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[Deep Freeze] Thursday, February 11, 2010 4:05:45 AM
Hardee HAR HAR!! You fail to mention it was a De Vry Vocational English Institute for Higher Word Technology...... [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:17:12 AM)
guidogodoy wrote:
A Professor?!? HAAAA!!!!! Why everyone knows you barely made it out of trade school!
Deep Freeze wrote:
Arrrrrggghhhh!!! Spa! I will get you !!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Um GA; NO, I am not a professor. As for your second remark, perhaps you are employing a double infinitive....? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[guidogodoy] Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:17:12 AM
A Professor?!? HAAAA!!!!! Why everyone knows you barely made it out of trade school! [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Deep Freeze from Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:07:27 PM)
Deep Freeze wrote:
Arrrrrggghhhh!!! Spa! I will get you !!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Um GA; NO, I am not a professor. As for your second remark, perhaps you are employing a double infinitive....? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Deep Freeze] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:07:27 PM
Arrrrrggghhhh!!! Spa! I will get you !!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Um GA; NO, I am not a professor. As for your second remark, perhaps you are employing a double infinitive....? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[spapad] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 8:48:56 PM
Good Job Becks!
DF, do you need a thread for the grammatically correct fans set up? [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Becks from Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:33:58 PM)
Becks wrote:
Ok for anyone interested, here's the latest song I've learnt for the drums
[guardian angel] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 5:48:01 PM
Two questions for you Deep Freeze: 1) Are you an english professor? (You're extremely knowledgeable and articulate! I like it.) 2) If someone says "Where are you at?" Are they dangling a participle? I used to have fun telling people to be careful, they were dangling their participles. Some would even look down. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Deep Freeze from Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:19:22 PM)
Deep Freeze wrote:
Ah Nicky, my friend. Here, at last, we must part ways of the mind! While in today's view it is considered "acceptable" to use a conjunction to begin a sentence, grammatically it is NOT encouraged. Beginning a sentence with a conjunction tends to lead to one of two things; run-on sentences or short, choppy ones. It is also terribly informal. Now, if your intent is to address an issue with informality, it is acceptable and has reached the point where it is very prevalent in today's writing. The old adage, "Know thy audience" applies in this case.
In the 1600-1700's, it was perfectly acceptable to use a conjunction to begin a sentence. As language developed and people became more aware of education, vocabulary and social status, the use of conjunctions to start sentences was thought to be poor grammar and a lack of proper education. It was also believed that English was inferior to Latin and should be changed. This lead to certain "rules" that really are not necessarily rules at all, but more like positions of thought. While it was noble, in thinking, to adapt to a more "Latin based" form of language, English is actually a decendant of German and so many of the "rules" simply do not "fit" in a technical sense.
The same holds for ending a sentence with a preposition, although that one is far more important in MY mind!! Many times, words thought to be "prepositions" are really an adverbial particle (part of the verb) and, therefore, not really prepositions at all. Verbs can retain much , if not all, of their properties when used in certain contexts.
OK then! I have made my statement on the matter. What is acceptable and what is proper are far different things, depending on whom it is to which you are speaking.....HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nicky007 wrote:
Jeg ka også bidrage med lidt dansk til denne flersprogede fest.
Joe, very thoughtful and moving post you wrote there for us. Thanx ! Thinking of you and your close ones, and wishing you the very best
And Guido, yes, one can fully standardly start a sentence with "and" :
7.
(used to introduce a sentence, implying continuation) also; then: And then it happened.
- Dictionary.com
So that sort of wraps it up for the moment as far as my concerns are concerned
Nicky.
[Head banger] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 5:30:54 PM
if you want your full post total click on your profile. its there. date joined is gone though. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:55:06 AM)
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
Happy Wednesday, ladies and gents!!
Looks like I now rule the roost message count-wise. Almost a year's worth of messages taken out and I'm still within the 10,000 posts-range. Children, this is what too much sinning in the Sinful thread (among other things) can do to you.
[Becks] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:33:58 PM
Ok for anyone interested, here's the latest song I've learnt for the drums
[Becks] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:03:41 PM
Yep I know what balls you are talking about. Sounds like they provide a good workout! And I will try and get on to that pic in the next few days LOL!!! [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by joedraper from Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:33:33 PM)
joedraper wrote:
Morning Becks! I'm just about to head off to bed... 11 31pm here in Africa.
Have you ever used one of those exercise balls? I had one when I was pregnant last and I got one for my birthday. So I decided to use it, thinking nothing of it other than it would be fun to use in between cycling/gym sessions. So I did a quick 40 min workout on it and went about my business. That was Monday.. I"m still stiff! Who'd have thought! So this leads me to believe it is an excellent piece of equipment!
