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Originally Posted by maddawg

Use Google Goober.

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At least one of the sites I linked to above has it by the next word:

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"A" goes before all words that begin with consonants.

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• a cat
• a dog
• a purple onion
• a buffalo
• a big apple

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we awt to start a nuther thred on foniks.:icon_razz:

Now we know why I don't teach English anymore. Of course, the only reason I chose English was for the writing and not grammer.:icon_wink:

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Originally Posted by maddawg

we awt to start a nuther thred on foniks.:icon_razz:

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Originally Posted by Dirtydawg

It wouldn't be the only thing in the English language that didn't sound right yet still followed a specific rule.



Remind me what you and bob's degrees are in.:icon_razz:

Actually, you two have gotten me to doubting my own knowledge now especially since it's been quite a few Stolis, message board posting grammar and shift work grammar since I've done anything close to pay attention to the English language, so I'm tempted to go in the attic and dig up my old grammar books to double check even though I'm very certain of this. If it was just maddawg, I'd chalk it up to redneck ignorance, but two intellectual stalwarts like yourselves, I don't know.

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if you come on a message board full of nerds and start making corrections, you had better be prepared to have your corrections corrected. however, if i have incorrectly corrected your corrections, please feel free to correct me.

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Originally Posted by arkansasbob

if you come on a message board full of nerds and start making corrections, you had better be prepared to have your corrections corrected. however, if i have incorrectly corrected your corrections, please feel free to correct me.

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Actually, apparently, you nerds were correct and this nerd was incorrect. I should have gone into engineering like my Dad wanted, but I was too lazy and didn't want to do all the studying. Apparently, the same thing applied when it came time to my grammar classes as well.

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Originally Posted by Dirtydawg

Actually, apparently, you nerds were correct and this nerd was incorrect. I should have gone into engineering like my Dad wanted, but I was too lazy and didn't want to do all the studying. Apparently, the same thing applied when it came time to my grammar classes as well.

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Why are Gonzo's post wider than everybody else's post?

How many potential stars being recruited by Tech get on this board and read us discussing grammar? Better yet, how many potential recruits get on here and read anything by Spinoza, =oD?

How many recruits are enlightened by reading BB&B? Just about all of them. They ain't seen anything like us.:laugh:

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Originally Posted by maddawg

Was the BHO thing yesterday a historical moment or an historical moment? I've seen and heard both. Grammar police?

Found it! an goes before words beginning with a vowel ( I knew that one), but also before words beginning with a silent h. Since the h in historical is NOT silent, those who have been using an historical moment are dumb arses.












The above post is written mostly to aggrevate Inudesu.

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Did someone call the grammar police?

I HATE the inconsistent application of the doubled consonant when conjugating a verb, although it seems like the British spellings are sometimes more intuitive (e.g., in British English one would write "counselling" while in American "English" one must write "counseling").

Oh, and Mad, "since" refers to time, not cause and effect. :icon_wink:

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Originally Posted by Brian96

Did someone call the grammar police?

I HATE the inconsistent application of the doubled consonant when conjugating a verb, although it seems like the British spellings are sometimes more intuitive (e.g., in British English one would write "counselling" while in American "English" one must write "counseling").

Oh, and Mad, "since" refers to time, not cause and effect. :icon_wink:

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see the third conjunction definition.

I think I'm going to have an experiment in which I create a series of fake screennames on BBB and go between the sports side of the board and the politics side of the board to see group is more viscious with the name calling. My guess is the intellectuals on the politics side. I don't have my feelings hurt, but it does surprise me.

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Originally Posted by Abominable Gorilla

I think I'm going to have an experiment in which I create a series of fake screennames on BBB and go between the sports side of the board and the politics side of the board to see group is more viscious with the name calling. My guess is the intellectuals on the politics side. I don't have my feelings hurt, but it does surprise me.

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Definitely politics, but Mens BB and Womens BB are not far behind - they just do not get as many posts as politics.

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Originally Posted by Brian96

I HATE the inconsistent application of the doubled consonant when conjugating a verb, although it seems like the British spellings are sometimes more intuitive (e.g., in British English one would write "counselling" while in American "English" one must write "counseling").

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I HATE the application of the doubled consonant.