Grammar Discussions

[yo yo ma]

"H"

Pronounced "aitch" noy "haych"

 

[Pushka]

SomethinK

(Adding more text)

 

[marki]

Gr8t


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[NM]

All the faith he had had had had no effect on the outcome of his life.

 

[Pushka]

I (that's a heart) something.

 

[NM]

or even worse, as found and explained here.

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.

 

[robd]

or even worse, as found and explained here.

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.

Impossible to make sense without the explanation. Amazing what the punctuation does to it. I'll have to send that one to my boss, who refuses to punctuate his sentences.

 

[Anna]

4am in the morning
ATM machine
PIN number

That sounds like a story that isn't going to end well....

 

[arbo]

or even worse, as found and explained here.

James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.

thanks for the link - if you follow the wiki link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_linguistic_example_sentences there is a whole section on these brain benders

"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" and

"Can can can can can can can can can can"

hurt my head!

 

[JessicaTam]

This is just the best thread ever!

 

[TonyHancock]

This is just the best thread ever!

Yep, sums AFF up perfectly.


...and as a reminder The Australian Labor (sic) Party has adopted the US spelling of words.

 

[sampson]

Yep, sums AFF up perfectly.


...and as a reminder The Australian Labor (sic) Party has adopted the US spelling of words.

I think ASIO added the 'z' because no one could find them in the phone book

 

[anat0l]

Found on another board... anyone indulged in chocolate moose lately?

I heard that could be really tough. Plus, not suitable at all for vegetarians.

 

[JessicaTam]

Found on another board... anyone indulged in chocolate moose lately?

I heard that could be really tough. Plus, not suitable at all for vegetarians.

Mousse may also not be suitable for vegetarians as it may contain gelatine.

 

[anat0l]

Mousse may also not be suitable for vegetarians as it may contain gelatine.

Hmmm... true, but can't you get non-animal based gelatines these days (besides agar agar)?

Also, I know at least three recipes for good chocolate mousse which don't use any gelatine. To be honest, the thought hadn't entered my mind. Pannacotta (or panna cotta) on the other hand...

 

[Atleastonce]

I could not resist posting this one, seen yesterday at our local shops.

 

[Atleastonce]

Has 'ghoti' been discussed in this thread? Fish as {ghoti}: {gh} as in {enough}, {o} as in {women} and {ti} as in {nation}.

 

[cove]

Jessica I have the pleasure of reading sales reports where English can get sliced and diced.
My recent favourites for this month were suttle instead of subtle and the other one was "it has been quite at this customer" instead of using quiet.
I do get concerned when sales staff cannot spell one of the brands they are selling or where they botch the spelling of a competitor. That would make it hard to look up their website.

 

[JessicaTam]

Hmmm... true, but can't you get non-animal based gelatines these days (besides agar agar)?

Also, I know at least three recipes for good chocolate mousse which don't use any gelatine. To be honest, the thought hadn't entered my mind. Pannacotta (or panna cotta) on the other hand...

Gelatine is actually uncommon in mousse, as the egg whites and chilling are sufficient to set it. I think xanthum gum is used a bit, but I am not sure as to its effectiveness.

 

[Boris spatsky]

I could not resist posting this one, seen yesterday at our local shops.

You have just reminded me about the apparent disappearance of 'and' and 'that'. Why is it now acceptable to use 'Come visit us' in Australia? - why have we dropped the 'and' and followed the Yanks?

The same occurs with 'that' as well.