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Or try adjective —> adjectival. It moves two syllables in that one.

You say you don't understand it, but in many cases pronunciation is not something that can be understood. Convention wins. This particular convention won hundreds of years ago, in all likelihood, and I have never heard anyone bucking it.

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11-02-2010 , 07:49 PM

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Pointland32

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Maniac/maniacal.

The pronunciation of RHET-or-ic isn't the problem, the pronunciation of rhe-TOR-i-cal means shifting the emphasis in order for it to sound better.

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11-02-2010 , 08:05 PM

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stevemckenna

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Thanks for the correction guys. Does that mean my pronunciation of "re-tor-ic" is technically wrong?

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11-02-2010 , 08:36 PM

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snowden

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I don't like to use words like right and wrong with regard to pronunciation but nobody I know pronounces it that way and my guess is ~99% of english speakers would pronounce it with the stress on the first syllable.

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11-02-2010 , 08:36 PM

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atakdog

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Originally Posted by stevemckenna

Thanks for the correction guys. Does that mean my pronunciation of "re-tor-ic" is technically wrong?

Yes.

Last edited by atakdog; 11-02-2010 at 08:37 PM. Reason: to the extent a pronunciation can be "wrong", this one is.

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11-04-2010 , 12:30 PM

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jmakin

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Some chick posted this facebook status yesterday that kinda irked me but I'm not 100% if it's just poorly worded or flat out wrong:

"I'm legitimately considering going to the beach today."

The word legitimately seems completely unnecessary and nonsensical to me in this usage. LITERALLY!

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11-04-2010 , 04:51 PM

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175503

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"Where do you live, I never remember."

Insert proper grammar pzl

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11-04-2010 , 05:44 PM

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didonk

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Where do you live? I never remember.

imo

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11-04-2010 , 06:21 PM

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175503

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I thought that but isn't "I never remember" an incomplete centence?

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11-04-2010 , 06:28 PM

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baumer

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Where do you live? I can never remember.

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11-04-2010 , 07:11 PM

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*COINFLIPS*

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Originally Posted by 175503

I thought that but isn't "I never remember" an incomplete centence?

How so? Isn't, "I remember," a complete sentence?

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**** you, grammar nit.

Isn't the following a complete sentence?

"I remember."

Happy now?

Last edited by *COINFLIPS*; 11-04-2010 at 07:27 PM. Reason: **** you

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11-04-2010 , 07:19 PM

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baumer

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Originally Posted by *COINFLIPS*

How so? Isn't, "I remember," a complete sentence?

Not without a period.

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11-05-2010 , 11:26 AM

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tyweee

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Originally Posted by gumpzilla

I think we are already for all intensive purposes.

I know this is a joke, but it tilt's me so hard!

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11-05-2010 , 02:02 PM

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GMan42

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Originally Posted by tyweee

I know this is a joke, but it tilt's me so hard!

I hope this is a level...you should of left the apostrophe out.

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11-05-2010 , 04:21 PM

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Vecernicek

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Originally Posted by GMan42

I hope this is a level...you should of left the apostrophe out.

Sick "double" level.

Last edited by Vecernicek; 11-05-2010 at 04:28 PM.

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11-05-2010 , 05:36 PM

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uptheirons

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Originally Posted by Vecernicek

Sick "double" level.

Ha ha, I laughed so hard I literally died.

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11-06-2010 , 09:24 AM

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dercon

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Has anyone here seen "english.jpg"? It's basically a somewhat hilarious and rude rant on the most basic mistakes people make in English. At the same time, it gets the point across the table and can even be a little educational.

Here's a link (strong language warning):

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8705/englishu.jpg

Now an assignment for the "nit's": can you spot the mistakes in the picture?

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11-06-2010 , 10:00 AM

#1693

175503

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God you have to be an OT level 8 nerd to read that entire thing.

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11-06-2010 , 10:58 AM

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dercon

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Originally Posted by 175503

God you have to be an OT level 8 nerd to read that entire thing.

Problem?

Suggestion: don't read it if you don't care what it is about.

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11-06-2010 , 12:14 PM

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175503

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Believe me, I didn't.

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11-06-2010 , 12:29 PM

#1696

175503

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sorry for bein a meanie tho

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11-06-2010 , 12:51 PM

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lonely_but_rich

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Originally Posted by jmakinmecrzy

Maybe she's been afraid of the beach her entire life and this is a big deal.

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11-06-2010 , 01:54 PM

#1698

dercon

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Originally Posted by 175503

Believe me, I didn't.

Fair enough.

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Originally Posted by 175503

sorry for bein a meanie tho

No problem sir.
I don't mind being a nerd, I mind when people I don't know call me one.

By the way, your avatar is amongst my top 5 favourites on this site.

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11-06-2010 , 11:18 PM

#1699

11111

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Originally Posted by dercon

A bunch of comma splices and other mistakes in that thing.

Edit: Oops. Didn't see that you recognized that.

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11-06-2010 , 11:57 PM

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atakdog

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There's a split infinitive, but we've already established that no one in this thread but me thinks those are necessarily errors.

The comma splices actually got annoying. One, I could see including for effect, but it reads as if the author thinks they're actually OK.

There's a run on sentence featuring two independent clauses with neither a conjunction nor any punctuation (not even a comma!) between them.

He neglects to capitalize the first person pronoun i a couple times in the script at the bottom.

In one case he uses like instead of as (a distinction few people, even in this nit thread, recognize and adhere to any more)

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