Quote Originally Posted by Graham Breeze View Post
Mmmh. Vowing, vowed... as in said?

I think vows/ vowing should be left with, eg the marriage ceremony, rather than, say, "I vow to buy some bread from Tesco tomorrow"

(And of course only the ignorant and the inarticulate evoke the holocaust to support their views but then nobody has ever confused Lineker with, well, Primo Levi?).
No, in this case it is 'vowed' rather than 'said'. That is, because the emotional valence expressed in the heartfelt assertions of several contributors within the comments sections was quite marked (presumedly due to their apparent pique or indeed anger at the issue). Consequently, I think 'vowed' or 'vowing' would seem to be the appropriate verb to use here. They implied they were intending to make (vowing) an earnest promise to perform a specified act or behave in a certain manner, motivated by heightened emotion.

Furthermore, given my preference to buy my bread from Booths, regardless of the price, in the face my of my partner's thrift, should I ever condescend to visit Tescos to placate her, I would indeed have to 'vow' to buy bread from Tescos tomorrow (yuck, perish the thought!)