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04-05-2013 , 11:17 PM

#4301

New Kid

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Got this a little while ago. Wasn't intended as a joke, though it would have been a funny one.

Also,

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Originally Posted by five4suited

unless this thread has had a "language grows and changes, common-use-and-so-on" conversation

We really should get around to this conversation one of these days.

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04-05-2013 , 11:20 PM

#4302

five4suited

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Originally Posted by Phatony

Octopuses is the correct plural.

my first thought was since when... from the greek, that's great.

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04-06-2013 , 09:22 AM

#4303

||.||.||

Gifmeister

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04-06-2013 , 01:36 PM

#4304

RigCT

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Sigh. ESPN is so consistently bad

1) Article the other day about an athlete who was going to receive "council" from a family friend. Didn't save the link.

2) today in the article about the Pac12 ref leader stepping down:

"Former Pac-12 coordinator of officials Ed Rush said he resigned because he had lost the trust of the conference's coaches to affect positive change among his staff, he told ESPN.com's Andy Katz on Friday.

Rush said he lost the coaches' trust after allegations made this week by a number of officials in the Pac-12 to ESPN and other media outlets."

Trying too hard to get affect/effect right...

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04-06-2013 , 02:23 PM

#4305

Ray Horton

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99% of the time people use "begs the question" incorrectly.

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04-06-2013 , 03:01 PM

#4306

Rei Ayanami

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Originally Posted by RigCT

Trying too hard to get affect/effect right...

didn't try hard enough

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04-07-2013 , 11:48 PM

#4307

NewOldGuy

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Originally Posted by ||.||.||

I don't buy it. 100% it's shopped. Maybe I'm the dummy for even pointing that out.

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04-08-2013 , 03:21 AM

#4308

New Kid

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A.) You know that as well as I do, possibly even better.
B.) You know that as well as I do—possibly even better.
C.) You know that as well as I do. Possibly even better.

Obviously, this isn't for anything formal, but I'm still having trouble choosing the right way to write it. Help?

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04-08-2013 , 03:36 AM

#4309

garcia1001

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04-08-2013 , 03:50 AM

#4310

New Kid

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Thank you. Came back to also ask if "as well" and "better" should be changed to "as much" and "more."

"As well/better" seems more appropriate, but "as much/more" sounds better to me, syllabically. Can't tell though.

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04-08-2013 , 03:57 AM

#4311

Rei Ayanami

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A/B/C are all fine. Go with whatever feels right and has the desired effect. I would stick with "as well/better."

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04-08-2013 , 04:12 AM

#4312

New Kid

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I came here for the nittery, Toothy. Not this Peace, Love, and It's-all-fine nonsense.

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04-08-2013 , 04:19 AM

#4313

Rei Ayanami

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Originally Posted by New Kid

I came here for the nittery, Toothy—not this Peace, Love, and It's-all-fine nonsense.

fyp

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04-09-2013 , 01:56 AM

#4314

Kvitlekh

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04-09-2013 , 02:25 AM

#4315

A-Rod's Cousin

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I go out of my way to type SCUBA in all caps hoping that someone dares call me out on it.

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04-09-2013 , 04:29 AM

#4316

mikech

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do you do the same with radar and sonar and laser, etc?

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04-09-2013 , 06:22 AM

#4317

NewOldGuy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by A-Rod's Cousin

I go out of my way to type SCUBA in all caps hoping that someone dares call me out on it.

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Originally Posted by mikech

do you do the same with radar and sonar and laser, etc?

Well, even though all of those started as acronyms, they are now words and almost never written as acronyms anymore.

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04-10-2013 , 07:43 PM

#4318

New Kid

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I did for many years and I can tell you it doesn't work.

Trying to get pauses into this line that'd reflect a joking, conversational tone.

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I did—for many years—and I can tell you, it doesn't work.

Was my first bet, but I'm afraid I've become over-reliant on em dashes, and I'm sure there's a better way to write it. Any suggestions?

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I did, for many years, and I can tell you it doesn't work.

Was my next try, but it feels like there should be something to indicate a pause between what "I can tell you" and what I tell you ("it doesn't work").

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I did for many years, and I can tell you, it doesn’t work.

Is where it sits now.

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04-10-2013 , 08:03 PM

#4319

Rei Ayanami

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I did, hahaha!, for many years,

, and I can tell you it doesn't work.

The last one works imo.

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Originally Posted by New Kid

Was my next try, but it feels like there should be something to indicate a pause between what "I can tell you" and what I tell you ("it doesn't work").

You can use a colon too. I prefer the comma, though.

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Originally Posted by New Kid

Was my next try, but it feels like there should be something to indicate a pause between what "I can tell you" and what I tell you ("it doesn't work").

Yeah, but it's not the usual dialogue-verb/dialogue pause. It's because "I can tell you" is functioning as an interjectional clause, sort of like in "I went to the store, and, let me tell you, there were penguins everywhere!" (This correction was totally unnecessary, but I'm trying to be nitty here.)

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04-10-2013 , 08:24 PM

#4320

New Kid

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I thought about that, but I'm a little colon-resistant because I always second-guess myself when I use them. Hahahaha! Thank you.

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04-11-2013 , 12:35 AM

#4321

Kvitlekh

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04-11-2013 , 12:54 AM

#4322

NewOldGuy

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I count at least 6 errors in the handwritten portion of that sign.

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04-11-2013 , 01:33 AM

#4323

Kvitlekh

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Quote:

Originally Posted by NewOldGuy

I count at least 6 errors in the handwritten portion of that sign.

I don't see that many; what are they?

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04-11-2013 , 11:48 AM

#4324

GMan42

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Hope you're not counting the six-dot ellipsis, that's a little nitty. Also, I think the "If" at the beginning is correct but overlapped by the other sign so it looks like "1t".

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04-12-2013 , 11:07 AM

#4325

NewOldGuy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kvitlekh

I don't see that many; what are they?

- It <sp>
- period without a complete sentence (might be a comma though)
- "Should" capitalized
- "Its" without apostrophe
- "Its" capitalized after ellipsis
- no final period before smiley

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