04-24-2020, 03:04 AM
(04-24-2020, 02:54 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: In that example the freezer is the fund (singular) as it holds the supply for the children. Saying that the father is allocating funds by giving out the popsicle (supply) would be grammatically incorrect. He's not allocating the freezer, he's allocating the supply. The same goes with using it to refer to a stockpile of medical supplies.
Saying "allocate funds" implies money because it's 1) plural and 2) You don't distribute the source of the supply but rather the supply itself. Using the other definition would just be plain incorrect in that context.
That’s what happens when you deliberately select the wrong definition of a word to pursue a Skip Bayless-ish argument for the sake of argument as Skip Bayless is famous for doing.