Big Brother Gives Infraction For Believing Homosexuality Is Wrong

Lowaicue said:
So you are happy to make accusations without the ability to back them up. OK. That won't spoil my day (which, incidentally, has been going for several hours and the market will open shortly).

In America would one say that you are 'Yeller'? or 'Chicken'?
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What?
 
DamnYankee said:
What?
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Enlighten me, o great one, with an explanation of your accusation. You said there was a grammatical error.

I'm calling you on it.

Do you understand that?

Didn't anyone ever teach you not to say 'What'? It sounds so common.
 
Lowaicue said:
And what Englicidal nonsense does modern America use?
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LOL. "yeller" wouldn't be it. That would be like calling somebody a poltroon. They will understand what you are saying, but usually people use gutless rather than "yellow" nowadays... Now, "chicken" is an age-old. But gutless chicken is more likely to be heard than "yellow"...

Methinks you watched "Back To The Future" one too many times. Yellow is something you expect to hear on a Spaghetti western, not in today's lexicon.
 
Damocles said:
LOL. "yeller" wouldn't be it. That would be like calling somebody a poltroon. They will understand what you are saying, but usually people use gutless rather than "yellow" nowadays... Now, "chicken" is an age-old. But gutless chicken is more likely to be heard than "yellow"...

Methinks you watched "Back To The Future" one too many times. Yellow is something you expect to hear on a Spaghetti western, not in today's lexicon.
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And what, may I ask, is wrong with poltroon? More likely to have been George Raft or someone of his ilk. I remember being hauled to the local flea pit by my son to watch 'Back to the Future'. Don't remember much about it. References to 'guts' for bravery goes way back over one hundred years... before 1912 in fact. Indeed the idea that the bowels were connected to courage goes back to the 14C. (I looked that bit up)
 
Lowaicue said:
Enlighten me, o great one, with an explanation of your accusation. You said there was a grammatical error.

I'm calling you on it.

Do you understand that?

Didn't anyone ever teach you not to say 'What'? It sounds so common.
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He was missing the word "that".
 
DamnYankee said:
He was missing the word "that".
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Not very impressed by that, sir. You made the accusation on Tuesday (my time), my first challenge was on Thursday (my time) and today is Saturday (my time). It's not as if you have been anywhere, you have been sitting right there for most of the time with ample opportunity to give a reasoned response.
Anyway, it is exactly the response I expected, hence my insistence that you justify your accusation.
You are, in fact incorrect. If you would like a full explanation of why that is the case then please ask. I have not included it here because I really do not wish to make you look foolish.
There were two cases in the sentence that might be considered, by some, to be errors. Do you know the second? Clue: It has to do with adverbs.
 
Lowaicue said:
Not very impressed by that, sir. You made the accusation on Tuesday (my time), my first challenge was on Thursday (my time) and today is Saturday (my time). It's not as if you have been anywhere, you have been sitting right there for most of the time with ample opportunity to give a reasoned response.
Anyway, it is exactly the response I expected, hence my insistence that you justify your accusation.
You are, in fact incorrect. If you would like a full explanation of why that is the case then please ask. I have not included it here because I really do not wish to make you look foolish.
There were two cases in the sentence that might be considered, by some, to be errors. Do you know the second? Clue: It has to do with adverbs.
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If you think I'm hanging on your every post and punching a time clock you are sadly mistaken. In American English, what we speak here, the word "that" was required for proper grammar.
 
DamnYankee said:
If you think I'm hanging on your every post and punching a time clock you are sadly mistaken. In American English, what we speak here, the word "that" was required for proper grammar.
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Please refer me to the post in question, as you wouldn't be the "go to person", for standard American English.
 
DamnYankee said:
If you think I'm hanging on your every post and punching a time clock you are sadly mistaken. In American English, what we speak here, the word "that" was required for proper grammar.
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You just keep walking into them, don't you?

