (yes, it's taken me two years) so I'm excited to try this recipe soon!
Your blog is inspiring! I love the things you bake. My mom and I come back to your website whenever we need a boost. Everything you make is beautiful, keep going for your goals. You have real talent.
I'm making these as i type this, though i couldn't whip the whites to stiff peaks to save my life. they just wouldn't do it. I even left out the extract (as i could only find it with pep oil)… guess it's just one of those days lolI'm sure my little colourful circles will taste great though :)
These look delicious! I'll have to try some sometime. Reading your blog is really making me want to head in the kitchen and do some baking :) &&I know all about those bad days, I've been having some lately too…
your blog is exceptional and so enjoyable! Thank you for baking, writing and sharing … I think I will try to make your meringues for the Valentine's day :)
Elissa, what a coincidence finding your blog! I was just making a pie that called for a meringue topping and my meringue mixture just wouldn't thicken (the first time this has happened to me and I have been making meringues for years) I believe the problem was that I had gotten some egg yolk in the mixture (I thought I had gotten all of it out, evidently not) so after finding the problem I started all over again, Minus any yolk, Ha ha, and it worked beautifully. Basht, maybe this was the problem you had. Anyway I continued on to get some more ideas for making some different kinds of desserts using meringues and that's how I found this blog.
Elissa, how I wish I had your talant for writing (not my best subject in school as you can probably tell by my writing now) Anyway, it sounds as if you have a great dad and a wonderful future ahead of you.
Hang in there regarding the stress with picking a college, my grandaughter went through the same thing and now she will be graduating in June with straight A's.
I'm now going to find some of your other recipes.—–Happy baking.
Proud grandma of six. -
These look wonderful but I was wondering if there was a typo with the temperature? 175 seems way too low, most recipes I've seen say 375?
Indigo – It's correct! Meringues are baked for a long time at a low temperature so they cook without browning.
Thanks Elissa, I think I was getting confused with something else. I need to find peppermint extract so I can make these.
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Just came across your blog tonight after two unsuccessful attempts to get stiff peaks on a similar recipe on the last page of this December's MS Living (2010). Same idea, except the meringue is piped to make nests, with the ganache inside and crushed candy canes on top.;-) How long does it take to get the egg whites to stiff peaks once you start beating? Mine just never would stiffen up. Very gooey. Giving up tonight, but if you have any advice, I would love it. Three egg whites, 3/4 cup sugar, clean bowl, simmering water, cooked only until sugar dissolved (less than the three minutes specified in the recipe), alternated between speeds 6 & 8 on my KitchenAid for 6, then 8, then 10 minutes. Looked the same at every stage and just couldn't see it changing. Meringue failure.;-(
Your blog is so great! I'm so glad I found it!
I started to make these peppermint meringues by using a recipe that called for caster (finely ground but not powdered) sugar and egg white… previously I have only used powdered sugar when making meringue, so I was curious about this. Then when I couldn't make the meringue stiff enough, I was convinced it was because of the heavy sugar granules. So I came online to have a look, and I found this blog of yours. I hadn't added the peppermint yet, so I can't blame my soft meringue on that. I probably got some yolk in my mixture.ANYWAYS, after reading that meringue doesn't like peppermint oil and realising that the essence I was going to use contains it, I've been trying my hardest to find a place (online) that sells artificial peppermint flavouring that DOESN'T contain peppermint oil. I can't seem to find any. Not many places sell the essence, and if they do they never mention the ingredients. I plan to check gourmet food stores tomorrow morning, but until then, I only have my imagination.
I've come up with one suggestion to solve this peppermint meringue problem, and I wanted to ask your opinion;The meringue mixture is affected if the peppermint oil is added when the meringue is being whipped. So we can't flavour the meringue at that stage. The idea of putting peppermint in the ganache is a cool idea, but I'm not sandwiching my meringues and I'm not using ganache so that option wouldn't work for me. What if the meringues were flavoured with peppermint AFTER they were baked? The only way to do it would be to make a little spray bottle of peppermint essence (perhaps mixed with water?) and then the meringues would be lightly sprayed with the liquid after they've been baked and cooled.
Obviously, the liquid would soak into the meringue a bit and it could possibly make the meringue soggy. But it might not be so bad? A little spritz of peppermint spray might do the trick?What does everyone think of this suggestion? I haven't worked with meringue that much (despite being a pastry chef) so I'm not sure how it will go. I'd love to try it right now but I've been awake almost 24 hours now.
Any ideas on my idea? :P
PS one other option is to sprinkle peppermint flavoured sprinkles on top before baking. I found some little white balls by wilton; it's a cool idea but I'd rather the meringue was flavoured personally :)-
I've been doing some experiments this morning with peppermint meringue and I thought I'd share my results so far :)
I could not accept the fact that peppermint oil in meringue would deflate the mixture, ruining my xmas present idea of peppermint meringues dipped in chocolate. So I checked all of my baking books (I have way more than one human needs) and found at least 50 DIFFERENT recipes for meringue. I couldn't find any that used peppermint, but I found several that used coffee or vanilla or some other kind of flavouring.
