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  • #16
    Originally posted by Zymologist View Post
    I'm sure that you nor lao tzu would ever do such a thing.

    Fify. Yw.


    Securely anchored to the Rock amid every storm of trial, testing or tribulation.

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    • #17
      Originally posted by mossrose View Post
      Fify. Yw.
      I think that might be the most annoying grammatical error ever.
      I DENOUNCE DONALD J. TRUMP AND ALL HIS IMMORAL ACTS.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by firstfloor View Post
        It’s not trolling; it’s about helping Christians to grow into rational human beings.
        you would first have to be one.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Sparko View Post
          you would first have to be one.
          Wrong thread?
          I DENOUNCE DONALD J. TRUMP AND ALL HIS IMMORAL ACTS.

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Zymologist View Post
            Wrong thread?
            I nor firstfloor are in the wrong thread, tyvm.

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Sparko View Post
              I nor firstfloor are in the wrong thread, tyvm.


              Edit: Oops, I didn't see firstfloor's post. Turns out you're right. But you're still wrong, just because of the grammar.
              I DENOUNCE DONALD J. TRUMP AND ALL HIS IMMORAL ACTS.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Zymologist View Post
                I've noticed that Gary likes to use the word "nor" in a way that I've never seen before, and that seems obviously incorrect to me. (It's actually really annoying me.) Here's an example:



                From what I can tell, it is possible to use "nor" without coupling it with "neither," but it will almost always be done with another negative. (E.g., "I don't like _____, nor do I like ____.") It can be used without a negative, but this is rare. But I haven't seen any example of it being used in the way Gary's using it: without an accompanying "neither," without another accompanying negative, and in a sentence construction in which you would typically expect to see "neither." (E.g., "Neither I nor most skeptics....")

                Can somebody confirm that this usage is incorrect? Something about the way it reads is really bugging me.
                He's using it wrong. Nor can be used on it's own in a sentence, but only if it's a corollary to a previous sentence that is negative. You need an accompanying negative somewhere, though it doesn't have to be a 'neither'.
                I'm not here anymore.

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Zymologist View Post
                  I think that might be the most annoying grammatical error ever.
                  Is it? That seems a high bar to clear.
                  I'm not here anymore.

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Carrikature View Post
                    Is it? That seems a high bar to clear.
                    Probably not, but something about this particular construction just reads very awkwardly to me.
                    I DENOUNCE DONALD J. TRUMP AND ALL HIS IMMORAL ACTS.

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Zymologist View Post
                      Probably not, but something about this particular construction just reads very awkwardly to me.
                      And is something up with which we shall not put!
                      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                      • #26
                        Nor I or CP will put up with it!


                        Securely anchored to the Rock amid every storm of trial, testing or tribulation.

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by mossrose View Post
                          Nor I or CP will put up with it!
                          Selah!
                          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                            And is something up with which we shall not put!
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                            I'm always still in trouble again

                            "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                            "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                            "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                            • #29
                              Somebody set us up the bomb. Make your time.





                              ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
                              I'm not here anymore.

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by Zymologist View Post
                                (It's actually really annoying me.)
                                If only we had a Redundancy Dept.

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