The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #132499   Message #4174338
Posted By: Steve Shaw
11-Jun-23 - 06:39 AM
Thread Name: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Why make life difficult? Two teaspoons full, or teaspoonsful (or whatever - who knows?) of sugar is exactly the same as two teaspoons of sugar. If your teaspoon isn't "full", you can say level teaspoon, or rounded teaspoon, or heaped teaspoon. Far more elegant, with the added bonus of avoiding ambiguity.