Important notice from the GRAMMAR POLICE. Plz read. This means you.
CheritaChen:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2009 July 20, 13:18:33
It's just as valid to say by these standards that Americans ALSO have wildlife roaming the streets.
Indeed. Where I live, it's usually turtles, iguanas (non-native but their population has exploded), alligators, opossums and armadillos, in addition to the occasional raccoon. It's all relative. Anyone who says alligators aren't "wild" animals should probably be introduced to several, at once.
Quote from: maxon on 2009 July 20, 13:39:38
Ummm ... I think you missed something there. Fowler is the standard guide to English grammar for the, eh, English. Oxford is good but Fowler is generally better when it comes to English usage with Fowler being specifically a book on usage and the other being a dictionary.
Thank you for noticing.
rohina:
Quote from: Audrey on 2009 July 20, 11:04:20
Can I please stop being the butt of conversation around here? Don't you have somebody else to play with?
Sweetie, people are being quite tolerant of you. Also, you don't get to tell us what to do.
Oh, and about the wildlife, I used to live in a Australia, where kangaroos roamed the golf course, and now I live in Canada, where random bears wander in to hospitals.
CheritaChen:
Quote from: rohina on 2009 July 20, 16:45:46
I live in Canada, where random bears wander in to hospitals.
Do they have insurance?
Oh, wait, that's right: nationalized health care. Silly me.
soozelwoozel:
Quote from: maxon on 2009 July 20, 13:39:38
Quote from: Audrey on 2009 July 19, 17:59:29
Quote from: CheritaChen on 2009 July 19, 16:10:19
Cut that shit out, or I'll have to beat you over the head with Fowler. Watch out, because even my paperback copy weighs a good two pounds.
And I would have to counter beat you over the head with my hardcopy Oxford Dictionary which surely beats your Fowler. ;D
Ummm ... I think you missed something there. Fowler is the standard guide to English grammar for the, eh, English. Oxford is good but Fowler is generally better when it comes to English usage with Fowler being specifically a book on usage and the other being a dictionary.
*throws a Roget's Thesaurus into the mix for good measure*
As for animals roaming the streets in SA, I once counted 84 sizeable piles of dung on the road during a particularly boring 2 hour car journey there. Make of that what you will.
I'm totally jealous of all these exciting critters you guys all seem inundated with. All we have here in blighty is the occaisional fox and a smattering of pheasants. Oh, and on the subject of my homeland, I totally take offence at that jibe out our dental hygiene Audrey.** Watch out or I'll be sending round the football holligans to sort you out.
**Besides, everyone knows that it's Scotland's where the truly atrocious teeth are. It's all that tablet and fried Mars bar they're so fond of.
rohina:
Oh, hey, Soozel. We used to have a WOMBAT who lived in the front yard of our beach house.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page