by far and away

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Mar 8, 2009, at 5:58 AM, i pasted in a quote from Brians, which got
somewhat mangled.  here's a corrected version:

>   You could say that Halloween is by far your favorite holiday, or
> you can say that it’'s far and away your favorite holiday; but if you
> combine the two expressions and say “"by far and away"” you'’ll annoy
> some people and puzzle others who can'’t figure out why it doesn'’t
> sound quite right.
>   http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/byfar.html

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org