The word 'that' after a verb of attribution is used only when its omission would cause confusion. This is not a matter of British or American English. However the belief that it is essential is a common mistake by those who know a little grammar and think they can use their scant knowledge to score points, as it were.
You will notice (no 'that') I gave you the choice of one error or more than one. You have not addressed that. There is another mistake in British English, which in American English is a matter of choice and that is the contraction 'most' instead of the adjective 'almost'.

You might, in future, also consider the comparative values of prescriptive and descriptive grammar. Have a nice day ... and stop doing that!
I gave you the opportunity to avoid an egged face, you really should have heeded the warning.
 
Lowaicue said:
You just keep walking into them, don't you?

The word 'that' after a verb of attribution is used only when its omission would cause confusion. This is not a matter of British or American English. However the belief that it is essential is a common mistake by those who know a little grammar and think they can use their scant knowledge to score points, as it were.
You will notice (no 'that') I gave you the choice of one error or more than one. You have not addressed that. There is another mistake in British English, which in American English is a matter of choice and that is the contraction 'most' instead of the adjective 'almost'.

You might, in future, also consider the comparative values of prescriptive and descriptive grammar. Have a nice day ... and stop doing that!
I gave you the opportunity to avoid an egged face, you really should have heeded the warning.
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Now, now.. he wears egg so nicely. And you wouldn't want to deny him "that". LOL.
 
Damocles said:
Um... it's means it is, its denotes ownership. If you are going to be pedantic, at least be right.

its
   [its] Show IPA
pronoun
the possessive form of it (used as an attributive adjective): The book has lost its jacket. I'm sorry about its being so late.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/its
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So are you saying this is the correct usage for an apostrophe?

Right, 1912 called and wants it's (it is) idioms back
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http://garyes.stormloader.com/its.html
 
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poet said:
Please refer me to the post in question, as you wouldn't be the "go to person", for standard American English.
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Originally Posted by Return of Dune
I see you will try most anything to detract from my superior reasoning ability.



LOL Another grammatical error from Return of Dim. :)

Daffy bastard thinks his sentence is fine though.​
 
Return of Dune said:

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Originally Posted by Return of Dune
I see you will try most anything to detract from my superior reasoning ability.



LOL Another grammatical error from Return of Dim. :)

Daffy bastard thinks his sentence is fine though.​
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There is nothing wrong with that sentence.
 
Looks like you fucked up Poet, and in the very area that you claim expertise:

Sometimes "That" Is Necessary
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Another time you should consider using a that is when your sentence could be ambiguous or misunderstood. Steven Pinker, a linguist, warns about what he calls “garden path sentences” (4). These are sentences that seem to mean one thing but then turn out to mean something else. Sometimes, keeping a that can help you avoid such problematic sentences. Pinker explains, “These are called garden path sentences, because their first words lead the listener ‘up the garden path’ to an incorrect analysis.”

Here's an example of a sentence that leads the reader down the wrong path when you omit the word that:

Aardvark maintains Squiggly's yard is too big.

Without a that, the reader is initially led to believe that Aardvark maintains, as in mows, Squiggly's yard. If you add in a that, it's clear from the beginning that Aardvark just has an opinion.

Aardvark maintains that Squiggly's yard is too big (5).

Pinker goes on to say that garden path sentences are “one of the hallmarks of bad writing” because readers have to wend their way back to the beginning of the sentence to figure out its meaning.
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http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/when-to-leave-out-that.aspx

Dune's sentence is strikingly similar to the example, in that it leads the reader into possible confusion until reading the entire sentence, causing him to re-visit the beginning just to be sure of the intended meaning. :)
 
DamnYankee said:
Looks like you fucked up Poet, and in the very area that you claim expertise:

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/when-to-leave-out-that.aspx

Dune's sentence is strikingly similar to the example, in that it leads the reader into possible confusion until reading the entire sentence, causing him to re-visit the beginning just to be sure of the intended meaning. :)
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What is that, the Dr.Zeus Style Manual?

Why don't you go ahead and show how my sentence could be misunderstood moron.
 
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