Some recipes used cornflour and vinegar, and the sugar and essence had to be heated in a pan to dissolve and become a thin syrup. I thought this syrup idea might work with peppermint so I tried it. (you know when you bring alcohol to the boil to remove the alcohol taste? I hoped that bringing the peppermint to the boil would magically remove the oil from it LOL)So I heated the sugar and peppermint essence (containing peppermint oil) in a pan untilt he sugar dissolved and the mixture boiled for about 10 seconds. I removed it from the heat to cool slightly and began whisking my egg white. When the egg white was a bit foamy, I added the cornflour and vinegar like the recipe said, and beat it a little more, then added the syrup in a thin stream while the beater continued to beat.
The result was interesting…
The syrup smelled very strongly of peppermint and when I sniffed it, my nose felt like it was burning inside, kinda like when you sniff harsh chemicals. I was worried the peppermint taste might be too strong but when I added it to the meringue and continued to beat it, it tasted pepperminty but not overpoweringly so.I was concerned about the texture of my meringue though, because even though it was very stiff and held its shape well, it was very foamy and bubbly which is not the texture I want.
I continued anyway, and painted the inside of my piping bag with red and green stripes and piped the foamy stars onto my trays and baked them.I'm pleased to say that they held their shape perfectly. No deflation whatsoever. Some of them are actually too tall for my liking because of the way I piped them. Even though they held shape, they somehow lost their peppermint taste and it's so hard to tell that they're flavoured peppermint that it seems pointless to advertise them as peppermint flavoured kisses.
Also, another disappointment is the texture of them. The foamy-ness is not what I wanted, and the end result doesn't look the way I want them to look. They are also extremely sticky to touch and won't let go of my fingers, therefore they'd be impossible to dip into melted chocolate.
I was determined to rectify those problems though, so I started again.
I assumed the over foamy-ness was because of the vinegar and cornflour, so I did the entire recipe again but without those two ingredients. I boiled the syrup and added it into the meringue, contuining to beat.
I was very disappointed and frustrated at this point, because the meringue would not stiffen. It was a shiny, white liquid mess that failed to hold its peaks and I wanted to die. I didn't want to throw it away so as a last resort I added the vinegar and cornflour just to see what would happen… and like magic, it stiffened.I was pretty smug now, because I thought I had solved my problem. The meringue was the perfect texture I wanted it to be; not foamy and airy, it was stiff, thick, glossy, and pepperminty.
I was too eager to see how they'd bake to bother painting my piping bag, so I swirled some colouring into the mixture to see how successful that would be. (It failed – red and green turns into latte/brown when mixed together.)
Even though the colour of the mixture wasn't appealing, the texture seemed perfect so I piped them anyway.
I put them in the oven and returned after a few minutes to see how they were progressing, and I wanted to die again. They had deflated! They looked just like the ones you made; kinda dome shaped but not peaked at all.At the moment I'm deciding whether I want to go to the store to buy more sugar so I can try again, but I'm starting to lose hope.
Whoever thought peppermint meringue would cause such a fuss?My end conclusions:
adding vinegar and cornflour to the mixture thickens it
they deflated in the oven anyways.I guess the best solution is to make the meringue very, very foamy before adding the syrup and cornflour and vinegar, which results in an extremely foamy mixture that holds its shape when baked but turns out very sticky. Maybe I need to cook them longer to crisp so they lose the stickyness? And maybe they won't lose their pepperminty flavour if I make it stronger this time?
I'll keep trying and report my results.
I put the tray of sticky, foamy meringue kisses into a cooling oven and let them dry out; now they're not sticky anymore and they're nice and crisp. So it's basically the best result I can get.
Not deflated, but not strongly flavoured.-
I've had a long day of experimenting, and I've found the best way to make these without deflation.
I found a few recipes for meringue online that use cream of tartar, so I tried it.
I whisked 3 egg whites with 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar and a pinch of salt. One recipe for peppermint meringue said to add the peppermint in at this stage, but I didn't.
I whisked this mixture until it had soft peaks, then with the beaters still beating I slowly added 3/4 cup caster sugar. (finely ground white sugar but not powdered sugar)I beat this mixture until it had firm peaks, then removed the beaters. I added a few drops of peppermint essence (containing the dreaded peppermint oil) and VERY SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY folded it through without beating.
I tasted it to make sure it had enough peppermint flavour and it tasted perfect to me, so I piped the stars onto the tray and baked them for about 25 minutes at 100 degrees Celcius.They almost completely held their shape! They VERY slightly deflated, and I mean VERY slightly. They are so cute and lovely!
My idea is to dip the bottoms in melted chocolate instead of sandwiching them, so I did that and they look so gorgeous!
I hope this helps other people because it worked very well for me! I guess beating the peppermint oil through the meringue just works it in too much and the fat content destroys it. But lightly folding with a metal spoon seems ok.
Good luck everyone! :D
thank you so much for posting this…i was having the same problem in the kitchen and ready to throw in the towel…then I read this and was re-inspired. And, no, mine are not star tipped and pretty, but they are cute little buttons and taste good too. I would have just thrown out the SECOND batch like i did the first.
