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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
Lobo, I just happened to have the chance of asking a linguist about the Cindy example. He agreed with me that "Cindy doesn't like me singing in the shower" is grammatically correct. His explanation is that "me singing in the shower" is a gerund phrase in the accusative case. It does make perfect sense to me that one can take the same phrase and make it either accusative or genetive by simply changing the determiner, so maybe it will make sense to you, too. Maybe not. Maybe the linguist I asked was also wrong.
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
Call back to an interesting discussion, and one I'd forgotten about. I'll think about this one some more.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
And of course, "I don't like Junior crossing the tracks; in fact I don't like Junior."
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
I'd write, "I don't like Junior's crossing the tracks..."
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
"I can't shop in the juniors' department."
If you've ever used the word "pedantic," you probably are.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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rjs Loyal user 296 Posts |
The most commonly mis-spelt town in England is Middlesborough.
It's actually spelt Middlesbrough. Daft information, but you can at least win a drink in a bar bet. |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
Around here, most people seem to think that Tijuana is Tiajuana, and Westminster is Westminister.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On 2011-04-28 14:30, LobowolfXXX wrote: In Vernon's Cutting the Aces in Stars of Magic, the former is two words: Tia Juana. |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On 2010-07-29 13:18, LobowolfXXX wrote: It depends on what you read. My mom used to be an excellent speller. Then she started teaching art history at Dominquez Hills College. After many years of reading term papers that were filled with spelling errors, her skill at spelling deteriorated considerably. She believes - as you do - that if you read good writing in quantity, your brain remembers how a word looks when it's spelled correctly, but that if you read poor writing in quantity, your memory of the correct spelling begins to erode, to be replaced with memories of incorrect spellings. I'd love to see a long-term study done on this, but I'd hate to be the person forced to read poor spelling. Of course, these days it would be relatively easy: have the subjects read the posts on internet fora. |
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rjs Loyal user 296 Posts |
Spellcheckers won't spot the mistake that mentalists sometimes make: confusing 'peeking' with 'peaking'.
eg Simon Edwards Mind Kontrol p.8 (2010) |
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Michael Daniels Inner circle Isle of Man 1609 Posts |
I remember many years ago reading an exam script on a question I had set my students about the developmental psychologist Jean Piaget. Throughout the answer, the student kept referring to "PRJ" - obviously he'd been to my lectures but never bothered to read anything. I guess my English West Country accent must have been much stronger in those days!
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MobilityBundle Regular user Las Vegas/Boston 120 Posts |
Similarly to your story, Mike, there's a French mathematician named Lebesgue. Math students often encounter his name when they read about the Lebesgue integral. His name is pronounced "le BEG." (To be sure, I have no idea how his name is supposed to be pronounced. What I mean is that his name is, in practice, pronounced that way.)
You can always spot a student who has done some reading ahead, because he'll ask questions about the "le BEZ gue" integral. Or in the reverse direction, I once figured out fellow student of mine never read any books, because he referred to Lebesgue integration as "the big integration." |
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Thom Bliss Loyal user Southern California 271 Posts |
Does Cindy like your singing when you're not in the shower?
Does Cindy like you when you're not singing in the shower? Does she like you when you're in the shower but not singing? My first philosophy instructor said he once had a student who wrote about the philosophy of Harris Tuttle. I'm not sure if that was true or not, because he also told us Newton's friends called him "Fig." Thom . |
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
"20 Common Grammar Mistakes that (Almost) Everyone Makes" -LitReactor:
http://litreactor.com/columns/20-common-......ts-wrong
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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Bill Hilly Elite user 449 Posts |
There ain't nothing no sadder than to look into someone's writin' room and see a brand new, never opened, 10 year old Strunk & White.
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Jim Sparx Inner circle Far Out, Texas 1144 Posts |
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On 2011-11-03 18:04, Thom Bliss wrote: Mark Twain had a step brother named, Choo Choo. He was a bongo player in a Cuban dance band in Chattanooga, Tenn. Would I lie?
Et tu, Spartacus?
https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/chispadeelpaso.html |
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Frankie New user The Netherlands 56 Posts |
“Magic is the only honest profession. A magician promises to deceive you and he does.”
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On 2011-10-31 13:03, MobilityBundle wrote: It's supposed to be closer to <luh bayg>. (It's difficult to find an English cognate to the pronunciation of the French "Le"; it's not exactly <le>, and not exactly <luh>, but, maybe, something in between. The vowel in the second syllable is closer to a long "a" than a short "e".) I write this as something of an authority: although I speak precious little French, I'm assured by people who speak French natively that, when I do, I speak it with a perfect, Parisian accent. I can only credit my French professor with that one. |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On 2011-10-31 12:01, Michael Daniels wrote: That's hilarious! |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On 2011-04-28 14:30, LobowolfXXX wrote: In a similar vein, in Orange, CA, most people seem to think that the main N/S street near the 57 Freeway is Tustin Avenue. In fact, it's Tustin Street. It's Tustin Avenue in Santa Ana (just to the South of Orange), and Tustin Avenue in Anaheim (just to the North of Orange), but in Orange it's Street. When I was in high school I'd have won a free lunch at KFC (which was Kentucky Fried Chicken back then) if the girl working the counter had had faith in her convictions. |
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