06-25-2009, 09:04 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: CGY
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Originally Posted by octothorp
It's called noon, until someone hands you a fancy McDonalds coffee, at which point it becomes noonè.
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fancy-mcdonalds-coffee
Holy crap a TRIPLE paradox!
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06-25-2009, 09:07 AM
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#82
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Originally Posted by awildermode
speaking of that, i do not use contractions when i type (unless i am quoting or making a point like post above).
why? Data from ST:TNG did not use them, and i thought it was a good idea. i started to not use them in my speech and also in my writing. i use them now when i speak, but still refuse to use contractions in my writing. i will even re word a sentence in order to avoid the use of contractions.
also, at the time, i was in school. not using contractions increases your word count when writing papers.  |
I believe it is considered poor form to use contractions in formal papers.
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06-25-2009, 09:55 AM
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#83
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One of the Nine
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Originally Posted by awildermode
they're
there
their
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It was made so simple by my grade 4 teacher:
They're going there with their mother.
That's all. You need to remember one sentence. Six words. Why it's so difficult for people is beyond me. I find it amusing when someone screws it up but uses their instead of there or they're. I mean, if you don't know which there to use, isn't there the default there? Don't try to be smart and use their or they're if you don't know how.
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06-25-2009, 09:56 AM
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#84
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Has Towel, Will Travel
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Edmonton & Mullets
Oilers & Stupid
Canucks & Natural Born Losers
Jarome & Awesome
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06-25-2009, 10:02 AM
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#85
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One of the Nine
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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
So my slo-pitch game next week is supposed to be next Tuesday. What are the chances there will be 2 full teams wanting to play baseball the night before Canada Day? A few people on the team have already said they won't be around since the week is pretty much a right-off so they are gone on vacation.
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Sorry Bobble.
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06-25-2009, 10:22 AM
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#86
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Sydney, NSfW
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Originally Posted by Rerun
I see people typing this all the time. This really annoys me and is a pet peeve of mine. Not sure why... but it really does... 
Noone is not a word. It's two words.... no one.
Nobody is a word. Noone isn't.
If I'm wrong, and somebody can prove it to me, I'll eat my words... |
If I can say:
anybody and nobody
then it is only logical I can say:
anyone and noone
There, bon apetite!
EDIT: DOH!
Last edited by Flame Of Liberty; 06-25-2009 at 11:13 AM.
Reason: brainfart
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06-25-2009, 10:30 AM
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#87
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 4X4
Sorry Bobble.
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Yeah; write-off.
*feels shame*
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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06-25-2009, 10:36 AM
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#88
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Northern AB, in "oil country" >:p----@
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funny thing about the noone thing; I've used 'noone' ever since I was corrected by my teacher on a paper in sixth grade. I wrote 'no one', and my teacher 'corrected' it to 'noone'. I just always assumed he was right, being the teacher and all, and have never questioned it, just accepted it and used it. Until reading this thread I never gave it another thought.
Also as has been mentioned, I really want to kick anyone who says 'unthaw' square in the 'nads. Has to be one of the most ######ed un-words ever created and accepted.
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06-25-2009, 11:07 AM
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#89
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Often Thinks About Pickles
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Okotoks
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty
If I can say:
anybody and anyone
then it is only logical I can say:
anyone and noone
There, bon apetite!
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06-25-2009, 11:19 AM
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#90
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Crispy's Critter
Also as has been mentioned, I really want to kick anyone who says 'unthaw' square in the 'nads. Has to be one of the most ######ed un-words ever created and accepted.
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I used to work at a Timmies when I was in high school... And there are times where we have to take stuff out of the freezer for it to thaw... Conversation usually goes something like...
Them: Yeah, I gotta go take this outta the freezer and dethaw it.
Me: You mean defrost it
Them: No... dethaw it.
Me: Dethawing isn't a word, but if it was, it would probably mean freezing it since thawing means letting it heat up from a frozen state
Them: No it doesn't
Me: Alright, believe what you want
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06-25-2009, 11:23 AM
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#91
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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rethaw?
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06-25-2009, 11:59 AM
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#92
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: 110
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Well, I'll add mine to the pile:
I seen Regehr yesterday = Bad
I saw Regehr yesterday = Good
I seen Backlund play in Sweden = Bad
I have seen Backlund play in Sweden = Good
Oh, and people who write like when it's not needed.
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06-25-2009, 12:13 PM
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#93
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we're
were
where
wear
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06-25-2009, 01:30 PM
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#94
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: not lurking
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misplaced modifers are my biggest pet peeve:
"I only attended 12 Flames games last year." Incorrect!!! You attended only 12 Flames games last year. In the first sentence, the modifier (only) applies to the verb (attended), rather than the subject; so it's essentially emphasizing that you only attended the games as opposed to coaching, reffing, or playing in them.
Sadly, the fight against the misplaced modifier is pretty much lost, as already they are used incorrectly in journalism and advertising more often than not. I'll continue to be a hard-ass about them, however.
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06-25-2009, 03:37 PM
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#95
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Has Towel, Will Travel
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I really hate it when people misspell manoeuvre.
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06-25-2009, 03:44 PM
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Often Thinks About Pickles
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Okotoks
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Originally Posted by octothorp
misplaced modifers are my biggest pet peeve:
"I only attended 12 Flames games last year." Incorrect!!! You attended only 12 Flames games last year. In the first sentence, the modifier (only) applies to the verb (attended), rather than the subject; so it's essentially emphasizing that you only attended the games as opposed to coaching, reffing, or playing in them.
Sadly, the fight against the misplaced modifier is pretty much lost, as already they are used incorrectly in journalism and advertising more often than not. I'll continue to be a hard-ass about them, however.
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Boy oh boy.... this conversation is turning deep now. Misplaced modifiers... go figure. I didn't even know something like that existed. Ignorance used to be bliss.
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06-25-2009, 03:58 PM
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#97
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Has Towel, Will Travel
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Originally Posted by Rerun
Boy oh boy.... this conversation is turning deep now. Misplaced modifiers... go figure. I didn't even know something like that existed. Ignorance used to be bliss.
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So, if you unknowingly dangle your participles in public, I'll bet you split your infinitives too, don'tcha. 
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06-25-2009, 04:32 PM
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#98
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Often Thinks About Pickles
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Okotoks
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Originally Posted by Ford Prefect
So, if you unknowingly dangle your participles in public, I'll bet you split your infinitives too, don'tcha. |
HUH???
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06-25-2009, 04:35 PM
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#99
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Has Towel, Will Travel
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Originally Posted by Rerun
HUH??? |
I was just being a grammar geek. Please ignore me. It's totally not worth explaining.
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06-25-2009, 09:53 PM
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#100
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Mahogany, aka halfway to Lethbridge
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flizzenflozz
When trying to roast someone, try to get the word 'genius' right. As previously mentioned, the combo platter with 'your' instead of 'you are/you're' makes me want to decapitate myself.
I weep for humanity when I read someone write something sarcastic such as 'Your a real genious.'
Unless that is an attempt at triple-reversal irony, it's just complete lunacy.
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