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| PETRAN |
"What time is love"
I was always confused about this tune by the KLF, is it
"What time is love"
or somekind of a british toothless chav saying
"Whot time is, luv"? |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
I don't know the rules, and I don't really know when something sounds right/wrong either. |
do i smell bull? i think i do! :p |
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| T-Soma |
Browsers often have spell check included by default these days and soon enough they will have grammar checking too.
But who gives a crap how well people can spell and form sentences when all they type is utter drivel? |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by UWM
Your crazy. I couldnt care less about the difference, no matter were you learned it. |
:stongue:
I was just about to say that I hate the your/you're thing more. Nice. |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by UWM
Your crazy. I could care less about the difference, no matter were you learned it. |
Fixed.
You forgot the "could". |
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| Ania_xox |
What I find more difficult to discern is the difference between "which" and "that"
ex. "I just finished an assignment that took me three days to complete."
vs.
"I just finished an assignment which took me three days to complete."
In this case, one sounds better than the other. Often, both sound appropriate when, in fact, there is a rule to follow. I just don't remember what it is, so I usually go by what sounds right. |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ania_xox
What I find more difficult to discern is the difference between "which" and "that"
ex. "I just finished an assignment that took me three days to complete."
vs.
"I just finished an assignment which took me three days to complete."
In this case, one sounds better than the other. Often, both sound appropriate when, in fact, there is a rule to follow. I just don't remember what it is, so I usually go by what sounds right. |
I don't like the sound of those sentences anyway. I'm so hot for semi-colons it's not even funny, and would therefore say:
"I just finished the assignment; it took me three days to complete."
p.s you have your "honour's" degree in English. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
do i smell bull? i think i do! :p |
Honest! There are lots of things I can't understand about the English language, and sound right downright absurd to me :p
For example, there's a sentence I saw on "Die Hard 4" that puzzles me to this day. Remember when they broadcast that fake message and pretended to blow up the White House? I think the sentence they showed before blowing everything to pieces was "What if help won't come?". Won't? I didn't know I could use the future tense like that in English! I'd say "What if help doesn't come?". Not to mention when you guys put an article right between an adjective and a noun ("so good a dancer"). I didn't know that existed until recently, as I'd always say "such a good dancer".
Finally, I always have second thoughts when I need to choose a preposition such as in/on/at, and I never learnt whether the correct form is "Have any of you seen it?" or "Has any of you seen it?". Which is it? I don't know if the verb agrees with "any" or with "you" in this particular case :p |
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| Renzo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Honest! There are lots of things I can't understand about the English language, and sound right downright absurd to me :p
For example, there's a sentence I saw on "Die Hard 4" that puzzles me to this day. Remember when they broadcast that fake message and pretended to blow up the White House? I think the sentence they showed before blowing everything to pieces was "What if help won't come?". Won't? I didn't know I could use the future tense like that in English! I'd say "What if help doesn't come?". Not to mention when you guys put an article right between an adjective and a noun ("so good a dancer"). I didn't know that existed until recently, as I'd always say "such a good dancer". |
Those two examples aren't that big of a deal, Lira. Both ways are acceptable.
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Finally, I always have second thoughts when I need to choose a preposition such as in/on/at, and I never learnt whether the correct form is "Have any of you seen it?" or "Has any of you seen it?". Which is it? I don't know if the verb agrees with "any" or with "you" in this particular case :p |
Have. |
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| Renzo |
| Unless you're Ali G. Then it's has. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Renzo
Those two examples aren't that big of a deal, Lira. Both ways are acceptable. |
Oh. I knew the latter two were acceptable, but I actually thought "What if help doesn't come?" was wrong.
Oh, well, you taught me 3 things tonight! Thanks #1 :)
| quote: | Originally posted by Renzo
Have. |
Thanks #2! :D
| quote: | Originally posted by Renzo
Unless you're Ali G. Then it's has. |
And thanks #3 :stongue: |
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