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Originally posted by MrSquirrel "David was in hospital for two weeks."

That looks like how a 5 year old would speak. =\

What a pointless argument. Luke said "this was a nice remix" which doesnt really make sense. "That was a nice remix" and "this is a nice remix" are right. So coup is right when he says he shouldve said "is", but not for the reason he stated.

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Originally posted by Omegasox That looks like how a 5 year old would speak. =\

That is how everyone who speaks English outside of North America says it.

I know they are odd....I got used to it from reading a lot of Australian newspaper articles online a couple years back.

MrS

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Originally posted by MrSquirrel 1337 sp34k is another problem. Of course, it is coming from an Australian and most people up here couldn't understand one 90% of the time anyway. MrS

Ah the irony, an american bashing someone else about their English/Accent.

Howdy cowboy?

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Originally posted by DJ-Fuq What a pointless argument.

u were warned in the title

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Originally posted by Coup nik this was a mint remix of nudawn

I think this line interests me more than the actual topic.

if he didnt finish it or it is now shit (although luke said it was good now so this wont be the case) , then it is "was".

otherwise it's "is"

I have a question. Where would you guys put the apostrophe in this person�s name in this sentence?

Enclosed please find medical records from Dr. bla bla regarding Maria Matos�s IME.

I said it goes like that (the way I just wrote it). This chick I work with corrected it and said it should be...

Maria Matos� IME.

The apostraphe only goes at the end w/ no s when the word is plural right? Please tell me I�m right...this is like high school English and I�ll feel stupid if I�m wrong considering I qualified for English honors in my college placement test.

well i asked my mom and she and her coworker both said i'm wrong. if ANY word ends in s there is no s after the apostrophe. i could have sworn that s' only applied to an actual plural word. oh well.

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Originally posted by Slylee well i asked my mom and she and her coworker both said i'm wrong. if ANY word ends in s there is no s after the apostrophe. i could have sworn that s' only applied to an actual plural word. oh well.

Actually, when the word is single and ending in an s, either "'" or "'s" are accetable.

For example, both "Jesus' sandles" and "Jesus's sandles" are correct.

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Originally posted by sym Actually, when the word is single and ending in an s, either "'" or "'s" are accetable. For example, both "Jesus' sandles" and "Jesus's sandles" are correct.

But wouldn't that be "sandals"?

cool thanks.

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Originally posted by arctic Ah the irony, an american bashing someone else about their English/Accent. Howdy cowboy?

I was not bashing your accent, I was merely stating a point about how for some reason a lot of northern hemisphere folks have a hard time understanding Australians.

They did after all, overdub Mel Gibson in Mad Max up here because they thought he was "too hard to understand".



On another note, I was always taught that s' is only for plural words. When it is singular ending in s it is "s's".

My 2 cents which is actually worth 3 Australian cents.

MrS

Go with the Squirrel. You're pointless and out of order.
And if we's we is we'''re we are we're seems logical, then you have understtoood the message!


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the correct english plural when the word ends in s is ***s' not ***s's, either way it looks fuckin strange tho

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