fill in/up the form

You cannot demonstrate that "filling up" a form is incorrect usage, yet you advise a foreign enquirer on here that it is. Why?

I stand by my expressed assertions.

In some instances (as indicated hereinabove on this thread) it IS OK.

The dictionary is incorrect as to current, usage in practice in America.

I see no dispute of logic in this instance.

I have no opinion of usage in other places (neither do I care).





David

Thanks David I don't care if you are loony, you're alright by me. I used to be a civil servant, I used to fill in forms all the time, and sometimes I'd fill them up.

As for Setanta, that probably the clumsiest insult I've ever had thrown at me. Did you choose a corgi so you could look up Liz Windsor's skirt? And how come you don't show premiership football anymore?

That 's OK, Izzy; I care enuf for both of us.




I was on the payroll of the State of NY, before I retired.
Sometimes I filled in forms, like the annual Ethics report.



Mr. Setanta is our resident Grumpy Person.
He lashes out in all directions. He has an extremely delicate ego,
apparently resulting from a basic insufficiency of self-respect or self-confidence.

The slightest hint of expressed doubt or disapproval of anything that he says
puts him into a panic, evoking a mindless explosion of invective emotion,
forsaking reason as he reflexively reaches for ad hominem vengeance.
He who discourses with him must be prepared for self-defense
from a virulent Setantrum (or from multiple Setranta), at any moment.


He used to be worse.
He used to be more acrimoniously abusive of almost everyone.
Perhaps he believes that if he makes someone ELSE look bad,
then in contrast, he will look better. That 's anyone's guess.


His favorite word is "hilarious"; he LOVES to write that word
(in derogation of those who converse with him)
tho his posts reveal very little or no sense of humor.

I think that Mr. Setanta wants us all to be afraid of him,
because he yells at us a lot.

He is our Prince of Pomposity, but that makes it more fun to Setaunt him.
Mr. Setanta is our King of Acrimony and our Sultan of Scorn.

ANYWAY, don 't take his insolence personally, Izzy. Good manners r not his strong point.
He has been bad to almost everyone in the forum with whom he has conversed.
He is not singling u out.

Again: WELCOME to the forum. I hope that u will enjoy it.





David

Thanks I'm off to bed now. It's really late this side of the pond. I thought Setanta was a woman.

I 'm not sure, but u never know.