18 Jun 08
Originally posted by slappy115Bet you a dollar your next post will be the very best one yet. You on?
So I just spent about an hour and a half (slow day at work) reading through my old posts and let me tell you, it was like a stroll down memory lane, if memory lane was full of grammatical mistakes, misspellings, and plot holes.
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18 Jun 08
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Originally posted by slappy115NO concern there, all mine are "mindless", I just put a bunch of letters together without putting any thought what so ever into it. 😉
LOL, no. My posts can be pretty bad.
And I end a sentence with "it" to boot. 🙂, it sometimes drives the grammar cops to a point of wanting to pull their own hair out. 🙂
18 Jun 08
Originally posted by Very Rusty"It" is a pronoun. Of course you can end a sentence with it! It's grammatically incorrect to end a sentence with a preposition.
NO concern there, all mine are "mindless", I just put a bunch of letters together without putting any thought what so ever into it. 😉
And I end a sentence with "it" to boot. 🙂, it sometimes drives the grammar cops to a point of wanting to pull their own hair out. 🙂
I bought a whole bag of popcorn* and sat down expecting great entertainment from this thread. What a disappointment.
*No actual popcorn kernels were hurt in the making of this post, because its author forgot to buy any.
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18 Jun 08
Originally posted by pawnhandlerGot butter?
"It" is a pronoun. Of course you can end a sentence with it! It's grammatically incorrect to end a sentence with a preposition.
I bought a whole bag of popcorn* and sat down expecting great entertainment from this thread. What a disappointment.
*No actual popcorn kernels were hurt in the making of this post, because its author forgot to buy any.
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18 Jun 08
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Originally posted by pawnhandlerHEY You mean I haven't even been getting on the spelling grammar cops nerves with that....well crap... !!! ROFLMAO damn pronouns and verbs, and adjectives, prepositions...I just can't keep up with all !!
"It" is a pronoun. Of course you can end a sentence with it! It's grammatically incorrect to end a sentence with a preposition.
I bought a whole bag of popcorn* and sat down expecting great entertainment from this thread. What a disappointment.
*No actual popcorn kernels were hurt in the making of this post, because its author forgot to buy any.
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OH, Thanks for the Engerlish lessons...OR is that English...it is a tough language!
18 Jun 08
Originally posted by Very RustyLesson Two: Prepositions = Words you don't want to end a sentence with 😉
HEY You mean I haven't even been getting on the spelling grammar cops nerves with that....well crap... !!! ROFLMAO damn pronouns and verbs, and adjectives, prepositions...I just can't keep up with all !!
OH, Thanks for the Engerlish lessons...OR is that English...it is a tough language!
quoted from http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/preposit.html:
The most common prepositions are "about," "above," "across," "after," "against," "along," "among," "around," "at," "before," "behind," "below," "beneath," "beside," "between," "beyond," "but," "by," "despite," "down," "during," "except," "for," "from," "in," "inside," "into," "like," "near," "of," "off," "on," "onto," "out," "outside," "over," "past," "since," "through," "throughout," "till," "to," "toward," "under," "underneath," "until," "up," "upon," "with," "within," and "without."
18 Jun 08
Originally posted by pawnhandlerGold star on your forehead, Pawny, for knowing civilized stuff and for taking the time to be genuinely helpful. And this is certainly not the
[b]Lesson Two: Prepositions = Words you don't want to end a sentence with 😉
quoted from http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/preposit.html:
The most common prepositions are "about," "above," "across," "after," "against," "along," "among," "around," "at," "before," "behind," "below," "beneath," "beside," "between," "beyond," "but," "by," ...[text shortened]...
first or last recognition of your stature and contribution... without which we, at the 2008 RHP General Forum, would be difficult to put up with.
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18 Jun 08
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Originally posted by pawnhandlerThank you very much 😉 Now I will know what not to use at the end of sentence so as not to annoy the grammar cops. 😉
[b]Lesson Two: Prepositions = Words you don't want to end a sentence with 😉
quoted from http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/preposit.html:
The most common prepositions are "about," "above," "across," "after," "against," "along," "among," "around," "at," "before," "behind," "below," "beneath," "beside," "between," "beyond," "but," "by," ...[text shortened]...
Kind of you to take the time!
18 Jun 08
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyGood thing it's summer vacation; I charge less for these educational moments. 😀
Gold star on your forehead, Pawny, for knowing civilized stuff and for taking the time to be genuinely helpful. And this is certainly not the
first or last recognition of your stature and contribution... without which we, at the 2008 RHP General Forum, would be difficult to put up with.
😀