Off TopicAre you a QOTWer? Do you want to start a thread that isn't a direct answer to the current QOTW? Then this place, gentle poster, is your friend.
(
rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
« Go Back | Popular
Being a real-life grammar nazi is hardI've been having arguments over the last couple of days regarding the use of the word "action". Yes, I know, old ground. Those who are now in the "action is a verb" camp are utterly unwilling to acknowledge that they are clearly wrong, citing such laudable sources as "dictionary.com" to prop up their clearly unwinnable case. I know of only one form where it's appropriate to use the word as a verb and that is when you launch a legal action.
I've made a water-tight argument based on actual fact rather than simply shouting louder and louder about something I want to be true and all that's happened is that the incorrect parties are sitting in a self-satisfied cloud of smugness, oblivious to their stupidity, whilst I am apoplectic with rage at having been compared to David Mitchell after my possibly ill-judged rant about online dictionaries.
How have you made yourself look slightly foolish despite being in the right?
(
Kroney, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 11:49,
8 replies,
latest was 16 years ago)
I assumed he was baiting(
Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 11:54,
Reply)
Such an awkward momentWhen you argue and argue about something, even though the point is rpetty much irrelevant, and you know you're right but everybody's shaking their head saying let it go. But you won't let up and can't understand why NOBODY IS LISTENING.
I think that's where you might be, and I feel for you. It's a dark place.
(
whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 11:56,
Reply)
It's two stopsdown the train line from "Office Shootout Central".
(
Kroney, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 12:00,
Reply)
- and two stops short of Barking.(
Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Thu 22 Apr 2010, 12:06,
Reply)
« Go Back | Reply To This »