Mixed Metaphors

This guy has three of them. Can you recite the original, unmixed metaphors? Or is it two? Okay, okay, what goes with bulb?

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That’s what the comic is about, so I don’t have much to say. Not sure about the middle one, though.

Homophones sound the same regardless of spelling, part of speech, or meaning.

When we compare things that we count, we say “fewer” and “number,” and when we measure them, we use “less” and “amount.” But what if the things are countable but you can’t count them?

Technically, potato chips are countable, so “number” would be appropriate.

But you’re not going to open the bag and count the chips, so maybe you can get away with using “amount.” But curmudgeon that I am, I’d be inclined to say “number of chips.”

What do you think?

Don’t need to say much about this. It’s the longest such list I recall running into.

Got any to add to the list?

Maybe I should say it’s a subtle difference (nah). The rule as mentioned in the comic is correct.

Use the relative pronoun “who” for people, and “that” for everything else.

Harrumpf.