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03-14-2016 , 05:43 PM

#5576

Clear Quality

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Here's a new one

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03-15-2016 , 04:48 PM

#5577

steve1238

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I've shared this with a bunch of people because of it's awesomeness and creativity.

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03-15-2016 , 05:24 PM

#5578

NewOldGuy

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Originally Posted by steve1238

I've shared this with a bunch of people because of it's awesomeness and creativity.

Its. Not it's.

This is the grammar nit thread.

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03-15-2016 , 09:24 PM

#5579

steve1238

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Your right, my mistake.

Must of been "auto" correct.

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03-15-2016 , 09:26 PM

#5580

W0X0F

sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5,853

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Originally Posted by steve1238

Your right, my mistake.

Must of been "auto" correct.

ICWUDT

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03-15-2016 , 09:55 PM

#5581

NewOldGuy

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Originally Posted by steve1238

Your right, my mistake.

Must of been "auto" correct.

Ahhhaaa.

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03-15-2016 , 10:33 PM

#5582

steve1238

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Originally Posted by steve1238

Your right, my mistake.

Must of been "auto" correct.

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Originally Posted by W0X0F

ICWUDT

I might be getting leveled but you missed two.

Nice catch though; I do blame auto correct.

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03-21-2016 , 05:58 AM

#5583

DucoGranger

adept

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Sorry I only know label names for girl daughters...

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03-22-2016 , 12:55 AM

#5584

Dominic

Tripod

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Originally Posted by DucoGranger

Sorry I only know label names for girl daughters...

i can only come up with Stanley

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04-06-2016 , 05:29 AM

#5585

thefinchster22

journeyman

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Here's something I've noticed a couple times:

You know how if you say something like "it was the best thing ever" and emphasize the word "the", you pronounce it like "thee"? On the Internet, I've seen people who actually write "thee" in that context. Like they think the reason it's pronounced differently is because it's actually a different word, spelled "thee". I know a guy who consistently does this, writing Facebook statuses like "today was thee best day of the summer". Has anyone else encountered this?

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04-06-2016 , 08:55 AM

#5586

DucoGranger

adept

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Originally Posted by thefinchster22

He's wrong. It's THUH best day ever

"Grammar" and "Punctuation" nit's unite! You're "head" will literally explode!

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04-11-2016 , 12:28 AM

#5587

GMan42

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They might just be trying to indicate the difference phonetically. Like if he said "theeeee best day of the summer" there would be no doubt he didn't think it was an actual separate word. Adding just the one E to do that is dumb though.

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04-11-2016 , 12:57 AM

#5588

steve1238

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There is a barber shop here that is named Thee (something). I forgot to take a picture, but I thought of this thread and laughed. I'll get a photo next time I'm in the area.

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05-22-2016 , 06:47 PM

#5589

DucoGranger

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05-24-2016 , 03:24 AM

#5590

daveT

S.A.G.E. Master

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Originally Posted by Chippa58

Old Navy has managed to offend artists and others with a line of toddler apparel. While disrespecting artists is bad enough, I'm just wondering why Old Navy thought the words "young aspiring artist" in caps on a t-shirt constitute a sentence and therefore deserve a period. What's up with that? I'm just wondering how many sets of eyes signed off on these shirts without asking about the offensiveness factor or the period.

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-styl...icle-1.2480590

You don't go to art school to learn grammar.

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05-25-2016 , 11:27 PM

#5591

five4suited

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Originally Posted by W0X0F

I'm one of those who would say "an historic", eliding the two words so there is no distinctive "h" sound. But I agree, either is fine. It's just a matter of one's ear. To me, saying "a historic" is almost a glottal stop...just not my preference.

I have a history degree, I tried to do this and stuttered, no almost about it.

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Originally Posted by steve1238

Our real estate agent listed our house today. The fliers have so many weird mistakes.

Inconsistent capitalization
Bizarre wording
Horrible punctuation

The holy trinity of errors is present.

How did this turn out? I bet you got a lot of offers.

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Originally Posted by Clear Quality

Here's a new one

hence, President Drumpf

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05-25-2016 , 11:29 PM

#5592

five4suited

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Yea or nay?

(you) do it in one of the other candidate's threads. I feel like the usage of one governs what comes after, but I learned English a long time ago.

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05-26-2016 , 12:29 AM

#5593

steve1238

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We fired her. We are now on our fourth agent. They all suck fwiw.

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09-12-2016 , 06:30 AM

#5594

ChrisV

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BUMP.

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09-13-2016 , 10:45 AM

#5595

DucoGranger

adept

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Originally Posted by five4suited

I have a history degree, I tried to do this and stuttered, no almost about it.

I am too. I seem to sit on the "s" for a bit when I try it and doesn't feel too weird to me. :/

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09-13-2016 , 08:25 PM

#5596

GMan42

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Originally Posted by ChrisV

BUMP.

I'd say that shape and color can flip-flop, but otherwise that's probably right. Kinda interesting.

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09-13-2016 , 09:06 PM

#5597

ChrisV

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Yeah its not totally true that you cant change the order at all, but there are a lot of orderings that are obviously wrong.

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09-13-2016 , 10:22 PM

#5598

NewOldGuy

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There is no grammatical "rule" about the ordering of adjectives, but there are various attempts to formalize the observation of how people actually speak. Instinctively the order in every language is to start with the most subjective attributes (opinions) and move towards the most objective qualities (facts) last.