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I found this post about a year ago, and I googled 'deviled egg days' to find it again. I just needed to read up on it again, it really encouraged me last time! I've had some bad kitchen days, too, and a whole sucky week with crappy friends. So thanks for this :)
P.S. Cut down on the extract girl! 1/8 teaspoon, maybe even just a dash. But it works wonders! I love these though! So cute. I had the same problem and did a bunch of research on it. Google has saved my life so many times.
Ellen – This meant a lot to me, thank you :)
Instead of the peppermint oil, try finely crushed candy cane. I purchase them after Christmas on sale just for this purpose. They add a burst of slightly chewy peppermint when you hit the larger dots of them. Family favorite. Love your site.
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Hello out there in Chevy land. I am from Cedar Hill Missouri. I joined this site to get some help with issues I am having with my 93 C1500. I will post to the appropriate thread in a few. Just wanted to say Hi and Happy 4th of July.
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07-02-2012, 02:17 PM #3We are the Borg. Lift your vehicle and surrender your keys. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Resistance is futile. Erm, I mean ... welcome to GM Truck Club! Have a safe and happy 4th of July.
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Everything is going strong with your new relationship, but the spectre of Christmas is looming large as every day brings you closer to the 25th. You may feel a bit nervous about finding Christmas gifts for the boyfriend this early into your liaison. Thankfully, if you resist any urges to go to the extreme and take time to consider what would really tug at his heart strings, you'll likely land on the perfect item.
Step 1: Don't Freak Out If your instincts are telling you to avoid an extravagant gift, they're probably right. Even though you may be crazy about your new guy, you don't want to make him feel like the relationship is moving too quickly - and you don't want him to feel self-conscious about the gift he bought you. Instead, surprise him with how much you've learned about him in such a short amount of time.
Step 2: Make It Meaningful Think back to a special moment the two of you shared, such as your first kiss at a baseball game, or a detail about his past that he's talked about - like how good his grandmother's brownies tasted when he was a kid.
After you've nailed the occasion or story that you want your gift to reference, settle on the memento. For example, look for a baseball hat or shirt that commemorates the team that witnessed the beginning of your relationship. Even though you can't replicate his grandmother's recipe, you could have gourmet brownies delivered, with a note mentioning how happy he looked when he talked about his grandmother's recipe.
Step 3: Make It Sweet Food gifts are always a great standby because it's hard to be disappointed with a sweet treat, and they're affordable enough that you won't accidentally put him off with a high price tag.
Do you think you and your new guy might have real staying power? Give him a gift that will start a tradition that the two of you can keep up every year. Sharing couple photos and frames, for example, can make for great annual collages (just keep this tradition on the down low or your single friends and relatives might think it's a little over-the-top).
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One of the Oklahoma teenagers accused of killing 23-year-old Australian baseball player Christopher Lane previously posted images online showing himself posing with guns and wads of cash.
And three days before what police call the indiscriminate shooting, the suspect, 15-year-old James Edwards Jr., tweeted, "With my n****s when it's time to start taken life's" -- a line from the Chief Keef rap song, "I Don't Like."
Back in April, he tweeted, "90% of white ppl (people) are nasty. #HATE THEM."
Police in the town of Duncan have charged Edwards and Chancey Luna, 16, as adults with first degree felony murder, said Kaylee Chandler, a Stephens County court clerk.
Michael Jones, their alleged 17-year-old driver, faces two charges: use of a vehicle in the discharge of a weapon and accessory after the fact to murder in the first degree.
A judge set bond at $1 million for Jones and no bond for Edwards and Luna, Chandler said.
Police say it was Jones who ultimately told them, "We were bored and didn't have anything to do, so we decided to kill somebody."
The police affidavit lists Edwards and Chancey as black, and Jones as white.
Edwards' older sister said Thursday she finds it hard to believe her brother would ever post online messages about killing and hate.
"I know that he has a lot of Caucasian friends with whom he hangs with," Rachel Padilla told CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront" from her home in Duncan. "The only way that I would feel that he would say anything racist about anybody is because that we have felt racism from some of the people here in the community of Stephens County."
Padilla said her brother has been in trouble with the police before for fighting, but she said he's never been a vicious person and she would never have thought he could kill someone. She said Edwards "hung around older people that were affiliated with gangs" but she doesn't know if he was in a gang himself.
Case triggers political, racial questions
The seemingly senseless killing has left many Americans disgusted. And for some, it triggered a political question with racial overtones in the wake of the polarizing Trayvon Martin case, in which an unarmed black teen was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer who claimed self-defense. The acquittal of George Zimmerman, who describes himself as Hispanic, infuriated many people and triggered protests around the country, as well as remarks from President Barack Obama.
Now, some Americans are asking why this killing, in which the victim was white and the alleged killers black, has not brought reaction from the president.
The conservative news website townhall.com complained Wednesday that the Rev. Al Sharpton, a prominent civil rights figure, and the president, "who quickly opined on the George Zimmerman self-defense case against Trayvon Martin, are silent. Not only should they be publicly condemning the alleged killing, which is now an international incident, but they should be asking why the hell these teenagers were 'bored' in the middle of the day. Where were their parents? Where is Sharpton when it comes to condemning young black men joining gangs, as these three did?"
