Chat in English (英語で雑談) Part 74

>>949
http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/#73
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/myself.html
> It is I or it is me? According to the Merriam Webster's Dictionary of the
> English Language,"...instead of the old choice between right and wrong we
> are now choosing a style; it is a choice that is much closer to the reality
> of usage than the old one was...Clearly, both the it is I and it's me
> patterns are in reputable use and have been for a considerable time. It is
> I tends to be used in more formal or more stuffy situations; it's me
> predominates in real and fictional speech and in a more relaxed writing
> style. Him, her, us, and them may be less common after the verb to be than
> me is, but they are far from rare and are equally good" (566, 568).
=
> Patricia O'Conner, author of Woe Is I, says, "It's OK to use It is me, It's
> her, and similar constructions, instead of the technically correct but
> stuffier It is I, That's he, and It's she.... Unless you're addressing the
> Supreme Court or the Philological Society, you can drop the formality (186).
By the way..
x yonger
o younger

http://www.grammarphobia.com/ <-- that looks like fun
http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/ nice tips

>>943
...Somehow auto-fellatio sounds horribly boring. I've never really been interested
in having sex with myself: I don't feel attracted to myself.
But then again I reckon it's good not to be narcissistic, so it's okay :-D
And giving oneself a blowjob sounds rather sucky (no pun intended..
okay, so maybe a little), and nor do I have the bendability of a snake, so
that in combo with lack of penis ensures that the thought never would cross
my mind.
Although I lack male genes as well as penis (I'm terribly sorry for
dissapointing you) I'm not particularly traditional about/nor keen on gender
roles. I say, let people be and behave like whatever they're happy being
and behaving (as long as it's not something harmful and makes things better).
I'm just glad I wasn't born "the wrong" gender. I've met a few people like
that, it's heart-breaking to listen to their stories sometimes. =(

>>944
Yes, quite manly. Especially his muscular build and strength.
And he's also girly: I adore his long, angelic hair. It's so pretty and
makes him look so cute! x-D I'm glad he decided to let it grow, many
years ago xD

>>952
That is something different, k-tan. That is talking about the fact that sentences with linking verbs such as "to be"
have a subject and a predicate nominative rather than a subject and direct object like a transitive verb with have.

>>949's issue was whether or not the word "than" can be used as a preposition.
Some grammarians say that it is always a conjunction and thus one should always
follow it with nouns in the nominative case.

To explain better, they say that "He is taller than her." is wrong because
the full sentence would be "He is taller than she is.", and thus the
correct short form would be "He is taller than she."

I disagree with that, though. As a native speaker of English,
"He is taller than she." sounds wrong to me, and "He is taller than her."
sounds natural...

Correction:
"like a transitive verb WOULD have"

hey,
i trying to English.
English is very difficult.

http://www.click2houston.com/news/10670235/detail.html

A ten-year old boy in Houston, Texas hung himself in imitation
of Saddam Hussein's execution... Isn't it shocking that a ten-year old
could do that without anyone's help?

>>954
>"He is taller than she." sounds wrong to me, and "He is taller than her."
I think both sound natural, but that's because I'm horribly used to overabbreviated sentences.
and thus "He is taller than she." Just makes me think of "He is taller than what she is."
and "He is taller than her." makes me think of "He is taller than her height."

>>957
Not really. Sadly.

>>958
Well, in everyday conversations. people would always say "than her"
and not "than she".

>>960
Yeah, I know. I was just explaining why both sound as natural to me, even though
I know that the latter one is more common.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy-vtwB8BhE
"What is Love" by Howard Jones.
I adore this song.. That entire album, really.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5GG7kKmozY
same artist, same album, different song: "Hide and Seek"

Time for me to run off. (^-^)/~

>>962
I listened to it and I liked it.

I am emo, so I like this song.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=56Mhq32_dGs
Simple Plan - Welcome to my Life

"Is this love"by White Snake is great, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujnH4yNqL8E

Without me, this thread doesn't go smoothly. It's so sad.

>>954

Some people try to make grammar prescriptive instead of descriptive.
To a certain point it does make sense; if people diverge too much from
each other you end up with branches in the language that cannot communicate.
However, people also quib over such trivialities as split infinitives, ending
a sentence with a preposition, less vs. fewer, and these cases where it
does not really matter.

How the hell do you use this website?

what do you think about Yuki Muto incindent?

Let's play a RIDDLE!
What has nothing but a head and a tail?

A SNAKE

>>970
Coin?

Yes,coin!

Oguri Jun is a tall and handsome actor. I am a akihabara-type NEET.
which do you wanna marry( if you were a girl)?

how old are you?

I am 32 years old NEET. oguri jun is about 21 i bet

how do you survive without job??

I have been a neet for abour a dozen years!
don't continue such worthless question any more!
I love child actress. people around me a lolicon
which do you love?

you are creepy lolicon!

Yes that's right. I am a creepy lolicn

Chat in English (英語で雑談) Part 75
http://academy4.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/english/1168099164/

would you enjoy licking pussy of 5 year old girl?

suck my cock!

nobody will suck your cock. for ever!

why? My cock is very large! it can satisfy you

because youre NEET! get it buddy? you should quit NEET scene first.

What? what are you talkin about? my job is a teacher for elementy pupils in jyuku

I thought you were that lolicon guy

lol

I will be happy!

no you wont be happy! you should quit neet scene first!

I'm drawing on http://www.sketchswap.com/ and I keep getting drawings signed VIP.
VIPPERs, in /my/ sketchswap? More likely than I think it seems.

>>981
Cheers! ^-^v

>>949 (and to amplify upon >>954 )
In the phrase [foo] is [something] than [bar], [foo] is a subject, and
[bar] is an indirect object. So:
He is taller than her; she is shorter than him; they are both shorter than
me (because I am taller than them.)

You'll occasionally see people using direct objects to be "poetic" or
hypercorrective, but they're not technically "correct".

Also, 994 GET.

>>994
Grammatically, e.g. "He is shorter than SHE" and "She is taller than I" are correct, because
as >>954 mentioned those are the shortened versions of "He is shorter than SHE IS" and "She is taller than I AM."
If we take your argument, the original sentences would have to become
"He is shorter than HER IS" and "She is taller than ME AM", which are obviously wrong.
So in academic papers, for example, you would not want to write
"He is shoter than her" or "She is taller than me."
However, if you only argue that those grammatically correct usages are
not common in our daily conversation, you are right, but please note at the
same time that those who use the correct sentences in question are not
necessarily being poetic or hypercorrective.

>>994
What's the point of proudly declaring you got 994?
You just get the hang of 2ch nonsense?

I am happy. So happy...

I'm also very happy that tomorrow is monday but I don't have to go to
work because it's the coming of age day.

In America, the monday after next monday is Martin Luther King day.
So it's a week after your holiday.

What do people do on Martin Luther King's day?

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