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English & Linguistics / Grammar Gripe
« on: March 28, 2007, 11:55:13 PM »
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English & Linguistics / Grammar Gripe
« on: March 25, 2007, 10:13:22 PM »
Wouldn't an anti-pronoun be a connoun?
Quick poll: Are you for or against nouns?
Quick poll: Are you for or against nouns?
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English & Linguistics / Grammar Gripe
« on: March 24, 2007, 11:35:16 PM »
Here's another way to avoid the pronoun issue in that statement, brought to you by the always helpful 19th century: Thank you for submitting a message to Friend's Name. Said Friend's Name will be notified.
It's like a half-pronoun! Genius!
It's like a half-pronoun! Genius!
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English & Linguistics / I hate journalistic writing
« on: October 04, 2006, 08:57:44 AM »
The actual structures are parallel. Add an "a" and they aren't as parallel. One reason it's so memorable is that it's so parallel.
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English & Linguistics / I hate journalistic writing
« on: October 03, 2006, 10:42:53 PM »
You got to admit, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" is a better parallelism.
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English & Linguistics / Lies MSWord's grammer chekker told me . . .
« on: December 12, 2005, 10:42:06 PM »
Word checks grammar?!
Something else I've always wondered: what do all those green squiggly lines mean?
Something else I've always wondered: what do all those green squiggly lines mean?
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English & Linguistics / Can and Can
« on: September 23, 2005, 11:21:10 PM »
Wow! Can she open up a can of can-can, or what?
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English & Linguistics / I commit to becoming? or become?
« on: September 21, 2005, 03:10:34 PM »
That's kind of what I thought, but it never hurts to ask. 
Try bathing your brain in cucumber water. You'll feel like a new man afterwards.
Try bathing your brain in cucumber water. You'll feel like a new man afterwards.
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English & Linguistics / I commit to becoming? or become?
« on: September 21, 2005, 02:54:23 PM »
I can't remember. Would I say "I commit to becoming a millionaire by such-and-such a date" or "I commit to become..."?
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English & Linguistics / If you could speak any language fluently . . .
« on: September 15, 2005, 12:28:33 PM »
I would want to learn Spanish. In fact, I should. I always wish I spoke it, living in an area heavily populated by Spanish speakers.
I would also like to learn Arabic.
I would also like to learn Arabic.
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English & Linguistics / My English Professor doesn't know English!
« on: September 12, 2005, 12:26:16 PM »
I had an American Heritage teacher who was Canadian. :shrug: She did a good job, I thought.
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English & Linguistics / Word Usage Pet peeve
« on: August 18, 2005, 11:36:23 PM »
Their they're, kojabu. Its alright.
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English & Linguistics / Words that you can never, ever say right
« on: August 18, 2005, 11:34:42 PM »
I'm always a big fan of sentences like "The car needs washed."
We had neighbors who talked like that. I was talking to the wife once, and she actually said "isn't," stopped, and corrected herself with"ain't." Since then, I've always wondered if that whole way of talking was just an affectation.
We had neighbors who talked like that. I was talking to the wife once, and she actually said "isn't," stopped, and corrected herself with"ain't." Since then, I've always wondered if that whole way of talking was just an affectation.
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English & Linguistics / Words that you can never, ever say right
« on: August 15, 2005, 11:00:41 AM »
Another few-tile attempt to get a straight answer out of a linguist. 
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English & Linguistics / Words that you can never, ever say right
« on: August 15, 2005, 10:49:49 AM »
I can never decide how to say words like "futile" and "docile." Is it "few-tile" and "doss-ile" or is it "few-tul" and "doss-ul"?
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English & Linguistics / I should consider it a great honour...
« on: August 08, 2005, 09:04:40 AM »
The "should" seems to just a hint of conditionality and also a hint of subtly aggressive advancement of the speaker's opinion. I think it's a great use of the English language.
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English & Linguistics / Proselyt(iz)e
« on: July 29, 2005, 09:17:21 AM »
I say don't use the ize form of any word. It's a corruption.
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English & Linguistics / Tell me I'm not drunk (another question!)
« on: July 15, 2005, 01:18:51 PM »
To much drink having affected me, that was a funny double-entendre.
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English & Linguistics / Tell me I'm not drunk (another question!)
« on: July 14, 2005, 12:28:51 PM »
Now, mind you, I want to describe the source as being free of toxins, etc.---not necessarily the fish oil. It's a small difference, but meaningful in this case.
I compromised. I took out the comma and kept the which. In my ear that sounded best.
I compromised. I took out the comma and kept the which. In my ear that sounded best.
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English & Linguistics / Tell me I'm not drunk (another question!)
« on: July 14, 2005, 10:51:51 AM »
Hmm. Yeah, I can see it that way, too. I want to talk about the source, not the oil itself.
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English & Linguistics / Tell me I'm not drunk (another question!)
« on: July 14, 2005, 09:56:47 AM »
Another one:
"[Product] has been developed and manufactured in accordance with the [process], using an ultra-pure source of fresh fish oil, which tested free of toxins, pollutants, and heavy metals."
I want to remove the comma before which and change which to that.
"[Product] has been developed and manufactured in accordance with the [process], using an ultra-pure source of fresh fish oil, which tested free of toxins, pollutants, and heavy metals."
I want to remove the comma before which and change which to that.
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English & Linguistics / Tell me I'm not drunk (another question!)
« on: July 14, 2005, 09:43:29 AM »
Danke.
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English & Linguistics / Tell me I'm not drunk (another question!)
« on: July 14, 2005, 09:39:08 AM »
Here's the sentence:
"It's been improved with the addition of specific nutrients which target and inhibit the symptoms associated with the aging process."
The "which" should be "that," right? This is something that was written a long time ago by someone else, and I'm having to proofread it today.
"It's been improved with the addition of specific nutrients which target and inhibit the symptoms associated with the aging process."
The "which" should be "that," right? This is something that was written a long time ago by someone else, and I'm having to proofread it today.
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English & Linguistics / Sentencer widget
« on: July 09, 2005, 11:22:35 PM »
I found a nice widget that makes anything you draw 3D and wiggly, but I couldn't get the drawings saved to my desktop. What fun is it if you can't make an avatar out of it?
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