At the White House, spokesman Josh Earnest said Wednesday he was not familiar with the case. When asked why the president had not weighed in on it, he noted that when Obama spoke of the Trayvon Martin case, he also spoke in general terms "about the impact of violence in communities all across the country."
A look at Sharpton's Twitter feed and transcript from his August 21 program did not show any mention of Lane's death.
Thursday, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, another well-known civil rights figure, and his Rainbow PUSH Coalition issued a statement referring to both the killing of Christopher Lane and the recent beating of a white 13-year-old boy by three black teenagers on a school bus in Florida.
The incidents call "each of us to a (sic) collectively resist all forms of violence in our society," he wrote.
"In particular black on black violence that disproportionately affects every facet of black life in America. These horrific episodes that leave all rationally thinking people appalled and others feeling paralyzed cannot be addressed by our silence and or abdicating our personal responsibility. We urge all persons who believe as we do in the (Martin Luther) King principle of peace all over the globe to rise to the challenge to pursue and promote peace and its principles. We must learn to live together in peace or we will most assuredly die apart in our own neglect."
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Lane was a promising young athlete, living his dream of studying in the United States on a baseball scholarship.
The people of Duncan, an affluent town of fewer than 25,000 people, welcomed him.
Lane had gone out for a jog just at the time the teens had decided to find someone to kill, police say.
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To me, cooked sauces end up tasting like pasta sauces. When you saute onions and garlic in some olive oil and then add tomatoes, you can add any amount of spices, but it will always taste like pasta sauce to me at this point. To each his/her own, though!
I decided to finally release my #2 pizza sauce into the wild, and figured I would put it here since the instructions for handling the herbs and spices in the microwave are already in this thread. First the ingredients, then a few notes, then a few instructions, and finally a few more notes.Red November Sauce (#2) 28 oz 11.3 NTSS (1.053 g/cc) tomato puree 14 g sucrose 7 g salt3.5 g herbs & spices (see below)3.5 g garlic powder3.5 g onion powderherbs & spices (dried & crushed) earthy component 4 vu oregano 2 vu marjoram 1 vu parsley sweet component 4 vu basil 2 vu tarragon 1 vu fennel seed savory component 2 vu rosemary 2 vu thyme spicy component 1 vu paprika 1 vu black pepperNotes: "vu" stands for volume unit since the measurements are expressed in ratios. If measured accurately and the herbs are crushed sufficiently, the total mass should be 3.5g when 1 vu = 1/8 tsp.Instructions: Add the sucrose (table sugar) and salt to the sauce first and whisk. In a separate sealable container measure and mix all the herbs and spices as well as the garlic and onion powders. I recommend choosing a volume unit that allows you to match your quantity of puree exactly. Trying to divide the herbs and spices after mixing will lead to uneven distribution. Seal the container and shake well. Pour the mixture into a microwaveable container such as a small Pyrex measuring cup. Add just enough filtered water to the mixture so that it is completely moist, but not suspended in water. Follow the microwave instructions in my two previous posts. Add the herbs and spices to the puree. Whisk and place in refrigerator to chill for at least 6 hours before using.Notes: As you might be able to tell, the herbs and spices are deliberately matched according to a specific flavor profile. There's a lot I could say about the reasoning behind the seasoning, as it took a long time to investigate each herb and spice in order to give it a profile component value, but it all still comes down to how each person thinks it tastes. The more experienced on this site should already know this, but be sure the puree has no added substances (e.g. salt, citric acid, seasonings) if you buy it canned. I hope I covered everything.- red.november
Do i even dare to try this with crushed and drained tomatoes ?
2) Oil of any kind in the sauce helps to entrap the flavors released during baking of the pizza, potentially resulting in a better flavor profile. Tom Lehmann/The Dough Doctor
Pizzamaking.com is like a gold mine. I've been reading this forum for many years but somehow I'd never read this thread before, and I'd never seen November's post releasing his Red November Pizza Sauce (#2) "into the wild", which he did way back in October of 2006! The thread had been dormant for about three years when Morgan posted a question, thus leading me to read the whole thread. And what a great thread it is! I learned about Microwave-Assisted Extraction (MAE), an industrial engineering technique for releasing flavors from herbs and spices, I became introduced to November, a truly brilliant fellow, who had many interesting things to say way back in 2006 (and probably still does, though not much here on pizzamaking.com), and there was even a bit of drama, when a not-so-friendly spat developed between November and SD Girl involving the issue of how long to keep spices in the pantry. Quite a ride. So thank you Morgan for posting on this thread. I think I will give November's Red November Pizza Sauce (#2) a whirl. I wonder what Red November Pizza Sauce (#1) is like? All hail this great forum! TinRoof
Norma;After 45+ years of eating, sleeping, breathing, researching, and consulting on pizza, a little has to eventually rub off.My job has always been fairly easy since I've got all the tools and toys one could wish for at my disposal for making, developing, and researching pizza. You and all of the other folks here are the truly innovative and creative individuals as you are all researching the different aspects of pizza, developing different styles of pizza, reverse engineering pizzas, and just plain making great pizzas all without the big and expensive toys that we work with. Now, that's a challenge. It is also interesting to note that there is a strong interest displayed here to make what we like to call "artisan" pizzas, be it in a home oven, or a wood fired oven out in the back yard. For what it's worth, this closely mimics some of the direction that pizza industry is now going in as we are beginning to see more artisan type pizza offerings in the frozen food cases, and pizzerias, in general, are asking more questions about how to make them. So the knowledge that I'm gaining here helps to shorten my learning curve too.Tom Lehmann/The Dough Doctor
This! Have to take this sauce for a spin and see how it goes. I'm not too picky about the sauce, just basic organic Italian crushed tomatoes with salt, sugar, herbs and black pepper. Sometimes i add olive oil, balsamic vinegar and lemon juice. I am skeptic about this sauce, but I'm going to test it anyway, it is different than i ever tried for sure so there must be totally different taste to it. I think i use more spices normally, but who knows maybe this is the best sauce there is.
