I Builded That Thread About Grammar.

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  • NolSinklerNolSinkler On the Clorf Join Date: 2004-02-15 Member: 26560Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-im lost+Apr 12 2005, 01:14 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (im lost @ Apr 12 2005, 01:14 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-NolSinkler+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (NolSinkler)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->If you remove the second statement, however, <s>and</s> 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.<!--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. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You did well im lost. Now I will stalk you and love you forever!!! <!--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-->
  • Blue_MaryBlue_Mary Join Date: 2004-08-26 Member: 30921Members
    edited April 2005
    Instead of fussing over AN RT or A RT....

    Use the indecisive article...

    THE RT!

    I <u>will have been building</u> <b>the</b> RT next game!
  • im_lostim_lost TWG Rule Guru Join Date: 2003-04-26 Member: 15861Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Blue Mary+Apr 12 2005, 03:48 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Blue Mary @ Apr 12 2005, 03:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Instead of fussing over AN RT or A RT....

    Use the indecisive article...

    THE RT!

    I <u>Will have been building </u>the RT next game!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    But they mean different things. There's a difference between telling marines to build <i>an</i> RT, which could be any RT, and building <i>the</i> RT, the one right in front of their faces.
  • Blue_MaryBlue_Mary Join Date: 2004-08-26 Member: 30921Members
    edited April 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin-im lost+Apr 12 2005, 05:51 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (im lost @ Apr 12 2005, 05:51 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Blue Mary+Apr 12 2005, 03:48 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Blue Mary @ Apr 12 2005, 03:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Instead of fussing over AN RT or A RT....

    Use the indecisive article...

    THE RT!

    I <u>will have been building</u>the RT next game!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    But they mean different things. There's a difference between telling marines to build <i>an</i> RT, which could be any RT, and building <i>the</i> RT, the one right in front of their faces. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Perhaps. But at least there are not too many RTs on a map, so if you use the context "the RT", and your marines dare challenge your grammar and sentence structuring, force them into a trial and error position, to find <b>the</b> RT that any marine <u>will have been building</u> next game.

    How the heck did I incorporate that phrase so effectively, yet it still makes no sense to me?
  • im_lostim_lost TWG Rule Guru Join Date: 2003-04-26 Member: 15861Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Blue Mary+Apr 12 2005, 03:54 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Blue Mary @ Apr 12 2005, 03:54 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-im lost+Apr 12 2005, 05:51 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (im lost @ Apr 12 2005, 05:51 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Blue Mary+Apr 12 2005, 03:48 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Blue Mary @ Apr 12 2005, 03:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Instead of fussing over AN RT or A RT....

    Use the indecisive article...

    THE RT!

    I <u>will have been building</u>the RT next game!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    But they mean different things. There's a difference between telling marines to build <i>an</i> RT, which could be any RT, and building <i>the</i> RT, the one right in front of their faces. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Perhaps. But at least there are not too many RTs on a map, so if you use the context "the RT", and your marines dare challenge your grammar and sentence structuring, force them into a trial and error position, to find <b>the</b> RT that any marine <u>will have been building</u> next game.

    How the heck did I incorporate that phrase so effectively, yet it still makes no sense to me?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    If you are talking about something this game, then it isn't likely to have any reference to next game, so I'd say there's a problem with the message there, though the grammar looks fine.
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