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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 12:56 PM Original message |
Here is something for all grammatically correct DUers: |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. As a former copy editor, |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why can I not recommend? Why oh why oh why? |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. Bwah-ha-HAH !1 Thanks!1 & here I thought I was entering a thread |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. 123 is the sum of my date of birth. |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. Here's another little known fact. It is impossible to end a sentence with a preposition. |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. That's reassuring. |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. One of my favorite classic movies is "The Black Cat" with Lugosi and Karloff. |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. In "The Exorcist", |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. It's only fair to note the suspicion that has always dogged people |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. That makes sense. |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 02:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Agreed. When I tried to pick up Greek I found it |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I assume you mean ancient Greek. |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Correct. Koine. |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-14-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. English is not a dialect of Latin. |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 04:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. English is a Germanic language, richtig, but.......... |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. English has a very rich vocabulary, |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. The distinction between language and dialect isn't so clear to me. |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. People argue endlessly about dialect vs. language. |
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