Less!....is often times more than enough.
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One of the most...
In one of the discussions here, Brian W. tells me that the following sentence is wrong:
"This is one of the most common errors people make…"
He says it should be: "One of the more common…"
He explains:
Proper use of 'most' requires the size of the set in which the subject is a member: "one of the 10 most." Without a numeric qualifier, all but the last are potentially included in the set "one of the most." That (unfortunately) makes it as meaningful as "up to 10… or more!"
Now, is this a grammatical issue or stylistic issue? I see "one of the most" being used quite often.
As a side note, in Japanese, "one of the most" would be an oxymoron because the concept of "most" implies that it is at the top of the list, that is, there is only one thing that could be "most" or "best". I remember feeling awkward about the phrase "one of the most" when I was first learning English.
This issue isn't in MWDEU and I can't find any online grammar sites that discuss it. In my opinion "one of the most" is completely comprehensible and there's nothing wrong with it.
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I gotta go with Brian W.!
It is true, it is comprehensible.
But so is "I'm going to go lay down." (Should be "lie")
So is "I haven't done nothin'." (Double negatives invert the intended meaning.)
So is "My house is comprised of rooms." ("Comprise" is not a synonym of "compose".)
So is "I seen him yesterday." ("I saw..." or "I had seen...")
So is "Him and me went there." (Saying "Him went there," and "Me went there." Should be "He and I went there."
I'm not trying to scold anyone--please don't take it that way.
I AM however trying to make the point as strongly as possible that comprehensibility is not remotely associated with assessing the accuracy of syntax or word meaning.
I am listening to this thread with interest, however...
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"comprehensibility is not remotely associated with assessing the accuracy of syntax or word meaning"
This sounds like the "nothing is relevant" theory of grammar. Comprehensibility has to have some bearing on our theory of grammar, otherwise our theory of grammar is like an ideal, that exists in some fixed form regardless of how the language is used.
Are there any usage books that proscribe "one of the most"?
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Saying a specific quality (comprehensibility) is not relevant is really not the same as asserting a universal (nothing is relevant).
For example, if a lot of people say, "I am going to go lay down," it has no bearing on the fact that they have used an objective verb where a subjective verb is required, syntactically.
It appears to me that the theme of this site is "what are the rules?" The rules are not changed when a statement that violates the rules is comprehensible...
Comprehensibilty is suitable for contemplation of some things, but not in the contemplation of accurate syntax. Accurate syntax is virtually set in stone. (I say virtually, because it does shift over time, but the shift is so slow that the experience for individual people is that of being actually set in stone.)
Comprehensilility is a valuable goal, if that standard has been eluding you (the generic "you..."). I'm not opposed to it in any way. I only maintain that it is not a measure of proper syntax.
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How do we determine what the rules are? As with any other field of study, we determine what the rules are by looking at the relevant evidence. Part of the relevant evidence has to be usage. Below I have quoted some writers using the phrase "one of the most" - I could find many more examples. These writers are generally regarded as some of the best writers in English. They presumably knew what they were doing. If this phrase is incorrect, why do so many good writers use it? If our theory of grammar forbids this phrase, how useful a theory is it?
Another part of the evidence is opinion of usage commentators. Again, are there any usage books that forbid this phrase?
The satisfaction of prevailing on one of the most worthless young men in Great Britain to be her husband might then have rested in its proper place.
- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
It was one of the most exasperating attributes of Bounderby, that he not only sang his own praises but stimulated other men to sing them.
- Charles Dickens, Hard Times
Peggotty was glad to get it for him, and he overwhelmed her with thanks, and went his way up Tottenham Court Road, carrying the flower-pot affectionately in his arms, with one of the most delighted expressions of countenance I ever saw.
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it will be one of the most benevolent acts you ever performed.
- Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
I think he is one of the most resolute men I ever saw - Bram Stoker, Dracula
'it's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle--to get one's head cut off.'
- Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
In the sperm fishery, this is perhaps one of the most remarkable incidents in all the business of whaling.
- Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Mr. Dodsley this year brought out his _Preceptor_, one of the most valuable books for the improvement of young minds that has appeared in any language
- Boswell, Life of Johnson Vol 1
the dispute was one of the most interesting disputes in the world
- Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy
Her long golden hair hung down about her face and shoulders, her complexion was exquisite, and her smile completed one of the most romantic-looking heads, set off as it was by the bright sun behind it, which I had ever beheld.
