Maur wrote:[It is clear that you were implying what i responded to..
I am your friend, and we seem to accidentally have got to contention much against my wishes and the reason is a misunderstanding by you, of what I wrote. So, in the interest of amicable relations, I am going to clear a misconception or two up, that you have addressed specifically to me. If you or any other interested parties care to look back, you will find I never, N.E.V.E.R. "correct" random mistakes here, though I see them by the hundred every time I read a few posts. Hell, I don't even intervene when the usual suspects start arguing over the meaning of words, though I could, and with unmistakeable authority, i.e. I would be correct, which is authority enough on the inter-webs. And I ALWAYS ( and trying to do it politely, saying sorry and asking forgiveness when someone points out I fail ) answer any post I see someone address me with.
So.
It is clear to all the English Language Proficients among us that you are wrong, but let me clarify it for you personally. You are wrong, I neither implied nor meant to imply what you mistakenly thought. So, that is one point of contention cleared up.
This is actually the direct opposite of the facts. I did, my friend. I did exactly say that this crime is commonplace nowadays. That is exactly what I did say, and that word commonplace that you have now mistaken the use of twice, is the word that sparked off your misunderstanding. Another point cleared up.Maur wrote:Of course, you did not exactly say that this crime is commonplace nowadays, .
Now, as a friend, I will point something friendly out to you, just as I would expect you to do for me if the situation was reversed. You can not give English Language lessons to me, you have told me, superfluously, that English is your second language. I mean, good on you, and you really do a creditable job of using it . . . have I corrected any of your usage hitherto?. Do you think that is because you make no mistakes, or is it because I am respectful and polite and encouraging?*.
I am old, and was taught my English at the breast, and then studied it in a world where Ball-point pens were extremely modern wonders. No computers. One dictionary in the whole class room, that we were encouraged to use, but punished to need
. Physical punishment for mistakes in spelling. I have polished my skill over half a century reading widely of the English Languages' Masters. I have memorised more English Poetry than you have ever read, my friend, and you, personally, have nothing to teach me. And a tiny bit of a cheek to say first it is not your mother tongue then to try, imho. Live long, and Prosper.
* Hint, it is the second clause.
. . . That is true, isn't it. . . .Oh. Bother.Grim Levity wrote:
If his first instinct, then, was to do a little 'touchdown' dance or talk about how awesome it was and only apologize when he realized Kin still looked shaken, I think I could let this go and see your point without any significant retort. However, this was about her feelings and them coming first even though what he did could easily be argued to be objectively right. However, this showed a seriously large leap in his character development despite the little dopey Minmax moments that followed.
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I think you just converted me to your view point with a finely reasoned argument. I really hate it when that happens. Now, where is the "pours out tears in a fountain" smiley?. Cause MinMax was almost there, he had almost graduated to deserving her without reservation and then his kinda hangover bad habits tripped him up, but he had almost grown out of them . . . and the berttdee party, that was the behavioural equivalent of pulling yourself out of a quagmire by your bootstraps, wasn't it, would have been good behaviour even from a normal man. . . that seems pretty damned unfair now.
