04-24-2020, 02:54 AM
(04-24-2020, 02:25 AM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: Son: “Hey, Dad, can I get some funds for this weekend?”
Dad: “Sure, son. Here ya go.”
Son: “What’s this?”
Dad: “It’s a popsicle.”
Son: “What am I supposed to do with a popsicle?”
Dad: “It’s a source of supply. It’s basically the same as money. You just exchange it for something else you want. Just tell ‘em to look it up in the dictionary.”
Wow, less than 24 hours and you’re back to not defending Trump or arguing over definitions because you never do either. This is the exact crap Skip Bayless pulls and why I compared you two.
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.