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Billy Ray Blowjob
Nov 30, 2011

by Pragmatica
Mr Tumnus's legs or Mr Tumnus' legs

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The Wicked ZOGA
Jan 27, 2022

I will use your mouth as a bidet.

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Apr 6, 2011

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Billy Ray Blowjob posted:

Mr Tumnus's legs or Mr Tumnus' legs

Yes

Big City Drinkin
Oct 9, 2007

A very good

Fallen Rib
Mr Tumnus Leg’s

Funky See Funky Do
Aug 20, 2013
STILL TRYING HARD
The which way to say these thing?

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Apr 6, 2011

A Soft Nylon Bag
The Legses of Mr. Tumnus’s

Billy Ray Blowjob
Nov 30, 2011

by Pragmatica
Funny little legs, also gross

the holy poopacy
May 16, 2009

hey! check this out
Fun Shoe
Mr.'s Tumnus Legs

I don't make the rules, I just tell em

Diorama
Apr 18, 2006

i remember when all this was fields
"Manchester United play very badly" or "Manchester United plays very badly"?

Billy Ray Blowjob
Nov 30, 2011

by Pragmatica

the holy poopacy posted:

Mr.'s Tumnus Legs

I don't make the rules, I just tell em

iTS disgusting.

Billy Ray Blowjob
Nov 30, 2011

by Pragmatica

Diorama posted:

"Manchester United play very badly" or "Manchester United plays very badly"?

I remember watching some big match, maybe not world cup but champions or something, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was just winning it for Manchester.

Look up and the fucker is the manager, right.

Mooey Cow
Jan 27, 2018

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Pillbug
Whom

Chumbawumba4ever97
Dec 31, 2000

by Fluffdaddy
When are you supposed to say "and I?". As in "my friend and I went to work". But everyone says it's supposed to be "my friend and ME ". When is the I used?

Also any easy way to remember if the phrase is "He did not die in vein / vane / vain" so I don't have to Google it every time someone dies?

If the phrase "It is." is a complete sentence, and "It's" is short for "It is", then why isn't "It's." a complete sentence?

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Apr 6, 2011

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Chumbawumba4ever97 posted:

When are you supposed to say "and I?". As in "my friend and I went to work". But everyone says it's supposed to be "my friend and ME ". When is the I used?


Treat the subjects as separate i.e. “My friend went to work” and “I went to work.” Those are both correct so combining them into “My friend and I went to work.” is the correct option. “Me went to work” isn’t a proper sentence.

Using “my friend and me” would work when you and you friend are passive subjects, i.e. “This happened to my friend” and “This happened to me” would be combined into “This happened to my friend and me.” You wouldn’t say “this happened to I.”

Billy Ray Blowjob
Nov 30, 2011

by Pragmatica
I'm just going to use "Whomst" every time I could use "Who"

The Fattest PI
Mar 4, 2008
Do I use "is" or "are" if it's being followed by a list that includes plural and non-plural nouns?

Example:
The things on my list are apples, an orange, and a pineapple
vs
The things on my list is apples, an orange, and a pineapple

Diorama
Apr 18, 2006

i remember when all this was fields

The Fattest PI posted:

Do I use "is" or "are" if it's being followed by a list that includes plural and non-plural nouns?

Example:
The things on my list are apples, an orange, and a pineapple
vs
The things on my list is apples, an orange, and a pineapple

The fact that you've already said 'the things' means that even if the entire list is full of singular nouns you need to use 'are'.

Billy Ray Blowjob
Nov 30, 2011

by Pragmatica
Whats the baddest letter?


Its X or Z

By popular demand
Jul 17, 2007

IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!


So ist his the place tp impronve my type stuff on compotar?

BAGS FLY AT NOON
Apr 6, 2011

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Billy Ray Blowjob posted:

Whats the baddest letter?


Its X or Z

They are no bad letters, only bad words

ClamdestineBoyster
Aug 15, 2015
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:

They are no bad letters, only bad words

Like “poo poo” and “bitch”? :thunk:

Elentor
Dec 14, 2004

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
I have no idea when I should say was instead of were, this is my confession.

