for the gramm(a)r police.

[Katia's Lover]

Oh, well . . . it was about, Hmmm, 4 years ago, maybe . . . yeah, when we got our new Priest : Fr. Terry, LOL. And we had a Booster Club that raised money for the sports at my school so you didn't have to pay to play sports, the Booster Club raised money. And when Fr. Terry came, he was like ''Okay, you guys (on the Booster Club) need to start going to Mass,'' (because that's what ya do when you're Catholic) and the Booster Club members said that they never had to until Father Terry got there, and they weren't gonna change what they thought ''just for him.'' So, Father was like ''Okay, the Booster Club's over, I want everyone that was a member who isn't willing to participate in School or Parish events, and who isn't willing to attend Mass every Sunday LIKE you're supposed to, out of my sight." And this ONE guy in particular was a psycho about it and one time when the rest of us were in Mass, the psychodic psycho typed up a letter and put it on everyone's car windshield, and it was about "all that Father was doing that he wasn't supposed to" and how he thought he was the ''Boss'' (because GOD knows he wasn't, Father was just the fucking pastor, LOL . . . people are jackasses) and the guy who typed up the letter repeatedly used ''irregardless,'' which goes to show everyone who is and was a member of the Parish how stupid he was.

In the letter, the guy said over and over that the Booster Club's MAIN purpose wasn't just to raise money for sports, blah blah blah. But at the end, he said "And that's what the Booster Club's here for; To raise money for sports. But Father Terry won't let us do that anymore,' (making Father sound like the 'bad guy').

Now the Booster Club still has our name, but they raise money for other schools, saying quote/unquote that they "don't give a damn about the kids at OMOS." Which is nice.

That is all.

 ROFL  ROFL  :roflmao:

[PIBby]

So . . . Christine, do you STILL wanna make an attept to come to this chaotic hell?

[Grakthis]

Merchant of Venice, people repeatedly say ''Between whoever and I,'' which isn't right. You'd think Portia (beng the rich wench she is) would have known, I mean, it's not like her Father didn't have enough money to pay for her schooling.

A quick search of the text shows that the words "Between [noun] and I" only appears ONCE in the play and the words are spoken by Bassanio when he is reading Antonio's letter begging his friend to come see him before Shylock takes a pound of flesh out of him.

Ah, good ol'anti semitism in literature.  One thing we could never accuse Shakespeare of was political correctness.

back tot he point, Portia never uses the phrase in the play.  She does several times say "between [noun] and [noun]" but never uses the first person there.

But I will admit, that you are correct.  When Antonio wrote the words "Between you and I" he was technically using improper grammar.  And Antonia was supposed to be an educated merchant.  However, if you replace the "I" with a "me" it doesn't sound as dramatic, so I would attribute this to Willy's sense of drama.
---Andrew

[PIBby]

Okay, I get you. I must have just been thinking Portia said that.

They were so mean to Shylock in that play. The only reason he was mean was because they were mean to him 'cause he was a Jew. You read or see The Merchant of Venice and then read The Diary of Anne Frank and it's hardbreaking! Literally!

[Grakthis]

Okay, I get you. I must have just been thinking Portia said that.

Portia is THERE, but it's actually spoken by Bassanio.

They were so mean to Shylock in that play. The only reason he was mean was because they were mean to him 'cause he was a Jew. You read or see The Merchant of Venice and then read The Diary of Anne Frank and it's hardbreaking! Literally!

Yeah they were! You know, thats all I kept thinking while I was reading the play.  What a spoiled brat Antonio is and why do they keep picking on poor Shylock!

Then again, I am about as capitalist as a person can get.  And i say a contract is a contract! No weaseling out!
---Andrew

[PIBby]

True, BUT . . . It was like ''oh, but this contract JUST SO HAPPENS to ay you can't let the man you cut bleed,'' or . . . you know? Everything was just-so-happens like. Mhm. It was odd. But, I guess

But, that's wat the contract said, so . . .

[Will]

I prefer the OED(Oxford English Dictionary.)  It is quite big but some day I will have a set.

Learn a synthetic language(e.g., Latin, Russian.)  That will help your grammer.

tylor

Latin and Russian are natural languages, although they are highly structured.

A synthetic language is something like Esperando or Volpük.

[Grakthis]

I prefer the OED(Oxford English Dictionary.)  It is quite big but some day I will have a set.

Learn a synthetic language(e.g., Latin, Russian.)  That will help your grammer.

tylor

Latin and Russian are natural languages, although they are highly structured.

A synthetic language is something like Esperando or Volpük.

I wanna learn Esperanto!  Too bad no one actually speaks it  :cry:

Ive never heard of Volpuk.

(note that the language is esperanTo, not esperanDo.)
---Andrew

[Will]

I prefer the OED(Oxford English Dictionary.)  It is quite big but some day I will have a set.

Learn a synthetic language(e.g., Latin, Russian.)  That will help your grammer.

tylor

Latin and Russian are natural languages, although they are highly structured.

A synthetic language is something like Esperando or Volpük.

I wanna learn Esperanto!  Too bad no one actually speaks it  :cry:

Ive never heard of Volpuk.

(note that the language is esperanTo, not esperanDo.)
---Andrew

I haven't really read much up on the language, even though my lil bro is fluent in it. My mistake.

Volpük is another synthetic language, supposedly based on English, although few would agree with that statement. It failed because it just sucked.

[Grakthis]

I haven't really read much up on the language, even though my lil bro is fluent in it. My mistake.

Your brother is FLUENT in it?!?  That's cool and all, but WHY?
---Andrew

[Will]

Your brother is FLUENT in it?!?  That's cool and all, but WHY?
---Andrew

Ask him. But, it was designed to be easy to learn. It is said that the average person can be fluent in 80-120 hours of study. He just checked out a book from the library, renewed it a few times. Voila!

I plan on getting around to learning it one of these days.