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12-21-2013 , 07:17 PM

#4801

sba9630

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Originally Posted by Clare Quilty

The world of sports might not be populated by dumber than average guys, but sports radio, in-game commentary, post-game interviews, etc., are rife with cliches, mixed metaphors, and bad grammar. To some extent, I think this is because the medium is aimed at the "guy on the street," so there's perhaps a subconscious incentive to sound plain-spoken and folksy, read: stupid.

"Even though this is a devastating loss for the Cowboys, with two games left in the season they still control their own destiny."

des·ti·ny (ˈdestinē)

1. The inevitable or necessary fate to which a particular person or thing is destined; one's lot.

2. A predetermined course of events considered as something beyond human power or control.

3. The power or agency thought to predetermine events: Destiny brought them together.

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12-21-2013 , 07:56 PM

#4802

RollWave

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nothing wrong with that usage. words only need to fit 1 definition, not every definition. sometimes different definitions are contradictory, again, completely standard, albeit sometimes confusing.

Full Definition of DESTINY
1
: something to which a person or thing is destined : fortune <wants to control his own destiny>
...
: what happens in the future : the things that someone or something will experience in the future

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12-21-2013 , 08:07 PM

#4803

Brocktoon

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"Control your own destiny" is an idiom at this point.

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12-22-2013 , 01:21 PM

#4804

metsandfinsfan

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Technical the cowboys is a collective now

So it should day it controls its own destiny

But idiomatically I think it's okay as written

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12-22-2013 , 06:01 PM

#4805

W0X0F

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Originally Posted by metsandfinsfan

Technical the cowboys is a collective now

So it should day it controls its own destiny

But idiomatically I think it's okay as written

Nice post for this thread. We should introduce you to adverbs and punctuation.

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12-22-2013 , 09:11 PM

#4806

RigCT

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With 123k posts, do you think he has time for "ly" at the ends of words, and for punctuation?

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12-22-2013 , 09:30 PM

#4807

W0X0F

sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight

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Originally Posted by RigCT

With 123k posts, do you think he has time for "ly" at the ends of words, and for punctuation?

Excellent point. I didn't notice the number of posts.

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12-22-2013 , 11:10 PM

#4808

Brocktoon

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Bob Costas just said the following on SNF:

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You can't control your own destiny, that's why it's destiny. Just saying.

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12-22-2013 , 11:49 PM

#4809

metsandfinsfan

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Originally Posted by W0X0F

Nice post for this thread. We should introduce you to adverbs and punctuation.

i made the post while driving partially using voice to text

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12-23-2013 , 02:48 AM

#4810

Bremen

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Originally Posted by Brocktoon

Bob Costas just said the following on SNF:

I heard that too. Does he play poker?

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12-23-2013 , 03:18 PM

#4811

metsandfinsfan

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Did he really say "just saying"? If so, awesome!

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12-23-2013 , 06:08 PM

#4812

Brocktoon

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Originally Posted by metsandfinsfan

Did he really say "just saying"? If so, awesome!

Yes.

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12-25-2013 , 01:51 AM

#4813

Kvitlekh

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Last edited by Kvitlekh; 12-25-2013 at 02:02 AM.

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12-25-2013 , 01:58 PM

#4814

steve1238

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It took me a minute on the coffee sign; I felt like I was playing Where's Waldo?.

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12-31-2013 , 04:13 PM

#4815

Kvitlekh

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12-31-2013 , 04:22 PM

#4816

KPowers

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Seeing typos with books behind the sign is pleasing.

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12-31-2013 , 04:32 PM

#4817

Kvitlekh

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Originally Posted by KPowers

Seeing typos with books behind the sign is pleasing.

Why?

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12-31-2013 , 08:02 PM

#4818

Kvitlekh

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01-15-2014 , 11:34 PM

#4819

KPowers

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Not trying to sound rude. But it's weird reading about motorcycles through your guys posts.

Would the correct way of writing this be you guys' ?

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01-15-2014 , 11:53 PM

#4820

ChrisV

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Originally Posted by KPowers

Would the correct way of writing this be you guys' ?

Yeah, better still in this instance would just be "your".

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01-17-2014 , 09:17 AM

#4821

Kvitlekh

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Acceptable?

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01-17-2014 , 10:00 AM

#4822

Rei Ayanami

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Not acceptable--URL tags have to be closed.

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01-17-2014 , 01:30 PM

#4823

GMan42

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You can't really count "an emission", so I think "less" is probably OK. That said, I'd probably hedge my bets and go with "lower" to avoid the whole issue.

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01-17-2014 , 01:38 PM

#4824

atakdog

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The problem is with the word emissions, which is an ugly construction that has passed into the lexicon as not just the plural of emission, but as a singular noun. I don't think there's a great way to make that phrase sound good, though I agree with gman that "lower emissions" would be a substantial improvement (except for "lower" and "more" not constituting a pretty pair, so further work would be needed.)

As it stands it's grammatically correct, but yucky.