[KSI ulgy mom]

nykc, on 15 Feb, 2008 - 01:56 PM, said:

Hey KSI - You can read one of those posts here. Man they tore that poor guy a new one lol.

http://www.dreaminco...mp;#entry310951

NICE one. That was the first one i got cought in. I also am not going to ask for proxies when I can just shutdown the system network. Ifs called Control Panel. Jery Nice (Boar Rat), or what ever it is. I don't care.

[supersloth]

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[RodgerB]

double you tee eff

[Nayana]

KSI ulgy mom, on 15 Feb, 2008 - 08:11 AM, said:

Thank for the english lesson. I'm from the country so I use yall a lot instead of you all. Oh a lot was at one point one word instead of 2, like it is now.

Nope. Sorry.

"A lot" has always been two words.

Here's a clear example:
"I give you a lot of money".

In this case, "lot" means "large quantity". We always say "a large quantity" not "alarge quantity".

An ambiguous example:
"I gave you a lot of land"

Could either mean "I gave you a piece of land"
OR "I gave you a large quantity of land"

And another clear example:
"I have a large lot of land"
which means "I have a large piece of land"

There is a similar word, which is based on the last meaning. This word is "allot". Which means to "give a piece of" something.

E.g. "I will allot you some land" == "I will give you a piece of some land."

Hope that clears things up.

There is no such phrase as "alot"
there is only "a lot" and "allot" which have entirely different meanings.

I hope you learnt something today.

Oh, and "Alot" is also the name of a town in India.

[Nayana]

PS - I got caught by the damned itsatrap too.

[KSI ulgy mom]

I'm sorry for this now. I am in the US, so how can you tell me I am wrong.

This post has been edited by KSI ulgy mom: 16 February 2008 - 06:45 AM

[Nayana]

KSI ulgy mom, on 16 Feb, 2008 - 09:44 PM, said:

I'm sorry for this now. I am in the US, so how can you tell me I am wrong.

I don't think it has anything to do with what country anybody comes from.

The pure and simple truth is that I have a far greater command of the English language than you, and it does not matter from where I come, or which country you happen to inhabit.

OR

Are you simply implying that people from the United States are always correct because they are superior to the alternate races that inhabit distinctly different areas on the face of the Earth?

[KSI ulgy mom]

No its the fact that i live and go to school in the US. Its my primary language and i speek it every day. I use this from of english called informal english. You may not always use the correct way of your language evey day over there in Japan.

[jediokie]

KSI ulgy mom, on 16 Feb, 2008 - 07:44 AM, said:

i speek it

<shakes head>You can't argue your point ans say "speek"...well you shouldn't anyway.

KSI ulgy mom, on 16 Feb, 2008 - 07:44 AM, said:

You may not always use the correct way of your language evey day over there in Japan.

I believ the flag under Nayana's name is the Koren flag, not the Japanesse flag. Again <shakes head>

[Nayana]

You should realise that the informal English you use in your part of the United States is completely different from informal English used in other parts of the United States, and indeed the world. Plus, you are missing one important factor, which is that English originated in England (hence the name of the language), and not the United States.

If you want people from other parts of the U.S., and indeed, other parts of the world, to understand you, then you should revert to a more common style of English, otherwise known as standard English.

jediokie, on 17 Feb, 2008 - 01:58 AM, said:

KSI ulgy mom, on 16 Feb, 2008 - 07:44 AM, said:

You may not always use the correct way of your language evey day over there in Japan.

I believ the flag under Nayana's name is the Koren flag, not the Japanesse flag. Again <shakes head>

Thank you.

This post has been edited by Nayana: 16 February 2008 - 06:54 PM

[Nykc]

Wow I step away from my lappy for a few hours and miss out on everything .

Nayana - your grammar and English is better than mine and I will be graduating college with a BSA in May.

Thanks to this thread your post count nearly doubled.

[jediokie]

Nykc, on 16 Feb, 2008 - 05:15 PM, said:

Wow I step away from my lappy for a few hours and miss out on everything .

Nayana - your grammar and English is better than mine and I will be graduating college with a BSA in May.

Thanks to this thread your post count nearly doubled.

I just want to add one thing....



go Red Socks

[Nykc]

jediokie - You misspelled the word Red Socks - I think you meant Red Sucks!

[Nayana]

Nykc, on 17 Feb, 2008 - 08:15 AM, said:

Thanks to this thread your post count nearly doubled.

Did it really almost double my post count? That's nice...

But now I've got too many posts in the caffeine lounge. I may have to shut up around here for a bit.

[Holden117]

Read the post that I made please