Absolom April 2 Share April 2 I would venture to bet that possibly one out of ten of my neighbors have heard the term and we're not all dunderheads. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8623901
isalicat April 2 Share April 2 Actually this discussion is one I've been having recently about AOC and Bernie's anti "oligarch" tour. Not to get into politics (AT ALL!) but the very use of that term seems problematic to me as lots of American millionaires and billionaires are not oligarchs and not all rich people are on board with the current administration's policies. If you want to get regular people on board with your proposals, its best to keep it simple and not alienate folk with fancy/not-especially-accurate language, in my opinion. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8623936
StatisticalOutlier April 2 Share April 2 On 4/2/2025 at 9:33 PM, isalicat said: Not to get into politics (AT ALL!) but the very use of that term seems problematic to me as lots of American millionaires and billionaires are not oligarchs and not all rich people are on board with the current administration's policies. Expand Seems to me that discussing an administration's policies is political. But not only had I never heard the term "stochastic terrorism," I didn't even know what "stochastic" meant, so I'm clearly out of my depth. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8623946
Absolom April 2 Share April 2 (edited) On 4/2/2025 at 9:43 PM, StatisticalOutlier said: Seems to me that discussing an administration's policies is political. But not only had I never heard the term "stochastic terrorism," I didn't even know what "stochastic" meant, so I'm clearly out of my depth. Expand In a bit of irony the only place I had run into using the term stochastic was in a statistics class and further in stochastic modeling. Edited April 2 by Absolom 2 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8623951
shapeshifter April 2 Share April 2 On 4/2/2025 at 9:43 PM, StatisticalOutlier said: not only had I never heard the term "stochastic terrorism," I didn't even know what "stochastic" meant, so I'm clearly out of my depth. Expand I am humbled about once a month when reading The NY Times and I have to pause to google a definition. (I have access more-or-less in lieu of a gold watch for retirement.) 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8623968
Ancaster April 2 Share April 2 (edited) On 4/2/2025 at 10:19 PM, shapeshifter said: I am humbled about once a month when reading The NY Times and I have to pause to google a definition. (I have access more-or-less in lieu of a gold watch for retirement.) Expand Please don't feel "humbled". At least half the time it's just pretension. I'm old school and have a real life dictionary besides me that I refer to frequently. I know my mother (an English teacher for 35+ years) would be proud. Edited April 2 by Ancaster 4 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8623977
SoMuchTV April 2 Share April 2 On 4/2/2025 at 10:19 PM, shapeshifter said: I am humbled about once a month when reading The NY Times and I have to pause to google a definition. Expand On 4/2/2025 at 10:32 PM, Ancaster said: Please don't feel "humbled". At least half the time it's just pretention. Expand In my mind, feeling “humbled” is not a negative thing at all. More like an acknowledgement that there’s still more to be learned. 3 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8623985
Mondrianyone April 2 Share April 2 On 4/2/2025 at 10:32 PM, Ancaster said: At least half the time it's just pretension. Expand I'm always amazed by what I read on this thread. When people out in the world get things wrong, they're stupid. When they get things right, they're pretentious. You really can't win. I, too, have a dictionary always open--on my screen, partly because my work as the professional grammar police requires it and partly because I just like to know things. It doesn't stop me from being wrong, but it does remind me to try to give people grace when they haven't been exposed to certain aspects of language, because I've been exposed to massive amounts and I still screw up. But I agree that the term "stochastic terrorism" has been abroad in the culture for years now, as lone-wolf school shooters and real and pretend assassins have made their presence increasingly known. Which doesn't mean anyone should be ashamed of not having heard the word, but where's the benefit of pretending that it isn't familiar to others who are just everyday people paying attention to the evening news and not pointy-headed intellectuals? 5 1 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8623987
StatisticalOutlier April 3 Share April 3 I have a physical dictionary, and in it is a hand-written list of "New Yorker words" that I had to look up repeatedly because they kept using them and I could never remember the definition but I could remember that the word and its definition were on my cheat sheet. I haven't consulted the list in years, but just found it. Turns out it's two sheets, with a total of 61 words on it. I would say that if I had to define each one, with no context or anything to help, I would get well less than ten of them. If I read the word in context, I would understand maybe 25% of them. The others just will. not. stick. What's funny in the list is that even though I'm a vocabulary dummy, some things from my education apparently stuck, because in the definitions, there's a Δ substituting for the word "change" and a ∴ for "therefore": tergiversation/tergiversate: to use evasions or ambiguities, to Δ sides and syllogism: deductive reasoning, general -> specific. Men are foolish. John is a man. ∴ John is foolish 6 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8624798
Quof April 3 Share April 3 Elton John and Brandi Carlile are promoting a new album and their performance of the lead single shows up on all of my feeds. They sing "what are the angels gonna do with you and I?" I weep every time I hear it. 8 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8624842
fastiller April 3 Share April 3 @StatisticalOutlier - syllogism is one of my favourite words. I'm not entirely sure why. 2 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8624935
shapeshifter April 3 Share April 3 On 4/2/2025 at 10:32 PM, Ancaster said: At least half the time it's just pretension. Expand Confession: When I'm reading a NYT piece with a word I have to look up, I can't help wondering if the word was selected to demonstrate the writer's superior knowledge of the topic — which can be pretension. However: After I've looked up the word, and it turns out it is a very specific, descriptive term, I do feel a tiny bit sheepish. So, when I say I'm "humbled" by not knowing a word, at least some of that humility comes from my initially judgemental attitude towards the writer seemingly flaunting a superior vocabulary. 6 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8625405
annzeepark914 April 4 Share April 4 On 4/3/2025 at 7:35 AM, Quof said: Elton John and Brandi Carlile are promoting a new album and their performance of the lead single shows up on all of my feeds. They sing "what are the angels gonna do with you and I?" I weep every time I hear it. Expand Hope I don't hear this song as my teeth will start grinding 😖. Why do people have such a problem with the pronoun, "me"? I hope Elton & Brandi get inundated with grammar lessons. 7 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8625906
fastiller April 4 Share April 4 On 4/3/2025 at 7:35 AM, Quof said: Elton John and Brandi Carlile are promoting a new album and their performance of the lead single shows up on all of my feeds. They sing "what are the angels gonna do with you and I?" I weep every time I hear it. Expand On 4/4/2025 at 2:49 PM, annzeepark914 said: Hope I don't hear this song as my teeth will start grinding 😖. Why do people have such a problem with the pronoun, "me"? I hope Elton & Brandi get inundated with grammar lessons. Expand I'm ok with songs/poems using the incorrect "and I" IF IT FITS A RHYMING / CADENCE / ASSONANCE SCHEME. If not, it's like nails on a chalkboard. 1 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8625954
Quof April 4 Share April 4 "I" and "me" have the same number of syllables, and are just as easy to rhyme. There is never a need to use the wrong one. 7 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8625964
Browncoat April 4 Share April 4 The lyrics of "Touch Me" by The Doors bugs me every time, but "I" is needed for the rhyme with sky: "I'm gonna love you till the stars fall from the sky for you and I" 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8625972
Ancaster April 4 Share April 4 (edited) On 4/4/2025 at 2:49 PM, annzeepark914 said: Why do people have such a problem with the pronoun, "me"? I hope Elton & Brandi get inundated with grammar lessons. Expand Since this is a thread about grammar, perhaps we could also address misused commas. Just me? 😉 Edited April 4 by Ancaster 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8626125
fastiller April 7 Share April 7 4 12 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8628976
fairffaxx April 7 Share April 7 Today, someone speaking on my car radio said that a local politician had suggested that the city "unpause" some course of action. The substance of the story was immediately lost to me, since It's hard enough to follow the news as reported on a car radio while paying attention to driving & listening through traffic noise, without being shocked by mangled grammar. 1 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8628981