Oh and please, please, please.. do the ostrich pic for me.. pretty please, this girl is in need of a humungus belly laugh!
Becks wrote:
Morning everyone! A rainy thursday here, but I've been good and have done a 50 minute workout, followed by a quick run with the dog. I'm off to do some drumming soon, I think my snare drum needs a bit of tinkering too, damnit. Also going to do some drawing today, I have a pic of Jimmy Page that needs some work done on it lol. Hope everyone is having a great day!
[joedraper] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:33:33 PM
Morning Becks! I'm just about to head off to bed... 11 31pm here in Africa.
Have you ever used one of those exercise balls? I had one when I was pregnant last and I got one for my birthday. So I decided to use it, thinking nothing of it other than it would be fun to use in between cycling/gym sessions. So I did a quick 40 min workout on it and went about my business. That was Monday.. I"m still stiff! Who'd have thought! So this leads me to believe it is an excellent piece of equipment!
Oh and please, please, please.. do the ostrich pic for me.. pretty please, this girl is in need of a humungus belly laugh!
Morning everyone! A rainy thursday here, but I've been good and have done a 50 minute workout, followed by a quick run with the dog. I'm off to do some drumming soon, I think my snare drum needs a bit of tinkering too, damnit. Also going to do some drawing today, I have a pic of Jimmy Page that needs some work done on it lol. Hope everyone is having a great day!
[Becks] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 2:53:52 PM
Morning everyone! A rainy thursday here, but I've been good and have done a 50 minute workout, followed by a quick run with the dog. I'm off to do some drumming soon, I think my snare drum needs a bit of tinkering too, damnit. Also going to do some drawing today, I have a pic of Jimmy Page that needs some work done on it lol. Hope everyone is having a great day!
[Deep Freeze] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:19:22 PM
Ah Nicky, my friend. Here, at last, we must part ways of the mind! While in today's view it is considered "acceptable" to use a conjunction to begin a sentence, grammatically it is NOT encouraged. Beginning a sentence with a conjunction tends to lead to one of two things; run-on sentences or short, choppy ones. It is also terribly informal. Now, if your intent is to address an issue with informality, it is acceptable and has reached the point where it is very prevalent in today's writing. The old adage, "Know thy audience" applies in this case.
In the 1600-1700's, it was perfectly acceptable to use a conjunction to begin a sentence. As language developed and people became more aware of education, vocabulary and social status, the use of conjunctions to start sentences was thought to be poor grammar and a lack of proper education. It was also believed that English was inferior to Latin and should be changed. This lead to certain "rules" that really are not necessarily rules at all, but more like positions of thought. While it was noble, in thinking, to adapt to a more "Latin based" form of language, English is actually a decendant of German and so many of the "rules" simply do not "fit" in a technical sense.
The same holds for ending a sentence with a preposition, although that one is far more important in MY mind!! Many times, words thought to be "prepositions" are really an adverbial particle (part of the verb) and, therefore, not really prepositions at all. Verbs can retain much , if not all, of their properties when used in certain contexts.
OK then! I have made my statement on the matter. What is acceptable and what is proper are far different things, depending on whom it is to which you are speaking.....HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeg ka også bidrage med lidt dansk til denne flersprogede fest.
Joe, very thoughtful and moving post you wrote there for us. Thanx ! Thinking of you and your close ones, and wishing you the very best
And Guido, yes, one can fully standardly start a sentence with "and" :
7.
(used to introduce a sentence, implying continuation) also; then: And then it happened.
- Dictionary.com
So that sort of wraps it up for the moment as far as my concerns are concerned
Nicky.
[Nicky007] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:41:59 AM
Jeg ka også bidrage med lidt dansk til denne flersprogede fest.
Joe, very thoughtful and moving post you wrote there for us. Thanx ! Thinking of you and your close ones, and wishing you the very best
And Guido, yes, one can fully standardly start a sentence with "and" :
7.
(used to introduce a sentence, implying continuation) also; then: And then it happened.
- Dictionary.com
So that sort of wraps it up for the moment as far as my concerns are concerned
Nicky.
[Vaillant 3.0] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:55:06 AM
Happy Wednesday, ladies and gents!!
Looks like I now rule the roost message count-wise. Almost a year's worth of messages taken out and I'm still within the 10,000 posts-range. Children, this is what too much sinning in the Sinful thread (among other things) can do to you.
[Deep Freeze] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 7:39:55 AM
I really don't think it matters one way or another. I mean, "date joined" is far from important. We all know one another and how long we have been here. Perhaps it is a good thing? It might give the new members a little less pressure. I think the real focus should be on how many FRIENDS one has. THAT is an important statistic. That is really where you can judge the value of someone on this site.
