The WWII Thread

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Frownland

I wish I was day drunk right now

*were

[Frownland]

Another addition to the fake grammar rule list.

[MicShazam]

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

[Cuthbert]

Originally Posted by MicShazam

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]

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]

this thread sucks infinitely more than nazi germany

[MicShazam]

Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

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]

Originally Posted by Frownland

Another addition to the fake grammar rule list.

Just accept that you got busted bitch

[Frownland]

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]

Originally Posted by Frownland

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.