Yeah No April 8 Share April 8 (edited) This really pertains to spelling and pronunciation, but I was watching a repeat episode of "Finding Your Roots" when the guest mispronounced the word "cavalry" as "calvary" (which is the place where Jesus died). She was talking about her ancestor who fought with the cavalry in the Civil War. To make matters worse, the closed captioning misspelled it as "calvary" too. Ugh. This is not the first time I've seen this mistake. It appears to be a common one considering all the sites explaining the difference. Edited April 8 by Yeah No Where did that extra " come from? 3 6 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8629274
Crashcourse April 8 Share April 8 I'm sick of hearing "merch" for merchandize. 7 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8629790
Ancaster April 9 Share April 9 ". . . even with a life jacket on and laying on a surfboard." The misuse of "lay", "laying" etc drives me mad frequently, but this at least made me laugh. 3 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8630536
isalicat April 9 Share April 9 On 4/8/2025 at 2:47 AM, Yeah No said: This really pertains to spelling and pronunciation, but I was watching a repeat episode of "Finding Your Roots" when the guest mispronounced the word "cavalry" as "calvary" (which is the place where Jesus died). She was talking about her ancestor who fought with the cavalry in the Civil War. To make matters worse, the closed captioning misspelled it as "calvary" too. Ugh. This is not the first time I've seen this mistake. It appears to be a common one considering all the sites explaining the difference. Expand My local newspaper (when it was still local; sadly no more...) had a front page article about a Civil War era cannon, which of course they spelled as "canon". As both a pedantic speller and a choral singer, this drove me completely crazy. 🙀 5 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8630617
Salacious Kitty April 10 Share April 10 Are any Canadians out there familiar with "tabarnac?" I couldn't even understand its meaning they way it was spoken. My friend thinks it's a stand-in for "FFS," but I am not so sure. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8631873
Quof April 10 Share April 10 It means "church", like "God dammit" but worse; it's a huge swear word in Catholic Quebec. But you can say "fuck" all you want there. 1 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8631878
SVNBob April 11 Share April 11 On 4/10/2025 at 8:15 PM, Salacious Kitty said: Are any Canadians out there familiar with "tabarnac?" Expand On 4/10/2025 at 8:21 PM, Quof said: It means "church", Expand Looks like a shortened and corrupted version of "tabernacle", which makes sense. 3 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8632289
SoMuchTV April 11 Share April 11 I've been seeing this a few places recently: "Vaccines causes adults" While I agree with the sentiment, shouldn't it be "Vaccines cause adults"? Is there some way I'm not parsing it that would make it make grammatical sense? 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8632613
shapeshifter April 11 Share April 11 On 4/11/2025 at 6:06 PM, SoMuchTV said: I've been seeing this a few places recently: "Vaccines causes adults" While I agree with the sentiment, shouldn't it be "Vaccines cause adults"? Is there some way I'm not parsing it that would make it make grammatical sense? Expand What? Lately I cannot tell when I'm just tired, old, or maybe the only literate person in the room, but I have no idea what that means. 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8632629
ebk57 April 11 Share April 11 On 4/11/2025 at 6:23 PM, shapeshifter said: What? Lately I cannot tell when I'm just tired, old, or maybe the only literate person in the room, but I have no idea what that means. Expand My reading of that is if you have vaccines as a child, you will grow up to be an adult. If you don't, you won't make it out of childhood. I agree with "cause" instead of "causes". 8 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8632639
SoMuchTV April 11 Share April 11 On 4/11/2025 at 6:23 PM, shapeshifter said: What? Lately I cannot tell when I'm just tired, old, or maybe the only literate person in the room, but I have no idea what that means. Expand On 4/11/2025 at 6:34 PM, ebk57 said: My reading of that is if you have vaccines as a child, you will grow up to be an adult. If you don't, you won't make it out of childhood. I agree with "cause" instead of "causes". Expand Right. Basically a comeback to “vaccines cause autism.” Which, by the way, I’ve never heard with “causes.” 5 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8632712
