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Subject: Определенный артикль
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Thumbs up, Adam, this is ought to keep him down for a while. We'll miss you. |
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Awesome, I got half the point I was looking for. Thanks a lot! And you are very welcome here. See? That was easy. |
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link 1.03.2009 0:51 |
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I don't need to make an argument out of it, my reasoning is perfectly clear. Always having the last word eh? You know I'm right that's why, you just can't admit it, too much pride, too big an ego. Just can't let it lie, like a dog with bone. Welcome?! Strange idea of welcome. Over and out .... for good. |
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Hey, I admitted my mistake. I was a little rash and uncompromising and foolish at first, but I never said the article wasn't an issue. All your posts before the huge one one had no linguistic reasoning. I did it for you, actually. I made you look in a grammar book and realize the possessive was an option after all. Cool, huh? Granting me half a point was the right thing to do. Now that's it's done, I apologize for my rude comments and I welcome you with open arms. If you wanna hold a grudge at this whole forum because of one little me - well, it's your loss. P.S. Oh, and when I'm not splitting hairs about English grammar and usage at 3 in the morning, I'm WORKING. I never denied you the right to choose your sleeping schedule, did I? |
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Ну млииин... пошло-поехало.... Peeps... cool it, will ya? :) peace. |
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Ok... just to "put it out there"... lol... I just asked my husband who is a) a native speaker of English and b) a professional journalist and c) knows enough Russian to "qualify" to be on this forum even though it doesn't really matter since we are dealing with the_English_ grammar in this particular case. So... his response is 100% in sync with Adam's (although it means that I was wrong in my advice --- MAJOR blushing!). Without even blinking twice, he said: "... resulted in THE customer canceling the order" (sorry, I tried to type "cancelling", but my yankee spellchecker flagged it as "wrong" hehee )) ) So, just to double-check, I asked: "not customer's cancelling"? He said: "well, it depends... if there's more than one customer..." I rest my case. ))) |
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(continued) My point being... Sometimes (language issues included) there's more than one correct answer. So jsut try to accept that someone else might be as correct as you are (or... maybe even "more correct" than you are!), you'll be a happier man/woman for it... |
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link 1.03.2009 7:07 |
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Wow, I nearly fell of my chair!!! +66 comments since my last visit! 2 SirReal, I am amazed by how good your English is (not just Turkish then, eh?) and I'm raising my hat. I hope I can be as good as you one day. It's just a shame that you have now scared a real native away :'((( |
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Hey, I'm sorry. I got a little carried away. I mean, it looked damn obvious that someone invited Adam here just to put me down. It was his first post, and Google showed he was not a Russian-English translator, so I got suspicious. And c'mon, the CAPS thing was ridiculous - for someone who puts Internet etiquette on a pedestal like Adam apparently does. For anyone who wants to pick on my typos, I will point them out myself. "laywers," "one one," "that's it's" and possibly a few more. Also, when I said "Re-read your first post and see that I'm not making this up," I was wrong - Adam never said that (but he did get mixed up with his correct/incorrect/roughly/also correct rankings later on). |
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Kudos to Adam! Всё это описывается в Longman'e, among others. ОЧЕНЬ (**** the netiquette!) ЖАЛЬ, что интеллигентному, грамотному, деликатному нейтиву оказали такой радушный приём. 20/20 hindsight is okay, but it's better safe than sorry. "If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world" (Francis Bacon). |
| this fella (our dear sir) is the only one who didn't notice he got smacked down. everybody else knows this |
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2 Kid Eat shit and die you stupid cunt |
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link 2.03.2009 17:21 |
| Hey, it's прощеное воскресенье!!! Peace, guys! |
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