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Nigel, this is actually starting to get to me.

Started by Doktor Howl, August 16, 2011, 01:02:51 AM

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Cainad (dec.)

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August 19, 2011, 01:26:45 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 18, 2011, 10:46:37 PM
Quote from: Luna on August 18, 2011, 10:20:38 PM
Quote from: navkat on August 18, 2011, 10:18:56 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on August 18, 2011, 02:42:43 PM
I've found that with a king sized mattress the dimension is close enough to a square, that the fitted sheet fits well enough that it doesn't matter the orientation.
i don't know why they didn't just decide on an actual square when they were establishing bed sizes...

MANHOLE COVERS ARE ROUND.

WHY?

So they don't turn sideways and fall down the hole, crushing the guy who'll actually go down there and fix shit to death.

What is this called, this grammatical structure? I've seen it twice today... I always find myself starting to do this and then going back and fixing it. I KNOW it has a name.

Dangling participle?

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#91
August 19, 2011, 07:29:41 AM
Quote from: Cainad on August 19, 2011, 01:26:45 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 18, 2011, 10:46:37 PM
Quote from: Luna on August 18, 2011, 10:20:38 PM
Quote from: navkat on August 18, 2011, 10:18:56 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on August 18, 2011, 02:42:43 PM
I've found that with a king sized mattress the dimension is close enough to a square, that the fitted sheet fits well enough that it doesn't matter the orientation.
i don't know why they didn't just decide on an actual square when they were establishing bed sizes...

MANHOLE COVERS ARE ROUND.

WHY?

So they don't turn sideways and fall down the hole, crushing the guy who'll actually go down there and fix shit to death.

What is this called, this grammatical structure? I've seen it twice today... I always find myself starting to do this and then going back and fixing it. I KNOW it has a name.

Dangling participle?

I think it is a dangling preposition.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Anna Mae Bollocks

#92
August 19, 2011, 07:31:21 AM
Quote from: Cainad on August 19, 2011, 01:26:45 AM
Quote from: Nigel on August 18, 2011, 10:46:37 PM
Quote from: Luna on August 18, 2011, 10:20:38 PM
Quote from: navkat on August 18, 2011, 10:18:56 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on August 18, 2011, 02:42:43 PM
I've found that with a king sized mattress the dimension is close enough to a square, that the fitted sheet fits well enough that it doesn't matter the orientation.
i don't know why they didn't just decide on an actual square when they were establishing bed sizes...

MANHOLE COVERS ARE ROUND.

WHY?

So they don't turn sideways and fall down the hole, crushing the guy who'll actually go down there and fix shit to death.

What is this called, this grammatical structure? I've seen it twice today... I always find myself starting to do this and then going back and fixing it. I KNOW it has a name.

Dangling participle?

Now I want to say "dangling particple " to the first person I run into and see if they check their zipper.
Scantily-Clad Inspector of Gigantic and Unnecessary Cashews, Texas Division

Triple Zero

#93
August 19, 2011, 05:35:31 PM
Quote from: Khara on August 17, 2011, 05:03:03 PM
Quote from: Nigel on August 17, 2011, 04:25:14 PM
I have a friend who was celibate and not at all looking or interested for about ten years while she raised her daughters. Then she met her current boyfriend, and they are blissfully happy and ridiculously in love. It's really great.

YAY!!! Maybe I can still have hope!!!  :lulz:

heyyyyy there you go! glad you found hope might actually exist! ;-)
Ex-Soviet Bloc Sexual Attack Swede of Tomorrow™
e-prime disclaimer: let it seem fairly unclear I understand the apparent subjectivity of the above statements. maybe.

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Anna Mae Bollocks

#94
August 19, 2011, 06:03:18 PM
No "maybe" to it.  :wink:
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