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03-23-2018, 08:24 AM | #101 (permalink) | |
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03-23-2018, 09:42 AM | #102 (permalink) | ||||
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Yeah, yeah. So you got me.
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How does "so" work at all there? You could say the sentence without so and it would make as much, if not more, sense. It's too prevalent, I feel, and everyone is doing it now, almost without thinking about it, it seems.
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03-23-2018, 10:04 AM | #103 (permalink) | |
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"The Ramones are some of my favourite bands." To be fair, I think that it's perfectly acceptable to start a sentence with a conjunction. That's just one of those archaic hierarchical grammar rules that can be skirted while still coherently conveying meaning. Bad example. People is a plural noun, not a collective noun like public or band. You would say the American people are mad for voting for Trump. You could also say that the American public is mad for voting for Trump for an example that's closer to what I'm talking about.
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03-23-2018, 11:03 AM | #104 (permalink) |
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Persons always sounds pretentious
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03-23-2018, 11:07 AM | #105 (permalink) | |
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03-23-2018, 11:09 AM | #106 (permalink) |
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Exactly. I start sentences with conjunctions and end them with prepositions as a protest against the bourgeoisie. It's my moral obligation.
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03-23-2018, 11:25 AM | #107 (permalink) | ||
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"I went to the shops and bought bread". "So I went to the shops and bought bread." How does the second one make the sentence any better, or more understandable or relatable? It's completely redundant, in most cases, to start any sentence with "so". Inb4 anyone does this to annoy me..
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03-23-2018, 12:23 PM | #110 (permalink) |
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If I'm describing them as a team, I use the singular.
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