Thank You 2018-06-04
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 7:02 pm
The cynic in me cannot help but wonder: "What exactly is Daylla up to..."
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Is it me, or is there a "that" too many, here?Daylla wrote:"That that didn't happen!"
I could see it in a fuller sentence, such as "That that didn't happen is truly a miracle" (short for "[The fact] that that [which I just described] didn't happen, is truly a miracle"), or some such. But in this case, I don't see it. I could also see an ellipsis, between the two: "That... That didn't happen!" (As in, a pause, between the two, perhaps reflecting on the enormity of what was just avoided...)jwhouk wrote:No, mon frere, that's a little problem with English. "That" can be used both as a pronoun and as an adverb and/or adjective.
"That that" was okay.
Yeah, I know that. I even remember that someone had that as his signature, for a while...jwhouk wrote:Just remember what they always say about English:
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
You're right. (It follows the second example where "that that" would work...) Plus, I just realized, after reading your post, that the punctuation mark after the word "organized" looks more like a comma than a period, lending credence to the idea that that was what Paul was indeed trying to do in the first place.AnotherFairportfan wrote:Might read better if there was an "It was because..." in front of the "You kept her..."
It looks as if Paul has already so'ed up the problem.AnotherFairportfan wrote:Might read better if there was an "It was because..." in front of the "You kept her..."
So I see.Dave wrote:It looks as if Paul has already so'ed up the problem.AnotherFairportfan wrote:Might read better if there was an "It was because..." in front of the "You kept her..."
I read it the very first time it was said.lake_wrangler wrote:Yeah, I know that. I even remember that someone had that as his signature, for a while...jwhouk wrote:Just remember what they always say about English:
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
But that applies to vocabulary, not grammar...
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To quote the webcomic Sheldon "The English language was carefully, carefully cobbled together by three blind dudes and a German dictionary...it's the rock-soup of languages"jwhouk wrote:Just remember what they always say about English:
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
Nah.JSStryker wrote:To quote the webcomic Sheldon "The English language was carefully, carefully cobbled together by three blind dudes and a German dictionary...it's the rock-soup of languages"jwhouk wrote:Just remember what they always say about English:
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
and one not SPECIFICALLY referencing English:English is the result of Norse sailors trying to pick up Saxon barmaids.
And it's just like all the other results of such transactions.
A Language is a dialect with an army and a navy.
I didn't think of that.Storel wrote:A "so" in a different place would also have worked: "You kept her, and everyone else, so organized that that didn't happen!"