| naruball said: First of all, attacking someone is a clear indication that you've lost an argument. I won't stoop to that level and respond in kind, but here's why you're wrong: "In no time" is an expression. You can't use "no" wherever you want instead of "hardly any", as in "there is no one in the house", "you have no evidence to back up this theory". Hence you have: 1. "You failed your essay because you hardly put any effort...", which means that you put some effort, but it was not enough. You might have needed to use at least 10 references and used only two. 2. "You failed your essay because you put no effort...": suggests that you read the wikipedia page and paraphrased what you read there instead of doing any proper research. While the first essay would get a 35/100 (with 40 being the minimum to pass the course), the second would get a 20/100, because it was terrible (though still on topic. An off topic essay would get a 0/100).
You can disagree all you want (you're entitled to your own opinion), but attacking someone is not a very respectable way of expressing your disagreement. Also, when you criticize one's language skills, make sure you're at least correct. |
This isnt my opinion. If you look at the definition of the word "no" as I have already so kindly provided from the oxford dictionary you can see it CAN be used to mean hardly any. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/no#no
If you actually read my words as they were intended we don't really disagree at all. It seems you simply want me to say Sony put in hardly any effort. I've already said that. I simply didn't use the same rhetoric that you did. If you don't understand that I don't know what I can do to get you to understand past something I've already been warned asking you to do.
I'm also not sure how I've attacked you oustide of implying that you don't understand how I am using the English language which seems to be true.