Salacious Kitty April 11 Share April 11 On 4/11/2025 at 6:38 AM, SVNBob said: Looks like a shortened and corrupted version of "tabernacle", which makes sense. Expand But it's not. It's French Canadian slang. 😀 1 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8632743
Absolom April 11 Share April 11 According to AI and the internet and my previous experience researching, it is indeed based on the French tabernacle. Quote It's a variant of the French word "tabernacle," which refers to the holy place where the Eucharist is kept in Catholicism. In Quebec French, "tabarnak" is considered a strong swear word, often used with other expletives like "calice" (chalice) or "ciboire" (ciborium). Expand It's the profane use of words referring to sacred items. 5 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8632766
Salacious Kitty April 11 Share April 11 The way I heard it spoken was alone, as an exclamation. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8632793
Zella April 11 Share April 11 (edited) On 4/11/2025 at 10:09 PM, Salacious Kitty said: The way I heard it spoken was alone, as an exclamation. Expand I think that's a feature of a lot of other languages, even if it seems unusual in English. I was really into Danish TV several years ago and distinctly remember "Satan!" being used that way. There is literally a scene of a cop pursuing a suspect who gets away and the cop shouts an anguished "Satan!" in response. It was often translated as "Fuck!" like it was in that scene, but it was a throwback to when blasphemy and religious language/beliefs were taken very seriously. So, at one time, saying Satan was shocking profanity. It has continued long after most Danes stopped caring about the religious implications. I suspect Tabernac has a similar trajectory. Now I'm watching an Italian show set in Sicily, and minchia, which is literally slang for penis, is used the same way. I see it translated as everything from damn to hell to fuck in English, but it's literally just some mafioso shouting "Penis!" as an exclamation when his drug deal doesn't go his way. LOL Edited April 12 by Zella 1 2 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8632843
Absolom April 12 Share April 12 On 4/11/2025 at 10:09 PM, Salacious Kitty said: The way I heard it spoken was alone, as an exclamation. Expand Exactly. The above explanation is the derivation. It's like yelling any common US profanity. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8632907
SoMuchTV April 14 Share April 14 On 4/11/2025 at 6:06 PM, SoMuchTV said: I've been seeing this a few places recently: "Vaccines causes adults" While I agree with the sentiment, shouldn't it be "Vaccines cause adults"? Is there some way I'm not parsing it that would make it make grammatical sense? Expand Feeling a little better now. I saw this on a different forum, and while they didn’t include a link, I’m pretty sure it’s for real: 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8634423
shapeshifter April 14 Share April 14 On 4/14/2025 at 12:19 AM, SoMuchTV said: this…: Expand I know it's supposed to be making fun of "Vaccines Cause XXX," but the syntax is just confusing to me. I'd prefer something like: Vaccines Generate Adults Not perfect, but better? Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8634880
Milburn Stone April 14 Share April 14 It works for me only because it echoes the original syntax. By echoing that syntax, it sets you up to expect the original third word. Then it pulls the rug out from under you by supplying a different third word. Which makes you laugh. (At least, it did me.) 9 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8635141
Ancaster April 18 Share April 18 On 4/14/2025 at 12:19 AM, SoMuchTV said: Feeling a little better now. I saw this on a different forum, and while they didn’t include a link, I’m pretty sure it’s for real: Expand All I want to know is what do vaccines cause adults to do? 1 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8638587
SoMuchTV April 18 Share April 18 On 4/18/2025 at 12:43 AM, Ancaster said: All I want to know is what do vaccines cause adults to do? Expand I know it’s hard to read tone on the internet, but taking your question at face value, the statement on the onesie is supposed to echo the thing some people are claiming, “vaccines cause autism” Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8638588
