Author Topic: Quotes from work (Read 180730 times)

Jonathon · « **Reply #700 on:** July 19, 2010, 11:52:39 AM »

From the Q&A section of the Chicago Manual of Style web site:

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Q. Can I use the first person?

A. Evidently.

rivka · « **Reply #701 on:** July 19, 2010, 02:13:04 PM »

Scott R · « **Reply #702 on:** July 20, 2010, 06:27:23 AM »

That's brilliant!

Jonathon · « **Reply #703 on:** July 20, 2010, 02:08:09 PM »

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Soured by bitter consequences, God's character is often maligned by distraught humans.

Terrible on so many levels.

rivka · « **Reply #704 on:** July 20, 2010, 03:52:42 PM »

That one is painful.

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #705 on:** July 20, 2010, 04:54:43 PM »

You'd write like that too if your God was soured by bitter consequences.

rivka · « **Reply #706 on:** July 20, 2010, 05:54:41 PM »

You mean, "if He were", right?

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #707 on:** July 20, 2010, 06:25:44 PM »

You'd write like that too were your God soured by bitter consequences, like taking Taiwanese English tests.

rivka · « **Reply #708 on:** July 20, 2010, 06:39:01 PM »

Exactly!

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #709 on:** July 20, 2010, 08:33:50 PM »

He wasn't soured, His character was. The bitter consequences soured His character.

I think it might read better if His character was embittered by sour consequences. Maybe they could throw in some salty language and sweet vengence. And umami. Some umami would be nice.

pooka · « **Reply #710 on:** July 20, 2010, 09:07:13 PM »

I saw a dangling modifier in a wikipedia article today. It must have been the one about jade, since that is the only article on wikipedia that I read today. I also had to refrain from editing in that Nephrite is even more related to kidneys than Jadeite. Someone is supposedly meeting with my boss tomorrow about a jade trading opportunity so I was researching it. Maybe I will get to try and explain the specific gravity test for lapidary jades as opposed to precious jades.

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #711 on:** July 20, 2010, 09:21:25 PM »

Don't you like how wikipedia makes you a minor expert on anything at a moment's notice?

Also, I almost edited wikipedia today when it said "farts" where it obviously meant "arts." But once again, laziness at having to register won out. Do you know how much of my wisdom has been lost to the world because I'm too lazy to register?

rivka · « **Reply #712 on:** July 20, 2010, 09:29:56 PM »

Register, shmegister. I edit Wikipedia all the time, and I'm not registered. Very few articles required you to be in order to edit.

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #713 on:** July 23, 2010, 01:25:36 AM »

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If I could travel to another country it would be ______________ because ...

Canada. There is very beautiful and wonderful! The people is friendly and kind and there food is delicious.

Almost! Your dreams are almost accurate! Let's have poutine in class next week.

rivka · « **Reply #714 on:** July 23, 2010, 07:30:35 AM »

pooka · « **Reply #715 on:** July 23, 2010, 08:59:03 AM »

Yeah, I think you need to be registered to create articles. But anyone can edit wikipedia. That's the whole point.

Jonathon · « **Reply #716 on:** July 29, 2010, 02:10:01 PM »

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Early cylinder-style phonographs were capable of recording sound.

They wouldn't have been very good phonographs if they weren't.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #717 on:** July 29, 2010, 03:18:30 PM »

Well, yeah, but I've had phonographs since I was a kid, and none of them recorded. They just played records.
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Jonathon · « **Reply #718 on:** July 29, 2010, 03:30:40 PM »

Oh, duh. I don't know how I missed that.

Annie Subjunctive · « **Reply #719 on:** July 29, 2010, 04:43:33 PM »

Did anyone else have the Fisher Price record player? With those plastic records with little poky dots all over them that somehow actually worked? That was awesome.

rivka · « **Reply #720 on:** July 29, 2010, 07:46:52 PM »

Quote from: Jonathon on July 29, 2010, 03:30:40 PM

Oh, duh. I don't know how I missed that.

Probably because you were focused on the original meaning/etymology of the word, rather than modern usage?

Quote from: Annie Subjunctive on July 29, 2010, 04:43:33 PM

Did anyone else have the Fisher Price record player? With those plastic records with little poky dots all over them that somehow actually worked? That was awesome.

My parents still have mine. It sort of even still works, I think.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #721 on:** July 29, 2010, 10:23:24 PM »

I had that record player, too. I'm sure my parents haven't kept it.

BlackBlade · « **Reply #722 on:** July 29, 2010, 10:57:53 PM »

Quote from: Annie Subjunctive on July 29, 2010, 04:43:33 PM

Did anyone else have the Fisher Price record player? With those plastic records with little poky dots all over them that somehow actually worked? That was awesome.

I had it. It worked along the same principle as a music box. The records were also color coded.

Jonathon · « **Reply #723 on:** July 29, 2010, 11:01:52 PM »

Quote from: rivka on July 29, 2010, 07:46:52 PM

Quote from: Jonathon on July 29, 2010, 03:30:40 PM
Oh, duh. I don't know how I missed that.
Probably because you were focused on the original meaning/etymology of the word, rather than modern usage?

Probably. Also, my coworker thought it was funny and pointed it out to me, so I was just thinking about how silly and tautological it sounded without actually stopping to think about it.

rivka · « **Reply #724 on:** August 03, 2010, 03:17:58 PM »

I am currently reviewing comments from NASFAA and ACE on currently proposed regulations from ED. My favorite line (in the 34 pages) has got to be from ACE's comments:

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We believe that federal regulation based on anecdote is a very bad practice.