Now there's a film I never need to see again
who'd of thunk that old people slowly dying of radiation poisoning would be so depressing?
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Mon 12 Apr 2010, 16:43,
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No, not really :)
I suspect that it will be accepted as the past tense of to think before long, if it isn't already, by the OED. Using of in that sentence though shoudl be punishable by death! Or at least chemical castration....
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Mon 12 Apr 2010, 16:49,
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Ha ha, you spelt "Should" wrong
*points*
(I am joking of course, spell it any way you like)
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Mon 12 Apr 2010, 16:51,
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(I am joking of course, spell it any way you like)
Yes, people should only ever use rigid standard english.
In all circumstances.
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Mon 12 Apr 2010, 16:52,
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Do you mean morning dress or a morning suit?
Because they're quite different, don't you know?
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Mon 12 Apr 2010, 16:55,
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I think you mean "use of it", or alternatively, "its use".
"Using of it" is both grammatically and vernacularly incorrect.
I bite my thumb at you sir.
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Mon 12 Apr 2010, 16:54,
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I bite my thumb at you sir.
Perhaps one should have put parentheses
around the word to aid our learned ex-pat friend? ;)
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Mon 12 Apr 2010, 16:56,
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Your means are very slender, and your waste is great.
Show your sheep-biting face, and be hanged an hour!
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Mon 12 Apr 2010, 17:00,
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