And a train to catch. Make me proud kids! :wave:TRNDRVR said:Well I'd just love to stick around and frustrate you some more, but I have a welfare check to earn.
And a train to catch. Make me proud kids! :wave:TRNDRVR said:Well I'd just love to stick around and frustrate you some more, but I have a welfare check to earn.
OT said:Nice.
"ur" isn't a word, it's shorthand for "you are".
We don't speak in shorthand, nor should we type a communication to others, in shorthand.
Besides, I was joking, with that site, as I'd never condone the use of an "urban dictionary".
It's much like Ebonics, useless......
OT said:Nice.
"ur" isn't a word, it's shorthand for "you are".
We don't speak in shorthand, nor should we type a communication to others, in shorthand.
Besides, I was joking, with that site, as I'd never condone the use of an "urban dictionary".
It's much like Ebonics, useless......
IXNAYXJ said:than I apologize.
Right you are. In my haste, I slipped up. I usually am a stickler for that one too. I'm better than most, though.XJ Jeepin Girl said:That would be "then." My biggest gramatical pet peeve: when people use "then" instead of "than." Ex: "Your hair is longer then mine." Even though when actually speaking you might say "than" kind of like "then," it's THAN!
IXNAYXJ said:Right you are. I'm better than most, though.
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You got the joke, right? "Better than most..." And certainly better then you....red91inWA said:EGOTISTICAL BASTARD!
Here's a goody from the Woodburn area...
found on most cars for sale the sign reads..."runs pretty good."
Must get lost in the English / Spanish translation somewhere...
IXNAYXJ said:You got the joke, right? "Better than most..."
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There, now it looks right.IXNAYXJ said:"Better than most..." And certainly better then, you run home and freshen up for a tea party.....
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But, it is acceptable in modern writing.OT said:There, now it looks right.
Oh, and one shouldn't use "And", to start a sentence, in literature, just because the Bible does.![]()
So you read the part in the link about it being acceptable to start a sentence with a conjunction?OT said:And there you have it.
YES, damnit, you were correct, all along!IXNAYXJ said:So you read the part in the link about it being acceptable to start a sentence with a conjunction?
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i hayte teh inglishe laynquidge, that leenk jus furthur proovs itIXNAYXJ said:But, it is acceptable in modern writing.
http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/conjunctions_lessons.htm
For example: "And first, before we begin the history of life, let us tell something of the stage upon which our drama is put and of the background against which it is played." H.G. Wells, Outline of History.
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