I Builded That Thread About Grammar.
Ollj
our themepark-stalking nightmare Fade Join Date: 2002-12-12 Member: 10696Members
our themepark-stalking nightmare Fade Join Date: 2002-12-12 Member: 10696Members
<div class="IPBDescription">its irregular!</div> <b>Im the king of typos but ive seen "i builded" too often in ns, might be because you build a lot of stuff in this mod and later argue about it.</b>
<b>But the verb "build" is irregular:</b> build / built / built
<b>There is no such thing as "builded" , use "built" instead !</b>
<i>Past simple:</i>
- I buil<b>t</b> a hive last game.
<i>Past continuous:</i>
- I <u>was building</u> OCs.
<i>Past Perfect Simple:</i>
- When they went for a HA train we <u>had</u> already buil<b>t</b> 3 hives.
<i>Past perfect continuous:</i>
- They <u>had been building</u> DCs in the vent for hours when they lost their second hive.
<i>Present simple: </i>
- I usually buil<b>d</b> an RT first.
<i>Present continuous: </i>
- Im <u>building</u> DCs.
<i>Present Perfect Simple: </i>
- I <u>have</u> already buil<b>t</b> something.
<i>Present Perfect Continuous:</i>
- I <u>have been building</u> this wall of lame since the beginning of the game.
<i>Future simple:</i>
- I <u>will</u> buil<b>d</b> the hive.
<i>Future Continuous:</i>
- I <u>am building</u> MCs soon.
<i>Future Perfect Simple:</i>
- I <u>will have</u> buil<b>t</b> the hive when i have 5 more res.
<i>Future Perfect Continuous:</i>
- I <u>will have been building</u> an RT next game.
<b>But the verb "build" is irregular:</b> build / built / built
<b>There is no such thing as "builded" , use "built" instead !</b>
<i>Past simple:</i>
- I buil<b>t</b> a hive last game.
<i>Past continuous:</i>
- I <u>was building</u> OCs.
<i>Past Perfect Simple:</i>
- When they went for a HA train we <u>had</u> already buil<b>t</b> 3 hives.
<i>Past perfect continuous:</i>
- They <u>had been building</u> DCs in the vent for hours when they lost their second hive.
<i>Present simple: </i>
- I usually buil<b>d</b> an RT first.
<i>Present continuous: </i>
- Im <u>building</u> DCs.
<i>Present Perfect Simple: </i>
- I <u>have</u> already buil<b>t</b> something.
<i>Present Perfect Continuous:</i>
- I <u>have been building</u> this wall of lame since the beginning of the game.
<i>Future simple:</i>
- I <u>will</u> buil<b>d</b> the hive.
<i>Future Continuous:</i>
- I <u>am building</u> MCs soon.
<i>Future Perfect Simple:</i>
- I <u>will have</u> buil<b>t</b> the hive when i have 5 more res.
<i>Future Perfect Continuous:</i>
- I <u>will have been building</u> an RT next game.
Comments
irregular verbs ftw
Since I started playing "Natural Selection" I have never built a "Ressource Tower". <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<i>Present simple: </i>
- I usually buil<b>d</b> an RT first.
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I usually build <i>a</i> RT first
Its a RT not an RT
If you gonna get all high and mighty about peoples gramma at least get it right yourself lol
<i>Present simple: </i>
- I usually buil<b>d</b> an RT first.
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I usually build <i>a</i> RT first
Its a RT not an RT
If you gonna get all high and mighty about peoples gramma at least get it right yourself lol <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
It's AN R.T. but a resource tower.
<i>Present simple: </i>
- I usually buil<b>d</b> an RT first.
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I usually build <i>a</i> RT first
Its a RT not an RT
If you gonna get all high and mighty about peoples gramma at least get it right yourself lol <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It's AN R.T. but a resource tower. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
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... <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo--> ... <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> ... <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
COMM WE NEED TURRENTS AND A WIELDER FOR THE TURrENT FACTORRIIE!
<b>AN</b> RT
<b>A</b> Resource Tower
Not everyone has had perfect schooling, not everyone knows how to read or write or both.
If others peoples bad grammer bothers you so much simply dont play.
I dont need a grammer teacher i get that enough off Robin <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Oh, I like the shortgun, but what I like most is the jatpeck <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
But like mentioned before, who cares? As long as there is punctuation and a clear sentence-structure, everything is fine.
Yes, I have problem to sound halfway formal :/
However, one word springs to mind for this;
bothered?
However, one word springs to mind for this;
bothered?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This is completely wrong. It's 'a' unless the first letter of the following word is vowel sounding. For instance, it's "an hour" not "a hour." Thus, it is <b>an</b> RT.
He's right. Think of it this way: you're talking about an "are-tee."
<i>Present simple: </i>
- I usually buil<b>d</b> an RT first.
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I usually build <i>a</i> RT first
Its a RT not an RT
If you gonna get all high and mighty about peoples gramma at least get it right yourself lol <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
No way. The ARRRRR [R] sound starts with a vowel, hence 'an.'
In a similar vein, you would never say 'I saw an unicorn' even though the word starts with a U (however pronounced here as yoooo, a y sound - and we know that y is only sometimes a vowel).
Christ you know what? I'm just gonna speak in latin from now on.
"com we ned teh welders NWO!"
"com wEHRES THE MEDP ACKS?!""
"COME ON RSUH FOR CGRIST SAKE?!"
... to show just a few quick examples of things i might type in game when in a hurry / frustrated... \o/
You're the king of making typos <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I'm, I've, NS.
Acronyms, IIRC, have to be capitals (with a possible period between and after the letters).
Last time I checked, "im" and "ive" don't mean "I am" and "I have". Use those apostrophes, man!
<b>Edit!!!!</b>
As for the RT, Are-Tee, Resource Tower, this clears the confusion.
When you type RT, it's an acronym yes, but it's what you actually say. Depending on what you want, you'd put an "a" if it was an acronym, and "an" if it was an actual saying (are-tee). If you're going to bother shortening resource tower, you probably should make it sound good. Besides, try saying "a RT" out loud. <b>No...</b>
Damn you, Ollj. <b>Damn you!</b>
Anyway, I have preffect grammar.
Those spelling mishaps in the word "Perfect" were there on purpose. Nice tri.
I also puposefully spelled "try" as "tri" to test your knowledge on the subject.
The same occorred with "puposefully", which was supposed to be "purposefully".
Did you notice that? With "occorred"? The word obviously should have been "occurred".
The above statement has no gramatical errors. However, the previous statement should have contained the word "grammatical" instead of "gramatical".
The following statement is false. The other two statements are false. The first statement is true.
Were you expecting that not to work out? Well, the thing is, that it did. You see that the second statement states that both statements are false. However, the first statement (which came first...obviously) states that the second statement would be false. So, if the second statement is false, then both other statements are true. There is no obligation from this point on.
If you remove the second statement, however, and (and wasn't needed) the statements are impossible to solve.
Can you find the other grammatical error in my post? The first person to get it right wins my love and affection.
/edit: im lost got it. <3
Breakthrough, an acronym is a word formed by an abbreviation. Obviously this "word" has to be pronounceable to some degree. "RT" is not. RT is an abbreviation, not an acroynm, and is always pronounced "are-tee" (Never some "Rit" sound).
So yeah, as previously stated, it should always be "an RT", never "a RT".
Can you find the other grammatical error in my post? The first person to get it right wins my love and affection.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
There it is.
<!--QuoteBegin-Ollj+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Ollj)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Future Perfect Continuous:
- I <u>will have been building</u> an RT next game. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That doesn't seem right. Maybe it's simply because no one ever uses that form.