- Lord Byron, letter to Mr Ellice
The observance of promises is itself one of the most considerable parts of justice, and we are not surely bound to keep our word because we have given our word to keep it.
- David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
"'One of the most precious public possessions of the empire,' said I.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The sun was just setting, and the Clock Tower and the Houses of Parliament rose against one of the most peaceful skies it is possible to imagine
- HG Wells, War of the Worlds
One of the most annoying half hours of the first fortnight occurred in Los Angeles, when an unhappy waiter brought her a tomato stuffed with chicken salad instead of celery.
- F Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned
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How do we determine what the rules are?

Much of language is philosophy/mathematics. The things we say have pretty specific mental structures associated with them. We hve concepts like "sentence fragment" because a senetence fragment violates the rules of the minimum number of elements (and their types) necessary to convey that which a sentence is to convey—a complete thought.
So some of the rules are determined by analyzing whether the task the utterance was to convey was in fact conveyed.
Some areas of language are personal language choices. Some are not.
But it seems to me that asking questions like the quote at the top is implying that the paradigm that legitimately applies to some areas automatically applies to all areas. Of course, that is an application of reductionism, a logical fallacy.

Part of the relevant evidence has to be usage.

This is true in some cases, but not in all. That means that it is relevant evidence in the areas where it is relevant, but it is not relevant evidence in areas where it is not relevant.
Let me set an analysis. Opinion in some cases is relevant evidence. It is virtually the most important evidence in a demographics study or a survey. But opinion carries exactly zero weight as evidence in the question of whether it is true or not that 2 + 2 = 5.
And, as I said before, usage pressure changes language rules very slowly, though admitedly it does exert functional pressure.

These writers are generally regarded as some of the best (that would be "better writers" ;-] ) writers in English. They presumably knew what they were doing. If this phrase is incorrect, why do so many good writers use it? If our theory of grammar forbids this phrase, how useful a theory is it?

Writers are lauded by the emotion they can evoke, the complexity of their plots, ad infinitim. They are not considered expert writers on the basis of their understanding of syntax and language theory. Some really good writers have a horrible grasp of these things.
I am sure you can find examples of highly renown authors who misuse lay/lie/laid, further/farther, compose/comprise, assure/ensure/insure, aggravate/irritate/antagonize, alright (a nonstandard abbreviation)/all right, preventive/preventative, can not/cannot, bad/badly, continual/continuous, would have/had, tortuous/torturous, sit/set, parameter/perimeter (as in "outside the parameters", and on and on.
I also know that sometimes authors choose constructions they know full well violate grammar rules because they are more effective at construction the picture they are painting, "poetic license." For instance, I am sure you will be able to find occurences in the writings of the authors you cited of using split infinitives; I do this myself for effect often. I realize full well when I do that I am doing so, but I do so anyway to make my point. That does not make split infinitives acceptable examples of proper grammar—they violate the rules.
Sometimes, saying "One of the more..." instead of "One of the most..." can insert a hint of properness that harms the flow of the narrative. It is still a syntax violation.
So, I grant you, it is a commonly used construction. Yet I assert that it is a violation of grammar. The two situations can co-exist.
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You still have not provided any evidence to support your assertion that "one of the most" is incorrect.
"This is true in some cases, but not in all. That means that it is relevant evidence in the areas where it is relevant, but it is not relevant evidence in areas where it is not relevant."
How can usage be not relevant in discussions of grammar?
I think we have two very different ideas about what grammar is. I think that rules of grammar can be determined by looking at the evidence - how the language is used, and the opinions of usage writers. You seems to think that the rules of grammar are set in stone like mathematics, and how the language is actually used isn't necessarily relevant. Something is right or wrong not because of how it is used, but because you say so.
For each of the usage issues you mention, there is evidence of their use by good writers, and there is disagreement by usage commentators (for overviews of the controversies, see Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage). For instance, the split infinitive. There is a history of elements being placed between "to" and the verb going back to the 1400s. Sometimes the split infinitive is obligatory (http://184.108.40.206/%7Emyl/languagelog/archives...). Also, there is no modern usage book that I am aware of that prohibits the split infinitive.
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OK, let me ask you: In the case of "One of the most," let's say the goup is 100 in size.
So we say, "One of the tallest." The tallest is indicative of a sub group. But how big is it?if you were a member of this 100, and there were 5 shorter than you, are you one of the tallest? Is "the tallest" a group of 95? Would 50 need to be shorter than you?
Now I know that the same questions can be asked with respect to "taller," but shorter is a comparative word, whereas shortest is one with a much more ultimate connotation.
My point in what I have been saying is that logic alone is enough to establish the case I am making, no authority need be cited.
You clearly disagree, but the case against my assertion does not persuade me.
'S been fun though.
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So you're saying that "one of the tallest" is ambiguous between "the tallest of the 5 shortest people" and "the tallest of all 100 people"? Sure, but language is full of ambiguity. "I read the book on the chair" is ambiguous: is the book on the chair or am I on the chair? Ambiguous is not the same as incorrect.
