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2008-10-24, 01:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
Huh. I had no idea English had actual terms for these things. Russian does and they teach it in grade school, just because you need to know it to speak/write properly.
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2008-10-24, 01:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
Ah; just a different name then. 'k; I know what these are then.
@Flickerdart: not all of the terms used for English (e.g. all the tenses, the differences between determiners and such) are taught in primary or even secondary schools. We are taught everything, but not given all the proper names of the tenses etc..
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2008-10-24, 01:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
Dative: In Ancient Greek, it's to, or from.
i.e.
The present is from the general.
I give the present to the general.
EDIT: The aorist's a tense. A somewhat difficult one. You should be learning it fourth, after present, future, and imperfect.
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2008-10-24, 02:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
@Curly: So this is why you British sound so smart...You actually learn the English language!
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2008-10-24, 02:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
No, the British are just superior in every way.[/joke]
Yer I noticed in a lot of lessons in my school that we get taught things but not what they're called.
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2008-10-24, 03:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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2008-10-24, 03:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
*stands in the corner with a 2x4*
let's not go into the whole language thing again...I'd really hate to have to use this...
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2008-10-24, 03:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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2008-10-24, 03:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
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2008-10-24, 03:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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2008-10-24, 03:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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2008-10-24, 03:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
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2008-10-24, 03:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
When you can pick the word 'she' out of a text and call it a non - standard use of the second person singular feminine pronoun used to describe a ship you know you've started to learn the English Language.
@All: English is English, it's all just variations on the same language. There's actually a linguistic term for it; I think it might be dialect, but I'm not sure at the moment.
@TwoBit:
In secondary school there was a French teacher, from Spain, with a German name; who'd actually spent most of her life in Italy. And is now teaching in England.
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2008-10-24, 03:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
I think a French German teacher would be more common than an irish french teacher, but probably more bizare.
EDIT: Curly wins.
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2008-10-24, 03:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
That sounds like when my Hebrew teacher asked us what "duh" meant.
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2008-10-24, 03:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
French Latin teacher. First language is Latin. It's weird.
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2008-10-24, 03:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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2008-10-24, 03:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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2008-10-24, 03:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
I've got to agree about the British not knowing when to quit. If I recall correctly, there was a sentry posted by the cliffs of Dover at least until the 1920's, if not until WWII. This sentry's job was to watch and give a warning if he saw Napoleon coming.
Last edited by Groundhog; 2008-10-24 at 03:50 PM.
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2008-10-24, 03:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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2008-10-24, 04:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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2008-10-24, 04:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
Cool. But yes, we're pretty stubborn. It's the 'stiff upper lip' thing.
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2008-10-24, 04:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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2008-10-24, 05:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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2008-10-24, 08:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
Actually, according to my English teacher, ain't is a real word - in one circumstance.
I am not
I ain't
It's a contraction for "am not", and because "am not" is used only after "I", it is incorrect unless it has an "I" in front of is. Thus, "he ain't, she ain't, we ain't" are all incorrect.
But I ain't is not.
That said...it doesn't exactly sound educated to use it, so I wouldn't recommend it.
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2008-10-24, 09:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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2008-10-24, 09:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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2008-10-24, 09:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
But then the question arises of why use "I ain't" when more people would be willing to accept "I'm not" as a contraction for "I am not."
However, my grammar textbook from my second year says that "ain't" was the original contracted form, but has become taboo.
But then this touches on an issue with grammar I've never been able to work out: the "more proper" contracted negative "to be." Should it be the subject and verb or verb and negative adverb? "It's not" or "it isn't"? (I tend to use the first in spoken and the second in written, for some curious reason) My aforementioned grammar textbook seems to be on the side of the second, contracting "not" to "n't" instead of contractiong "to be" to "'m/'re/'s."
Originally Posted by Paul J. Hopper, A Short Course in Grammar
*sigh* I always sucked at grammar knowledge. Some of my friends took the so-called "grammar boot camp" class in first year, but I avoided it because it wasn't a requirement. I only manage to make cohesive sentences through habit and practise.Remember when I had an avatar?
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2008-10-24, 10:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
Thanks, ZRS. That's more or less what I thought. He prefaced his explanation with the disclaimer, "Don't you DARE do this on any paper you submit, especially not to me!"
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2008-10-24, 10:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Cristo's Consistently Confusing and Constantly Casual Random Banter #105
To go back a bit there, I have a German Spanish teacher who knows a little French. This is in New Zealand. So many languages!
In other news...I got big news! I got myself a job! ^_^
My brother and sister are SO annoyed. They've been trying to get jobs for months. I come into Auckland for ONE DAY and land a job. *is proud and excited*