BrockawayBaby
Joined: August 18, 2011 (email not validated)
Number of comments posted: 51
Number of votes received: 98
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on: decapitalize vs. uncapitalize
French uses the verb "décapitalizer." I'm a teacher at a col...
on: “It is what it is”
Actually, Mr. Are You All Retarded?, why would you waste you...
on: “It is what it is”
@ are you all retarded? Your response is brilliant. So de...
on: Team names — singular or plural
"Group" is a collective noun. I'm an American, and the follo...
on: Can every letter be used as a silent letter?
I can't stop laughing about richardpry's pronunciation of "p...
on: want it that way
The lyric is indeed correct as it stands. I suggest that the...
on: Right Question For this Answer (about count/rank/order)
You can get the response you want by asking this question: ...
on: Over-use of periods
Isn't grammar separate from style, and aren't you talking ab...
on: On Tomorrow
Pebbles--Just a minor comment on one of the terms you used, ...
on: The opposite of “awaken”?
We "fall asleep," so we should "rise awake," right? We "go t...
on: Littler
It's a good thing that the "non-standard" designation is onl...
on: Comma before “respectively”?
koam: assertions sigurd: supported assertions...
on: Isn’t the word “feminism” itself gender-biased?
I think dyske is correct. We should also change "support gay...
on: Comma before “respectively”?
Completely serious, koam. Was there something I missed. I al...
on: Comma before “respectively”?
I can't believe that everyone is missing the point on this o...
on: Canadian pronunciation of “out and about”
I think the big problem in this thread is that Canadians are...
on: Rules for -ise and -ize
To clarify, "analyze" is correct because it comes from a dif...
on: semi-colon and colon in one sentence
The colon is an emphatic period. Essentially you have two pe...
on: Past Perfect vs. Past Tense
I want to remind everyone that the past perfect was mainly i...
on: mines
So, kipper, you're saying that it's not a race issue, but an...
on: The opposite of “awaken”?
Of course it will blend if you blend it. Silly jingen. Stop ...
on: “My writing books” or “Me writing books”?
Yes, Miss Neff, you may say that, but then you must add the ...
on: “Anglish”
Sounds like an aspiring lover's list of sample sentences! I...
on: Actress instead of Actor
It's a wonder they let women act at all. Can't they be happy...
on: There was/were a pen and three pencils...
Sarcasm will get you nowhere. There is several examples of...
on: There was/were a pen and three pencils...
No, actually scyllacat is correct. Sound is often used in cl...
on: The opposite of “awaken”?
asleepen ...
on: The opposite of “awaken”?
asleepen...
on: Littler
The English say, "I am a bit smarter than you." U. S. of Ame...
on: On Tomorrow
There is a lot of racism here. Why do you think that white u...
on: “It is what it is”
And be careful about using the acronym, BSL. It may be unint...
on: “It is what it is”
"What it is" is a greeting that was used by African American...
on: “It is I” vs. “It is me”
The problem is that scholars used to believe that English sh...
on: Stood down
Hello HairyScot. You are wrong about the definition of "t...
on: Someone else’s
I'm ready--say something funny, HaryScot. Do not keep us wai...
on: Someone else’s
I think you are correct, Scott. English is far more flexible...
on: Stood down
Hello hairyscot, You said the following on another post: ...
on: Someone else’s
That's interesting. Do you have an authority to cite, hairys...
on: Someone else’s
A reformed grammar tyrant myself, I must correct the first l...
on: Someone else’s
The justifications of "passersby" as the proper plural is si...
September 6, 2011, 11:38pm • 2 votes
on: Over-use of periods
I. s.a.y. w.e. d.o.n.t u.s.e. e.n.o.u.g.h. p.e.r.i.o.d.s. L....