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I believe an English teasher would lower a student's grade on a paper if it had an abiguity such as "I read the book on the chair." It "incorrect" in a domain other than syntax, or misusing words ("lay" in place of "lie")
A sentence is defined as a complete thought. The implication is that a sentence conveys a complete thought. "I read the book on the chair" doesn't actually convey a complete thought, due to its ambiguity. So, in my understanding, it is in fact incorrect, just not incorrect syntactically. It is incorrect at a higher level, at the level of making sense.
One of the most--again, to me--is oncorrect because it fails to convey any meaning other than the meaning inferred by the listener. But the purpose of communicating is to make your point, not to say something that allows the listener to come to a conclusion through guesswork.
One of the most, as I said before, being ultimate rather than comparative, implies membership in a set. But the size of the set is not established, leaving the phrase devoid of the minimum clarity I believe is ought to have.
"More" is, by its nature (so to speak), comparative. This allows it to serve acceptably in the phrase "one of the more," though it is true that the size of the set is still undefined.
Just my opinion, from the standpoint of logic -- as I understand it.
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I don't see anything wrong about one of the most ..., one of the best, etc.
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Boy, I wish I had time to really weigh in on this, but I am compelled to make some quick comments. This is getting just plain silly. First of all, as John said, there's nothing intrinsically wrong with ambiguity. Language is loaded with it. It's the very basis of most poetry, literature, and art. Usually, ambiguity is resolved purely by the context. As long as it doesn't actively interfere with successful comprehension, it's not a problem (it still isn't grammatically incorrect; it's a matter of style).
In any case, far too many words are being thrown around here incorrectly. "One of the most" is not ambiguous in any way. It is imprecise but not ambiguous. They're two different concepts. There is nothing grammatically or contextually incorrect about being imprecise. If I say "I'm eating some chicken", that isn't incorrect. I am not obliged to say "I am eating 3-1/4 ounces of chicken." There is no grammatical rule or even a social contract that dictates what level of detail I have to give in any statement. I suppose some of you think the word "some" should never be used in English because it doesn't connote an exact quantity? Nonsense. Any logical objection to "one of the most" based on imprecision or ambiguity would equally apply to "one of the more." In fact, this mode of thinking would suggest that qualitative discourse about anything is somehow "not allowed". This is ridiculous. Furthermore, "one of the most" and "one of the more" don't mean the same thing. Qualitatively and in this context, "more" is further down the totem pole of exclusivity.
While we're at it, all sorts of examples have been claimed to be bad syntax. These claims are poorly formed. They should be claiming bad semantics, not bad syntax. Truth be told, most of the "bad" examples are perfectly fine, both semantically and syntactically. Regardless, please get the words right.
The objections towards "one of the most" are mostly misguided. If there is any issue at all, it would be the one that Dyske brought up. Some (few) people object to the use of superlatives in a wider encompassing fashion. The claim is that there can be only one "best", etc. This doesn't hold up to closer scrutiny, but that's for another discussion. Also, most can mean "a large majority of". It doesn't have to mean "THE most". Any other objections about quantity, ambiguity, logic, mathematics, etc., are just a red herring.
It's also disingenuous to argue a prescriptive viewpoint over a descriptive one as if the descriptive one didn't even exist. It seems to be rather ignorant, especially as modern linguistics is pretty much based on descriptivism (mind you, personally, I lean towards prescriptivism, myself).
Gee, I guess this turned into more than a few comments. I just couldn't help myself.
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Well, it depends on what Brian W. means by "wrong". Does he mean 'incorrect', or is this a normative assertion? If he means the sentence is incorrect, his own argument doesn't support that: if the sentence refers to an overall set of 100 errors, then the sentence specifically points to the 99 of them that are most common--the sentence is not incorrect, merely fuzzy, which might be considered 'wrong'. Few, however, would take the sentence literally to mean all but the one least common error; rather, the sentence would commonly be construed to refer to an ill-defined set of very common errors.
The discussion isn't well served by being second hand in this case: did Brian W. say "wrong" or did he say "incorrect"? Or did he simply say what was quoted? If the latter, the semantic discussion must also consider the intended meaning of "Proper". Does 'proper' in this case refer to the formal use of 'most'? The informal use? The mathematical use?
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If you don't like "one of the most", what will you say about "a most"?
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This has been most interesting.
I think the problem stems from in the fact that "most" may be used in either a singular or a plural sense:
Jane has the most friends.
Most people like Jane.
The phrase "one of the most" may be justified as referring to the plural sense of "most:"
Jane is one of the most liked (people).
That statement has a different meaning than "Jane is one of the more liked people."
John cites many instances of "one of the most" from "some of the best" writers. That's right: "some of the best." Not "some of the better," which could be taken to mean "above average," but the cream of the crop. The meaning is clear, even if the grammar is obscure (but justified, none the less).
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I can't believe that anyone these days would say that split infinitives are unacceptable. The so-called split infinitive has never violated any rule of English. Please cite any modern grammar book that says the split infinitive is unacceptable grammar. I suppose you also believe a sentence should never end with a preposition?
