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Grammar vs Logic (was: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 9 Mar 2001 02:06:00 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Brad Hamilton writes:
> Hey,
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> Don't blame my country!
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> I'll accept full blame for my gramatical mistake! :)
Apology accepted! It's just that Ive heard the phrase used hundreds (maybe
thousands) of times, mostly on the 'net, always by Americans...
> The funny thing is that I'm usually the one correcting other people's
> grammar at work!
The phrase is actually gramatically correct - it's the logic that's incorrect!
> Hmm - I guess I must have started using that phrase a long time ago and
> nobody ever corrected me. I bet I never used it in any formal writing at
> school and work, so tha's why it has never been caught there.
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> I do have to grudgingly agree thought that Americans do tend butcher the
> language a bit.
Doesn't everyone? 8?)
ROSCO
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| Hey, Don't blame my country! I'll accept full blame for my gramatical mistake! :) The funny thing is that I'm usually the one correcting other people's grammar at work! Hmm - I guess I must have started using that phrase a long time ago and nobody (...) (23 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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