I think more or less randomly replacing s' with z's in wordz should be in the list. Not only does it rape the English language but it's often made on purpose to make the writer zound way cooler than he really is.
| killeryoshis said:
I fixed it for you happy? |
For Christ's sake man, Have some backbone. You gonna change your life everytime some snob like me makes a complaint?
| RolStoppable said: Threads are supposed to have substance. No wonder you rarely make one any, you lazy bum. |
Because the antecedent, threads, is plural, you must use a plural pronoun like 'any'.
RolStoppable said:
Of course, if I wanted to get banned from this website, then I would have added this to the OP. |
You gotta put your life on the line sometimes.
Jay520 said:
Because the antecedent, threads, is plural, you must use a plural pronoun like 'any'. |
I'm not so sure. I don't think I would find fault in the following: "I hunt deer, but they are rare here. I seldom get one when I hunt."
(Of course, it's a total lie. I don't hunt deer and they wander through my yard all the time.)
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Final-Fan said:
I'm not so sure. I don't think I would find fault in the following: "I hunt deer, but they are rare here. I seldom get one when I hunt." |
'any' would still be more appropriate than 'one'.
Honestly, I'm not too sure either. I just know plural antecedent = plural pronoun & singular antecedent = singular pronoun. That'a basic rule in the English language. The sentence you used may just be a common case where a sentence sounds fine, but isn't.
When you say the sentence again, this time using 'any', then the sentence sounds better IMO.
See, the question is whether the two (whatevers, I suck at naming the grammar stuff although I'm good at it functionally) are directly connected. "You have to clean a hamster's cage often because they poop so much" is wrong; a writer making this mistake probably is mentally thinking "because hamsters poop so much", but forgot that they originally started the sentence referring to one hamster (even though it represents all hamsters).
But in Rol's case, it's a separate sentence, so couldn't he say "one" and by implication be referring to "one thread"? In that case, he has not specified what I rarely make one of (which is arguably incorrect, but not the same mistake you claim he made), but we draw the obvious conclusion that he refers to a thread.
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| RolStoppable said: Yeah, that makes sense. But why does crossing out words work for you, but not for me? There was one word in my latest "Five reasons why..." thread that was supposed to be crossed out, but it didn't work for whatever reason. What's wrong with the ABC icon me? |
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My advice to fanboys: Brag about stuff that's true, not about stuff that's false. Predict stuff that's likely, not stuff that's unlikely. You will be happier, and we will be happier.
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You're awesome bro, I'm with you on the listed misspellings, man why can't people spell right!?
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