"it has no bearing on the fact that they have used an objective verb where a subjective verb is required, syntactically." Objective and subjective verbs?
"One of the world's best writers", "one of the most common errors"...etc, etc. It's risible to suggest that these are bad grammar and even sillier to say they are bad syntax.
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Brian W said:
"So, I grant you, it is a commonly used construction. Yet I assert that it is a violation of grammar. The two situations can co-exist."
It is in no way a violation of grammar. Certainly not in the way linguists use the term "grammar" and hardly even in the broadest sense of the term. The issue is one of semantics or meaning.
And the grammar of a language is the way it is used. If something is as common as "one the most" it cannot possibly be bad grammar. Any so-called rule of grammar that is contrary to what a significant majority of native speakers actually write and say is not a true grammar rule at all. There are over 3000 million hits for "one of the most" on Google. Quite apart from that anyone with an ear for the language can tell "one of the most/best" is standard English. If you are going to be this pedantic, you are going to end up dismissing three quarters of the language.
For example, is "you" used as a singular with a plural verb -- as it always is -- bad grammar? It runs counter to the normal "rules". Shouldn't we say, if speaking to one person, "you is right", rather than "you are right?
My point is that common usage overrides the rules.
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I think it has to do with the fact that most is a superlative and not a comparative, as is more. Adjectives, and adverbs, have three forms: the positive (the base word), the comparative, and the superlative.
Positive: tall, many/much
Comparative: taller, more
Superlative: tallest, most
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I think this graph says it all really: http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=on...
It may not be addressed in MWDEU, but Burchfield in the New Fowlers's gives his approval to an example sentence which includes the clause: "one of the deepest and most sensitive studies I've yet read."
And as far as what grammar is, I'm 100% with rmensies.
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Actually, considering that errors is being compared to more than one, it should be most, i.e. splitting infinitives, stranding prepositions, etc. Comparison of three or more things is superlative therefore requires most.
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I tend to use both depending on context.
"That is one of your more annoying habits"
"That was one of the most awkward moments in my career"
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@Jasper - except few would consider either of your examples as errors. :)
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Yes, I don'r consider those as errors either. But most prescriptivists in the hierarchy do.
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Back in the 70s a teacher friend asked her class to write down examples of a variety of "incongruities" common in the use of English.
The list included "hanging prepositons" and "split infinitives".
She received a wide variety of examples of "hanging prepositions", but 35 out of 36 kids listed the same example of a split infinitive.
It was fairly obvious which TV show was their favourite.
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No, Brian W is wrong. I'll use an example of better and best, which can be applied equally to more and most.
In a set group based on criteria there can be "the best thing." In a larger set "the best thing" of smaller sets can form a new set "the best things"(or "those that fits best thing criteria of all finite sets"). This set is finite, and "one of the best things" makes sense.
In a set group based on criteria there can be many subsets of "better things"(i.e. group of things better than non-zero finite members) specifically sets of (n-1) sizes, the largest being the set of (n-1) size including the least. IOW, "one of the better things" means "everything except the least one."
"One of the (comparative)" is always wrong. It's always "one of the (superlative)."
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Not to forget that those who use "one of the better" sound wishy-washy.
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@Nemo - I generally agree with you (I think), but not with "everything except the least one" or your statement that - "One of the (comparative)" is always wrong. It's always "one of the (superlative)."
Not quite. Hairy Scot has already given the example "That is one of your more annoying habits" - Logically, we can divide the person's habits into two groups, one group consisting of his more annoying habits (with a subset of his most annoying habits), and another of his less annoying habits, and 'that' is one of the former.
[Set 1 - his bad habits] [Set 2 - his better habits [Subset - the best ones] ]
There are plenty of examples of this use with "the" on the web - "One of the better Travelodges", i.e. not one of the best, but not one of the bad ones either. "One of the stranger B&Bs I've stayed in" - not exactly one of the strangest, but certainly in the category of stranger ones. Also -"Excellent - but splurge on one of the better rooms if you can". These are all grammatically fine, and have a slightly different meaning to the superlative versions.
And sometimes there can be a difference in nuance:
"One of the best moments in the film was when ..." - it sounds quite a good film.
"One of the better moments of the film was when ..." - it could be a straight comment, but it could also sound as though there weren't too many good moments.
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Ghost Machine
Filmed: 2006
Additional Notes:
Chuck: bit of a blinder this one! A casualty of too small screencaps I took a picture of the east side of the square thinking this was where they ran along - oops!
Where to walk to next?
Kames Place (Ghost Machine). Leave the square to Kames Place.
South Luton Place (Last of the Time Lords). No route recorded to this location.
Additional locations as the crow flies:
Adamsdown Place (Ghost Machine): 0.08 miles.
Inchmarnock Street (Ghost Machine): 0.15 miles.
Lady Margaret's Terrace (Ghost Machine): 0.18 miles.
Howard Gardens (End of Days): 0.23 miles.
Logistically Bernie leaves the park from a gate on the west side of the square in order to run around the corner as he does to escape Owen - in reality there is no gate on that side, only the north and south ends of the park!
Related Stories
Ghost Machine [2006]: Ed's street, and where Owen chases Bernie.
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