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Apr 6, 2011

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Elentor posted:

I have no idea when I should say was instead of were, this is my confession.

Use were in hypothetical statements (usually in conjunction with “if”,) such as:

“If I were to pay ten dollars to join a website…”

Wilkins Micawber
Jan 27, 2005

as we leave this existence
looking for another
Fallen Rib
Is it ok if I just say diarrhea instead of poop or crap or poo poo from now on? Just replace poop with diarrhea. Please make that change next time, for the dictionary. Thank u are u going to eat those packing peanuts, over there? Mmmhank you, I'll be going

Hammerite
Mar 9, 2007

And you don't remember what I said here, either, but it was pompous and stupid.
Jade Ear Joe

Diorama posted:

"Manchester United play very badly" or "Manchester United plays very badly"?

it can be either. you can be referring to the players collectively, in which case it's plural and the correct one is "play" or you can be referring to the team, in which case it's singular and the correct one is "plays"

Wilkins Micawber posted:

Is it ok if I just say diarrhea instead of poop or crap or poo poo from now on? Just replace poop with diarrhea. Please make that change next time, for the dictionary. Thank u are u going to eat those packing peanuts, over there? Mmmhank you, I'll be going

strange but true... in britain it's spelled diaourrhoeoa

Private Cumshoe
Feb 15, 2019

AAAAAAAGAGHAAHGGAH
Can you really learn if it should be I wish I was going vs. I wish I were going at the grammar rodeo?

Mooey Cow
Jan 27, 2018

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Pillbug

Hammerite posted:

strange but true... in britain it's spelled diaourrhoeoa

It's tomatopoeia for the vocalisations they make while having the runs on the loo (aka john)

Cubone
May 26, 2011

Because it never leaves its bedroom, no one has ever seen this poster's real face.

Private Cumshoe posted:

Can you really learn if it should be I wish I was going vs. I wish I were going at the grammar rodeo?

yes

for fucks sake
Jan 23, 2016

Billy Ray Blowjob posted:

I'm just going to use "Whomst" every time I could use "Who"

*Whoms't

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Apr 6, 2011

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Private Cumshoe posted:

Can you really learn if it should be I wish I was going vs. I wish I were going at the grammar rodeo?

Yeah I just loving told you were is for hypotheticals.

By popular demand
Jul 17, 2007

IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!


What do 7river you know that they were asking me?!

Mooey Cow
Jan 27, 2018

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Pillbug
"Babylon" is pronounced "baby-lon"

Strumpie
Dec 9, 2012
is it jay-peg or gay-peg?

Junk
Dec 20, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 11 hours!
do you pronoue it "either" or "either"?

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Apr 6, 2011

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Junk posted:

do you pronoue it "either" or "either"?

Neither

By popular demand
Jul 17, 2007

IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!


אוקיי אני מבין שטעיתי אפשהן אבל איפה?
אי רייט גוד אינגליש, ורי גוד אינדיד!

sigher
Apr 22, 2008

My guiding Moonlight...



Okay, so at the end of King Kong someone says "It was beauty killed the beast." Which hurts my brain, shouldn't it be "It was beauty that killed the beast,"?

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Apr 6, 2011

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sigher posted:

Okay, so at the end of King Kong someone says "It was beauty killed the beast." Which hurts my brain, shouldn't it be "It was beauty that killed the beast,"?

It can be either, the “that” is implied in the former.

sigher
Apr 22, 2008

My guiding Moonlight...



It sounds so wrong though.

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Chumbawumba4ever97
Dec 31, 2000

by Fluffdaddy

BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:

Treat the subjects as separate i.e. “My friend went to work” and “I went to work.” Those are both correct so combining them into “My friend and I went to work.” is the correct option. “Me went to work” isn’t a proper sentence.

Using “my friend and me” would work when you and you friend are passive subjects, i.e. “This happened to my friend” and “This happened to me” would be combined into “This happened to my friend and me.” You wouldn’t say “this happened to I.”

This is a really good explanation but there's no way in hell I'm going to remember this mid conversation so I might as well have not learned it. Will definitely help if I'm writing the phrase though!

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