#611618 - 07/19/10 09:05 AM
Re: Obama Bumper sticker removal kit.
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Juvenile at Sea
Registered: 11/13/09
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The problem with people of the extremes is that they drink down stream from the herd.
Ducker!
Edited by Fog Ducker (07/19/10 09:05 AM)
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#611637 - 07/19/10 12:08 PM
Re: Obama Bumper sticker removal kit.
[Re: Fog Ducker]
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Juvenile at Sea
Registered: 10/09/09
Posts: 182
Loc: Coast Range OR.
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No to remove it just put one over it that say's
Somewhere in Kenya a village is missing there idiot
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#611987 - 07/21/10 12:16 AM
Re: Obama Bumper sticker removal kit.
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Alevin
Registered: 09/06/07
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Is there a better way to write that sentence? If so, please show me the correct way.
Edited by frankiej (07/21/10 12:16 AM)
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#611991 - 07/21/10 12:30 AM
Re: Obama Bumper sticker removal kit.
[Re: frankiej]
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River Nutrients
Registered: 03/07/00
Posts: 2955
Loc: Lynnwood, WA
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Well frankie... you could start with the proper spelling of the word "THEIR."
"There" would be proper if you said," Look, the village idiot is over there."
"THEIR" is the possessive... as in "THEIR idiot."
So... the proper way to write that sentence would be, "Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing their idiot."
Hope that helps?
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#612007 - 07/21/10 01:10 AM
Re: Obama Bumper sticker removal kit.
[Re: 4Salt]
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Alevin
Registered: 09/06/07
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Well frankie... you could start with the proper spelling of the word "THEIR."
"There" would be proper if you said," Look, the village idiot is over there."
"THEIR" is the possessive... as in "THEIR idiot."
So... the proper way to write that sentence would be, "Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing their idiot."
Hope that helps? Wrong. Salmo g. has the correct sentence structure, but for the wrong reason. Nice try, though.
Edited by frankiej (07/21/10 01:11 AM)
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#612008 - 07/21/10 01:14 AM
Re: Obama Bumper sticker removal kit.
[Re: frankiej]
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River Nutrients
Registered: 03/07/00
Posts: 2955
Loc: Lynnwood, WA
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Why did you ask then?
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#612009 - 07/21/10 01:19 AM
Re: Obama Bumper sticker removal kit.
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Alevin
Registered: 09/06/07
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Wow!!!!! Plese stick around here. We need more humor like this. Hank is far to intelligent to represent the Con.'s.
4-4 (8th),
cds
wtfru talking about?
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#612011 - 07/21/10 01:21 AM
Re: Obama Bumper sticker removal kit.
[Re: 4Salt]
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Alevin
Registered: 09/06/07
Posts: 19
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I didn't like the condescending tone in Dan S., Chuck S. and John Lee Hookum's posts so I thought if I'd see if they, or anyone else, knew how to structure the sentence correctly.
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#612024 - 07/21/10 02:08 AM
Re: Obama Bumper sticker removal kit.
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River Nutrients
Registered: 03/07/00
Posts: 2955
Loc: Lynnwood, WA
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Ok frankie... since you so are grammatically astute, which possessive would be proper to use in this sentence?
The neighborhood committee focused their attention on the election results.
Or:
The neighborhood committee focused its attention on the election results.
The structure is similar to the the original sentence in that a village, as well as a neighborhood committee can be either a collective or a singular entity.
I believe that the use of the word "their" in the original sentence is acceptable, but you do not.
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#612041 - 07/21/10 10:22 AM
Re: Obama Bumper sticker removal kit.
[Re: 4Salt]
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Alevin
Registered: 09/06/07
Posts: 19
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Ok frankie... since you so are grammatically astute, which possessive would be proper to use in this sentence?
The neighborhood committee focused their attention on the election results.
Or:
The neighborhood committee focused its attention on the election results.
The structure is similar to the the original sentence in that a village, as well as a neighborhood committee can be either a collective or a singular entity.
I believe that the use of the word "their" in the original sentence is acceptable, but you do not. A. They're called pronouns, not possessives. B. A committee and a village are both singular nouns. Therefore the pronouns replacing them need to be singular. C. You can believe whatever you want, but you're wrong.
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