|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
Invisible wrote:
> - Misuse of the apostrophe. (There's, like, 4 rules or something. Even a
> retard like me can understand it!)
http://www.angryflower.com/aposter.html
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
Darren New wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> - Misuse of the apostrophe. (There's, like, 4 rules or something. Even a
>> retard like me can understand it!)
>
> http://www.angryflower.com/aposter.html
http://angryflower.com/plural.gif
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> I recall someone on IRC who thought "meant" was written "mean't", and when
> I told him it didn't have an apostrophe he was seriously surprised (he had
> always written it that way).
##c++ in freenode
[19:02:48] <PovAddict> Cecen: it doesn't matter if it modifies the iterator;
what matters is if it modifies the data pointed to by the iterator
[19:02:55] <Cecen> Er, that's what I mean't.
[19:02:59] <Cecen> I was thinking that after I typed it
[...]
[19:07:28] <Eelis> i think that last trivia just said "don't try
initializing anything that doesn't belong to you in your ctor-initializer!"
[19:07:30] * Cecen waits for someone to confirm.
[19:07:41] <Cecen> That's what I thought it mean't, too!
[19:08:09] <PovAddict> Cecen: meant doesn't have an apostrophe
[19:08:19] <Cecen> It doesn't?
[19:08:24] <Cecen> So it doesn't.
[19:08:27] <Cecen> Or does it?
[19:08:28] <PovAddict> it doesn't stand for "mean not"
[19:08:35] <PovAddict> or "mea not"
[19:08:42] <Cecen> Ah true, doesn't stand for that
[19:08:49] <rioch> the verb is mean, meant, meant
[19:08:52] <rioch> ;)
[19:09:08] <Cecen> None of my English teachers have picked that up :(
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message
news:49189241@news.povray.org...
> I have nothing against quote marks used properly. It's when someone says
> he "really" means it, it's just completely confusing. :-)
I don't think I've *ever* seen anyone using your e.g.
~Steve~ ;)
>
> --
> Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
> - The progressive tense of the verb to die is dying, not "dieing". The
> same goes for to lie -> lying.
There's a native English guy who *teaches* English to a class here (a friend
of mine goes to it) and he writes "tryed"! I can understand a non-native
making that mistake when learning English, but there's no excuse for a
native to do that, and especially not if he is teaching English.
> - I think some people write "they're" instead of "there" on purpose, just
> to annoy people.
I do it sometimes purely because I'm typing too fast and just write out the
sounds that are going around in my head! Quite often I put things like "my"
instead of "by" because I'm just not concentrating (it's not like I don't
know the difference between "my" and "by"!).
> - People who don't realize that when they say "I don't know nothing", they
> are actually saying "I know something".
I think a lot of people do actually realise that *technically* it means the
opposite of common understanding, but if you point it out to them you'll be
labelled as a geeky nitpicker :-)
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
> - Sentences that end with a question mark despite not being questions.
Surely adding a question mark makes them into a question? :-)
> - Misuse of the apostrophe. (There's, like, 4 rules or something. Even a
> retard like me can understand it!)
When I was younger I was sure that "its" was actually spelt "it's". My
logic was:
The hand of the boy --> The boy's hand
The head of the fat guy --> The fat guy's head
The front of it --> It(')s front
But like you say, there are only a few rules so it's not hard to remember.
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
>> This in itself is less bad than my mum's pathology of repeating words
>> to differentiate them. "This is the total. Well, I mean, it's not the
>> *total* total, but it's the total." WTF?
>
> My favorite was "The car wasn't just totaled. It was completely totaled!"
I saw this cat the other day, and it was really ugly! Well, I mean, it
wasn't ugly ugly, but it was pretty ugly.
WTF?
>> I haven't come across either of these mistakes myself...
>
> I think you get it more in places people tend to use english less.
Probably.
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
>> My favorite was "The car wasn't just totaled. It was completely totaled!"
>
> I saw this cat the other day, and it was really ugly! Well, I mean, it
> wasn't ugly ugly, but it was pretty ugly.
>
> WTF?
But you understand the difference if someone had written instead:
> I saw this cat the other day, and it was really ugly! Well, I mean, this
> wasn't pretty ugly, this was ugly ugly.
Those sentences where the write repeats the word but with some
clarification, actually help the reader to understand the situation:
Compare:
1) I totaled the car!
2) I totaled the car, I mean it is completely totaled!
3) I totaled the car, I mean it is only *just* totaled.
With 1) the reader is left wondering how badly the car is damaged, ok we
know it's not driveable and probably beyond repair, but is that because you
crashed into a wall and the wheels and bodywork are all bent, or is it
because it was crushed by rolling over 10 times or between two trucks? With
2) you get some further information, that the situation is more towards the
totally crushed rather than bent wheels end of the scale. With 3) you get
the further information that the car is more towards the bent-wheels end of
the scale.
Words like "ugly" and "totaled" are not digital yes-no words, you can always
clarify them.
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
scott <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:
> > - People who don't realize that when they say "I don't know nothing", they
> > are actually saying "I know something".
> I think a lot of people do actually realise that *technically* it means the
> opposite of common understanding, but if you point it out to them you'll be
> labelled as a geeky nitpicker :-)
It becomes interesting with triple negatives. Quoting Eminem:
- "I don't owe nobody in my family nothing."
- "I don't believe nobody can not swear."
What do these mean *technically* speaking, if we interpret them fully
accurately?
--
- Warp
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
> > Invisible wrote:
> >> - Misuse of the apostrophe. (There's, like, 4 rules or something. Even a
> >> retard like me can understand it!)
> >
> > http://www.angryflower.com/aposter.html
> http://angryflower.com/plural.gif
Sin'ce th'e ap'postro'phe is s'o popul'ar, may'be we sho'uld sta'rt add'ing
it t'o ever'y sing'le w'ord?
--
- Warp
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |