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OccultHawk 03-16-2018 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1933644)
I wish I was day drunk right now

*were

Frownland 03-16-2018 03:01 PM

Another addition to the fake grammar rule list.

MicShazam 03-16-2018 03:09 PM

I don't make more grammar mistakes than native English speakers. This fact pleases me.

Cuthbert 03-16-2018 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam (Post 1933678)
I don't make more grammar mistakes than native English speakers. This fact pleases me.

You and all the non natives on here write and speak better English than many of the actual English people I know and went to school with.

It's amazing.

Frownland 03-16-2018 03:15 PM

It weren't none mistake, American grammar is full of arbitrary rules derived from upper class writing conventions developed when there wasn't any kind of standard. See "or less," ending a sentence with a preposition, order of subjects, etc.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard 03-16-2018 03:20 PM

this thread sucks infinitely more than nazi germany

MicShazam 03-16-2018 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey (Post 1933680)
You and all the non natives on here write and speak better English than many of the actual English people I know and went to school with.

It's amazing.

English language media is so omnipresent here that people of my age and younger grow up with the English language in movies, music, texts and especially games (which are almost never translated to Danish). Germany and some other European countries dub movies in their own language, but in Denmark, we fortunately just go with subtitling instead. I ****ing hate dubbing.

OccultHawk 03-16-2018 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1933677)
Another addition to the fake grammar rule list.

Just accept that you got busted bitch

Frownland 03-16-2018 03:33 PM

I theorize that that arbitrary rule was conceived by someone trying to avoid just that.

"Man I wish I were drunk."
"Uh...it's was since you're using the first person singular."
"No! Not when it hasn't happened yet because that person doesn't exist so it's someone else!"
"Yes My Lord." *cowers in fear of being executed*

OccultHawk 03-16-2018 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1933691)
I theorize that that arbitrary rule was conceived by someone trying to avoid just that.

"Man I wish I were drunk."
"Uh...it's was since you're using the first person singular."
"No! Not when it hasn't happened yet because that person doesn't exist so it's someone else!"
"Yes My Lord." *cowers in fear of being executed*

That little story was a cute way to let everyone know you’re smart enough to understand the rule but the truth is you missed it, got caught, and now you’re trying to pull a Chula.


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