shapeshifter April 18 Share April 18 On 4/18/2025 at 12:43 AM, Ancaster said: All I want to know is what do vaccines cause adults to do? Expand On 4/18/2025 at 12:48 AM, SoMuchTV said: I know it’s hard to read tone on the internet, but taking your question at face value, the statement on the onesie is supposed to echo the thing some people are claiming, “vaccines cause autism” Expand Yeah. But as one of the many here who is perhaps irrationally irked by some grammatical "errors," the ambiguity of meaning here bugs me.🤷🏼♀️ 1 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8638643
SoMuchTV April 18 Share April 18 On 4/18/2025 at 12:43 AM, Ancaster said: All I want to know is what do vaccines cause adults to do? Expand On 4/18/2025 at 12:48 AM, SoMuchTV said: I know it’s hard to read tone on the internet, but taking your question at face value, the statement on the onesie is supposed to echo the thing some people are claiming, “vaccines cause autism” Expand On 4/18/2025 at 1:49 AM, shapeshifter said: Yeah. But as one of the many here who is perhaps irrationally irked by some grammatical "errors," the ambiguity of meaning here bugs me.🤷🏼♀️ Expand So should we also be asking what vaccines cause autism to do? I think there’s a point where either you get it or you don’t. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8638651
Ancaster April 18 Share April 18 (edited) On 4/18/2025 at 12:48 AM, SoMuchTV said: I know it’s hard to read tone on the internet, but taking your question at face value, the statement on the onesie is supposed to echo the thing some people are claiming, “vaccines cause autism” Expand Thanks for the explanation. I suppose I'm just grateful I don't always get the reference. Edited April 18 by Ancaster Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8638660
Ancaster April 18 Share April 18 Am I the only one who could keep posting here all day long? This from a televised press release for a major sports player: his plan blah blah blah is "to continue increase on his court basketball activities." What is that even supposed to mean, and how do these people get their jobs? Don't they need any qualifications? Is it his niece's babysitter's brother-in-law's cousin? Is no-one embarrassed? 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8638671
shapeshifter April 18 Share April 18 On 4/18/2025 at 2:14 AM, Ancaster said: Am I the only one who could keep posting here all day long? This from a televised press release for a major sports player: his plan blah blah blah is "to continue increase on his court basketball activities." What is that even supposed to mean, and how do these people get their jobs? Don't they need any qualifications? Is it his niece's babysitter's brother-in-law's cousin? Is no-one embarrassed? Expand Some of these kinds of word salad entries are due to a lack of final editing after having done cutting and pasting. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8638675
SVNBob April 18 Share April 18 On 4/18/2025 at 12:43 AM, Ancaster said: All I want to know is what do vaccines cause adults to do? Expand Exist. 4 2 2 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8638810
Browncoat April 18 Share April 18 On 4/18/2025 at 2:14 AM, Ancaster said: Am I the only one who could keep posting here all day long? This from a televised press release for a major sports player: his plan blah blah blah is "to continue increase on his court basketball activities." What is that even supposed to mean, and how do these people get their jobs? Don't they need any qualifications? Is it his niece's babysitter's brother-in-law's cousin? Is no-one embarrassed? Expand Once upon a time, many years ago, there was a basketball player at NC State who said he was "amphibious" because he could shoot with either hand. As I recall, that was the first and only time he was allowed to speak to the press. 1 1 11 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8639063
Mondrianyone April 18 Share April 18 On 4/18/2025 at 4:19 PM, Browncoat said: As I recall, that was the first and only time he was allowed to speak to the press. Expand So they excommunicated him? 1 1 6 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8639111
Milburn Stone April 18 Share April 18 On 4/18/2025 at 6:12 AM, SVNBob said: Exist. Expand Yes. The understood words (those that don't need to be said) at the end of the sentence are "to happen." Grammatical English is full of understood words. Example: "He is much more enthusiastic than I." The understood word at the end of the sentence is "am." It doesn't need to be said. 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8639169
SweetieDarling April 18 Share April 18 Would "Vaccines cause adulthood" be better/ less confusing? 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/138354-why-grammar-matters-a-place-to-discuss-matters-of-grammar/page/89/#findComment-8639254
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