atskooc Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 ¿What do, this; all mean? If we's all a started usin' the poor grammar: and punctuation marks; will major recruit start a landings? Then why disn't Coach Miles have hired Sideburn Jones, on the last assistant Couch opening spot? Think how valuables, he coulda be, on recruiting trips/ Central...Is that you? It's pretty damn close! Quote
AuroranHusker Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 So how many offers from Nebraska does he have? That little comma between "offer" & "from" is so small, it might even be 'missing'! Actually, it should be a semicolon I do believe. No, it shouldn't. It should read (among other options), "I got another offer, this one from Nebraska." This is hilarious.... a debate over "wordsmith" tweets of a 16 year old. atskooc 1 Quote
uneblinstu Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 A kid named Melo and the early predictions are that he goes to Syracuse. Who saw that coming? Quote
AuroranHusker Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 A kid named Melo and the early predictions are that he goes to Syracuse. Who saw that coming? Melo is to Maryland, as Carmelo is to Syracuse. Quote
atskooc Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 So how many offers from Nebraska does he have? That little comma between "offer" & "from" is so small, it might even be 'missing'! Actually, it should be a semicolon I do believe. No, it shouldn't. It should read (among other options), "I got another offer, this one from Nebraska." This is hilarious.... a debate over "wordsmith" tweets of a 16 year old. I'm not terribly proud of it. Quote
Norm Peterson Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 So how many offers from Nebraska does he have? That little comma between "offer" & "from" is so small, it might even be 'missing'! Actually, it should be a semicolon I do believe. No, it shouldn't. It should read (among other options), "I got another offer, this one from Nebraska." This is hilarious.... a debate over "wordsmith" tweets of a 16 year old. I hate to quibble, BUT ... the debate wasn't about the 16-year-old's tweet; it was about whether the tweet could be fixed with a semi-colon or not. The tweet itself was ambiguous; that fact was beyond debate. The hotly contested issue was whether a semi-colon inserted before the words "from Nebraska" could repair the ambiguity in a grammatically-correct way; the correct answer was that it could not. Have I used my semi-colons correctly in the three sentences above? Debate away. Quote
Navin R. Johnson Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 So how many offers from Nebraska does he have? That little comma between "offer" & "from" is so small, it might even be 'missing'! Actually, it should be a semicolon I do believe. No, it shouldn't. It should read (among other options), "I got another offer, this one from Nebraska." This is hilarious.... a debate over "wordsmith" tweets of a 16 year old. I hate to quibble, BUT ... the debate wasn't about the 16-year-old's tweet; it was about whether the tweet could be fixed with a semi-colon or not. The tweet itself was ambiguous; that fact was beyond debate. The hotly contested issue was whether a semi-colon inserted before the words "from Nebraska" could repair the ambiguity in a grammatically-correct way; the correct answer was that it could not. Have I used my semi-colons correctly in the three sentences above? Debate away. My head hurts! AuroranHusker 1 Quote
colhusker Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 Did Forest Gump take over this thread? AuroranHusker 1 Quote
AuroranHusker Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 So how many offers from Nebraska does he have? That little comma between "offer" & "from" is so small, it might even be 'missing'! Actually, it should be a semicolon I do believe. No, it shouldn't. It should read (among other options), "I got another offer, this one from Nebraska." This is hilarious.... a debate over "wordsmith" tweets of a 16 year old. I hate to quibble, BUT ... the debate wasn't about the 16-year-old's tweet; it was about whether the tweet could be fixed with a semi-colon or not. The tweet itself was ambiguous; that fact was beyond debate. The hotly contested issue was whether a semi-colon inserted before the words "from Nebraska" could repair the ambiguity in a grammatically-correct way; the correct answer was that it could not. Have I used my semi-colons correctly in the three sentences above? Debate away. Of course, the debate was over the "wordsmith" tweet of a 16yo. Why is that so hard to embrace? Maybe it's not a good use of a debate. Quote
49r Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 If a recruiting thread goes over 20 pages, but 19 of those are a grammatical pissing contest and we lose the recruit, is the 20 page curse in play? throwback, Norm Peterson and atskooc 3 Quote
AuroranHusker Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 If a recruiting thread goes over 20 pages, but 19 of those are a grammatical pissing contest and we lose the recruit, is the 20 page curse in play? I thought the curse was "40" now? Valid point nonetheless, 9er! Quote
atskooc Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 If a recruiting thread goes over 20 pages, but 19 of those are a grammatical pissing contest and we lose the recruit, is the 20 page curse in play? Great question! Quote
lanigan123 Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 Sure hope his family doesn't do the whole message board thing. Quote
atskooc Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 Sure hope his family doesn't do the whole message board thing. Why? Do you think she'd get mad because BirdsOnTheBat doesn't know how to use a semicolon? Norm Peterson 1 Quote
atskooc Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 If a recruiting thread goes over 20 pages, but 19 of those are a grammatical pissing contest and we lose the recruit, is the 20 page curse in play? If we put a semicolon between pages 20 and 21, what will that do to the curse? hhcmatt, Norm Peterson, Silverbacked1 and 1 other 4 Quote
Norm Peterson Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 So how many offers from Nebraska does he have? That little comma between "offer" & "from" is so small, it might even be 'missing'! Actually, it should be a semicolon I do believe. No, it shouldn't. It should read (among other options), "I got another offer, this one from Nebraska." This is hilarious.... a debate over "wordsmith" tweets of a 16 year old. I hate to quibble, BUT ... the debate wasn't about the 16-year-old's tweet; it was about whether the tweet could be fixed with a semi-colon or not. The tweet itself was ambiguous; that fact was beyond debate. The hotly contested issue was whether a semi-colon inserted before the words "from Nebraska" could repair the ambiguity in a grammatically-correct way; the correct answer was that it could not. Have I used my semi-colons correctly in the three sentences above? Debate away. Of course, the debate was over the "wordsmith" tweet of a 16yo. Why is that so hard to embrace? Maybe it's not a good use of a debate. So now you're debating me about what the earlier debate was about? Is that a better use of a debate? To have a debate about the debate? Quote
49r Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 pedant |ˈpednt| noun a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French pédant, from Italian pedante, perhaps from the first element of Latin paedagogus (see pedagogue) . Quote
AuroranHusker Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 So how many offers from Nebraska does he have? That little comma between "offer" & "from" is so small, it might even be 'missing'! Actually, it should be a semicolon I do believe. No, it shouldn't. It should read (among other options), "I got another offer, this one from Nebraska." This is hilarious.... a debate over "wordsmith" tweets of a 16 year old. I hate to quibble, BUT ... the debate wasn't about the 16-year-old's tweet; it was about whether the tweet could be fixed with a semi-colon or not. The tweet itself was ambiguous; that fact was beyond debate. The hotly contested issue was whether a semi-colon inserted before the words "from Nebraska" could repair the ambiguity in a grammatically-correct way; the correct answer was that it could not. Have I used my semi-colons correctly in the three sentences above? Debate away. Of course, the debate was over the "wordsmith" tweet of a 16yo. Why is that so hard to embrace? Maybe it's not a good use of a debate. So now you're debating me about whether the debate was about the "wordsmith" tweet or the suggestions on how to fix the "wordsmith" tweet? Is that a better use of a debate? To have a debate about the debate? Normy, this is the discussion, err debate, board now. Quote
Norm Peterson Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 pedant |ˈpednt| noun a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French pédant, from Italian pedante, perhaps from the first element of Latin paedagogus (see pedagogue) . We interrupt this debate to bring you a vocabulary lesson, courtesy of 49r. Quote
Red Don Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 I think you all are missing the important question! Since we're talking about Grammer; Would Hemingway have approved? Quote
Norm Peterson Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 I hate to quibble, BUT ... the debate wasn't about the 16-year-old's tweet; it was about whether the tweet could be fixed with a semi-colon or not. The tweet itself was ambiguous; that fact was beyond debate. The hotly contested issue was whether a semi-colon inserted before the words "from Nebraska" could repair the ambiguity in a grammatically-correct way; the correct answer was that it could not. Have I used my semi-colons correctly in the three sentences above? Debate away. Of course, the debate was over the "wordsmith" tweet of a 16yo. Why is that so hard to embrace? Maybe it's not a good use of a debate. So now you're debating me about whether the debate was about the "wordsmith" tweet or the suggestions on how to fix the "wordsmith" tweet? Is that a better use of a debate? To have a debate about the debate? Normy, why be the antagonist? You seem to go on attack mode, for no particular reason. It was about the tweet or there wouldn't be the discussion, err debate. OK, now I'm confused. Are you being serious or are you being facetious? I don't see a wink thing so I'm wondering if you're being serious here. If you're being serious, then you need to re-read my posts while imagining a more pretend-serious tone of voice. More like Stephen Colbert than Chris Matthews. You should not read any of it with any sort of attack implied. AuroranHusker 1 Quote
AuroranHusker Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 I hate to quibble, BUT ... the debate wasn't about the 16-year-old's tweet; it was about whether the tweet could be fixed with a semi-colon or not. The tweet itself was ambiguous; that fact was beyond debate. The hotly contested issue was whether a semi-colon inserted before the words "from Nebraska" could repair the ambiguity in a grammatically-correct way; the correct answer was that it could not. Have I used my semi-colons correctly in the three sentences above? Debate away. Of course, the debate was over the "wordsmith" tweet of a 16yo. Why is that so hard to embrace? Maybe it's not a good use of a debate. So now you're debating me about whether the debate was about the "wordsmith" tweet or the suggestions on how to fix the "wordsmith" tweet? Is that a better use of a debate? To have a debate about the debate? Normy, why be the antagonist? You seem to go on attack mode, for no particular reason. It was about the tweet or there wouldn't be the discussion, err debate. OK, now I'm confused. Are you being serious or are you being facetious? I don't see a wink thing so I'm wondering if you're being serious here. If you're being serious, then you need to re-read my posts while imagining a more pretend-serious tone of voice. More like Stephen Colbert than Chris Matthews. You should not read any of it with any sort of attack implied. Naw, I'm jackin' with ya. The 'discussion' somehow became a 'debate' (and I nixed the other post to highlight that part)... and it's all because we're concerned with a practice: we talkin' 'bout practice... not a game, not a game, not a game... we talkin' 'bout practice. Quote
Norm Peterson Posted May 20, 2015 Report Posted May 20, 2015 If we put a semicolon between pages 20 and 21, what will that do to the curse? It would make it grammatically incorrect. atskooc 1 Quote
hskr4life Posted May 21, 2015 Report Posted May 21, 2015 So how many offers from Nebraska does he have? That little comma between "offer" & "from" is so small, it might even be 'missing'! Actually, it should be a semicolon I do believe. No, it shouldn't. It should read (among other options), "I got another offer, this one from Nebraska." This is hilarious.... a debate over "wordsmith" tweets of a 16 year old. I hate to quibble, BUT ... the debate wasn't about the 16-year-old's tweet; it was about whether the tweet could be fixed with a semi-colon or not. The tweet itself was ambiguous; that fact was beyond debate. The hotly contested issue was whether a semi-colon inserted before the words "from Nebraska" could repair the ambiguity in a grammatically-correct way; the correct answer was that it could not. Have I used my semi-colons correctly in the three sentences above? Debate away. I take it this post means we are officially in the off season? Norm Peterson 1 Quote
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