I also think the number of "ignores" should be dropped. As I have said many times, ANYONE can click "ignore" but the "friends" button is a very, very selective thing.
Edited at: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 7:43:18 AM
[Head banger] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 7:32:33 AM
you mean all the stupid posts I made when I started are gone? oh well. who would have had the time to go that far back. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by spapad from Tuesday, February 09, 2010 10:31:03 PM)
spapad wrote:
If he takes the board down to just a year, not that I would miss some of it, but some of it was really funny too..........Well, if he does(and he will), I guess we will all have the same date joined. Maybe it's a good thing, but I'm not sure how I feel about it. Torn a bit.
Now, what I would like to know is, does that mean all the ignores we got from multi profiles are gone too! HA!!! NO WAY!! It's kind of messed up like so many sites are right now. I suppose we all just need to move on into the cyber future, and forget about it. LOL
Just like life, nobody ever gave us a garrentee.
ron h wrote:
My date hasn't changed....yet!!
guidogodoy wrote:
Welle well. Wouldja look at that? I was early 2005 also.
Yup, changed us all....
J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
Why did Murray change all the "date joined" dates for? My "date joined" was January 2nd 2005 and I know that Freeze was early 2005 as well and Shawn in Canada was like 2004 before most of us so whats the deal with changing these dates for? Anybody?
[J.D. DIAMOND] Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:41:37 AM
Hey thats cool man,I've never really been into live albums either,Unleashed In The East to me is the best live album ever even if it was doctored up in the studio or whatnot,I still think its the best live album,I also like Live Evil Black Sabbath 1982 but of course Unleashed is best.But other than that,I really don't care for live albums that much.
I never was grasped by Nostradamus so I'm still in the Angel Of Retribution mode and it feels like its been 5 years since they released anything new to me,so I am really wanting a new album but I think they will be working on it later this year but then again they may do a Nostradamus tour and if that happens,a new album will not be out until 2012 I'm guessing,by then I'll bet you'll be craving some new Judas Priest! lol! [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by ShawninCanada from Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:48:50 PM)
ShawninCanada wrote:
Personally I would rather see them do a full Nostradamus album tour. Im not ready for a new album yet. Angel of Retribution and Nostradamus are both still in heavy rotation at my place and I can wait a bit loger for an album. I still havent listened to the new live album in full yet. Im not one for live albums though...although im listening to Unleashed right now LOL
[spapad] Tuesday, February 09, 2010 10:31:03 PM
If he takes the board down to just a year, not that I would miss some of it, but some of it was really funny too..........Well, if he does(and he will), I guess we will all have the same date joined. Maybe it's a good thing, but I'm not sure how I feel about it. Torn a bit.
Now, what I would like to know is, does that mean all the ignores we got from multi profiles are gone too! HA!!! NO WAY!! It's kind of messed up like so many sites are right now. I suppose we all just need to move on into the cyber future, and forget about it. LOL
Just like life, nobody ever gave us a garrentee. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by ron h from Tuesday, February 09, 2010 8:08:10 PM)
ron h wrote:
My date hasn't changed....yet!!
guidogodoy wrote:
Welle well. Wouldja look at that? I was early 2005 also.
Yup, changed us all....
J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
Why did Murray change all the "date joined" dates for? My "date joined" was January 2nd 2005 and I know that Freeze was early 2005 as well and Shawn in Canada was like 2004 before most of us so whats the deal with changing these dates for? Anybody?
[ron h] Tuesday, February 09, 2010 8:08:10 PM
My date hasn't changed....yet!! [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Tuesday, February 09, 2010 6:30:47 PM)
guidogodoy wrote:
Welle well. Wouldja look at that? I was early 2005 also.
Yup, changed us all....
J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
Why did Murray change all the "date joined" dates for? My "date joined" was January 2nd 2005 and I know that Freeze was early 2005 as well and Shawn in Canada was like 2004 before most of us so whats the deal with changing these dates for? Anybody?
[guidogodoy] Tuesday, February 09, 2010 6:30:47 PM
Welle well. Wouldja look at that? I was early 2005 also.
Why did Murray change all the "date joined" dates for? My "date joined" was January 2nd 2005 and I know that Freeze was early 2005 as well and Shawn in Canada was like 2004 before most of us so whats the deal with changing these dates for? Anybody?
[ShawninCanada] Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:48:50 PM
Personally I would rather see them do a full Nostradamus album tour. Im not ready for a new album yet. Angel of Retribution and Nostradamus are both still in heavy rotation at my place and I can wait a bit loger for an album. I still havent listened to the new live album in full yet. Im not one for live albums though...although im listening to Unleashed right now LOL
yes, one can fully standardly start a sentence with "and" :
