DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
Looks like my source is a bit more qualified than Poet to judge your sentence. 
http://www.ted.com/speakers/steven_pinker.html
http://www.ted.com/speakers/steven_pinker.html
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DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
I mean that I have no desire to teach you anything.
I mean that I have no desire to teach you anything.
You mean you can't come up with a scenario in which my sentence could be readily misconstrued.
poet
Banned
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.
Bullshit.
poet
Banned
Looks like my source is a bit more qualified than Poet to judge your sentence.
http://www.ted.com/speakers/steven_pinker.html
I don't see how that could be. I'm a published author.
I love it. Why waste words on this Archie Bunker wannabe?
Ooh, harsh DY burn.
poet
Banned
You pegged him right. A racist bigot, with an inferiority complex. No wonder he's pissed all the time.
Lowaicue
英語在香港
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.
So your statement that he had made a grammatical mistake was wrong. After a verb of attribution 'that' is usually omitted unless the omission leads to possible confusion.
Go and wait outside. I will call you when I have decided on a suitable punishment. .... and I've told you before, stop doing that, boy.
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
Again, it's confusing. As stated by example.
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
So is Pinker. I bet he sold more books. And his are on the subject being discussed.
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
LOL You always throw the race card when you've lost an argument.
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
Looks like your reading comprehension problem is showing itself again.
Since you apparently have time to post 10 incorrect statements at a go, make the effort to show how my sentence could be misconstrued.
I don't think you can, though I do admit that it may be confusing (to you).
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
If there is a chance that it can be confusing to someone with normal to advanced reading comprehension then it is a poorly written sentence. In the example, "the reader is initially led to believe that Aardvark maintains, as in mows, Squiggly's yard." In your sentence, the reader is initially led to believe that Dune is spying through the reader's window.
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
Actually, several words. Do you see how use of the word "that" avoids any confusion?
poet
Banned
So is Pinker. I bet he sold more books. And his are on the subject being discussed.
Ah, the immediate move to "pissing contest", to invalidate. So predictable.
poet
Banned
LOL You always throw the race card when you've lost an argument.
Blacks don't throw race cards. We are the race cards. And please document when I have ever lost an argument 'round this camp. LOL.
Alias
Banned
Obviously, no one has been capable of teaching you anything in your entire life.