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08-17-2006, 12:41 AM
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Re: Deb, Nat, and Brian's Thread of Grammar Shame.
Brian, you just brought the Simon and Garfunkel "I am a Rock" song to mind.
I am a rock bot,
I am an island cyborg.
And a rock feels no pain bot knows all things;
And an island never cries cyborg's always right.
Incidentally, you can tell by my use of assonance that I have a different vowel in "thing" than most people.
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Reason: Syllable count
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08-17-2006, 12:47 AM
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Re: Deb, Nat, and Brian's Thread of Grammar Shame.
You just reminded me of the song Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles:
Atheneglaukopis picks up the book in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?
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08-17-2006, 12:52 AM
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Re: Deb, Nat, and Brian's Thread of Grammar Shame.
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Defensible, but unintuitive to me. I would use the nominative, probably for reasons of stylistics--I think it's more forceful to emphasize the subject of the action--and generality--it's applicable in all cases. Let us go then, you and I...
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um, okay.
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08-17-2006, 12:55 AM
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Re: Deb, Nat, and Brian's Thread of Grammar Shame.
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um, okay.
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I was asking if you meant to type, "A group of us taxpayers," because as the sentence stands it has no pronoun, and I was racking my brain trying to figure out what was intended. That's what I came up with, because it seems the construction most likely to be questioned. If my guess is wrong, please let me know.
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"I couldn't even tell you who the No. 1 ranked tennis player in the world is right now," Federer said. "It's probably me, still. It is, isn't it?" The Onion
Russophilic member of the MTF Perv Squad--objectifying Tarpischev, Kafelnikov, and Volkov like whoa.
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Reason: I decided that "type" works like "say" and adjusted my comma placement accordingly.
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08-17-2006, 12:56 AM
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Re: Deb, Nat, and Brian's Thread of Grammar Shame.
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Originally Posted by atheneglaukopis
Brian, you just brought the Simon and Garfunkel "I am a Rock" song to mind.
I am a rock bot,
I am an island cyborg.
And a rock feels no pain bot knows all things;
And an island never cries cyborg's always right.
Incidentally, you can tell by my use of assonance that I have a different vowel in "thing" than most people.
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OMG STFU. 
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Q. Do matches like that have a psychological effect on players,
or do you have to find a way of putting memories to one side?
RICHARD GASQUET: No, I always played well against him. I always won the first two
sets in Roland Garros, so I hope not to win the first two sets this time. (Smiling.)
Maybe the sky will fall?
Allez Gasquet~Mathieu~Wawrinka~Mannarino~+++
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08-17-2006, 12:58 AM
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Re: Deb, Nat, and Brian's Thread of Grammar Shame.
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OMG STFU. |
All right, that's the second time someone's told me that since post 300. What have I done now? 
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08-17-2006, 12:59 AM
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Re: Deb, Nat, and Brian's Thread of Grammar Shame.
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I was asking if you meant to type "A group of us taxpayers", because as the sentence stands it has no pronoun, and I was racking my brain trying to figure out what was intended. That's what I came up with, because it seems the construction most likely to be questioned. If my guess is wrong, please let me know.
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o, then yes
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08-17-2006, 01:01 AM
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Re: Deb, Nat, and Brian's Thread of Grammar Shame.
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o, then yes
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Okay, thanks. 
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08-17-2006, 01:02 AM
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Re: Deb, Nat, and Brian's Thread of Grammar Shame.
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All right, that's the second time someone's told me that since post 300. What have I done now? |
Nothing, it's just that I didn't quite know how to answer your post, without looking dumb.
Mind you, I made looking dumb an artform, so I'm proud.
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Q. Do matches like that have a psychological effect on players,
or do you have to find a way of putting memories to one side?
RICHARD GASQUET: No, I always played well against him. I always won the first two
sets in Roland Garros, so I hope not to win the first two sets this time. (Smiling.)
Maybe the sky will fall?
Allez Gasquet~Mathieu~Wawrinka~Mannarino~+++
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08-17-2006, 01:31 AM
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Re: Deb, Nat, and Brian's Thread of Grammar Shame.
http://www.menstennisforums.com/show...postcount=2350
So we don't forget why this thread was started in the first place.
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08-17-2006, 01:36 AM
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Re: Deb, Nat, and Brian's Thread of Grammar Shame.
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08-17-2006, 01:40 AM
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Re: Deb, Nat, and Brian's Thread of Grammar Shame.
Y'all should put me in the title  |
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08-17-2006, 01:41 AM
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Re: Deb, Nat, and Brian's Thread of Grammar Shame.
Brian!  Thank you!
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08-17-2006, 01:41 AM
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Re: Deb, Nat, and Brian's Thread of Grammar Shame.
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08-17-2006, 01:44 AM
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Re: Deb, Nat, and Brian's Thread of Grammar Shame.
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