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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:48 PM Original message |
Calling all Grammar Nazis! |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. I can hazard a guess... |
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TOhioLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. I believe the correct usage is... |
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Omphaloskepsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I agree.. |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I also agree, |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. What if the writer's statement was a question? |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Then it becomes total nonsense, because he isn't maintaining |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Perhaps I am using bad examples. |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. As a writer, I'd probably rearrange the sentence a bit. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:16 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Rearranging the sentence is probably the best route to take. |
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Omphaloskepsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 01:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Then it becomes pedantic. |
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Omphaloskepsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I would say yes. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. There is no reason for puntuation |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
8. #3, I believe. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
13. Reporting for duty. Leave the quotation marks out entirely. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
14. DS1 is correct |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
15. You might want to choose an alternative to "maintains"... |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
16. He maintains the world is flat. Think AP... |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
18. It depends on which string you want to print. |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. the second one is the most correct. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. 2 pics |
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