New Poster on OPP
Mar 10, 2018 23:53:37 #
saltwind 78 wrote:
Otismo, Welcome to the combat sight.
Here's a nice combat sight!
Sorry! Couldn't help it.
Mar 10, 2018 23:54:38 #
BigMike wrote:
I will remember that and be nice. You can cheer up a little.
Whew! I feel better already.
Mar 11, 2018 03:27:17 #
MalG wrote:
Hi,Otis Welcome to the squiggly pit of biassed discourse and occasional nuggets of logic. Here you can find some gems of wisdom buried under
the occasional sludge of ignorance and prejudice.
I am pleased to read your contribution, both for hearing about your background and also to note that you know how to spell, punctuate, and write correctly. (I assume you know the difference between the words there, their, and they're? ).
Western NY can get cold too. What was your MOS?
the occasional sludge of ignorance and prejudice.
I am pleased to read your contribution, both for hearing about your background and also to note that you know how to spell, punctuate, and write correctly. (I assume you know the difference between the words there, their, and they're? ).
Western NY can get cold too. What was your MOS?
Otis can write correctly. That makes one of you. While you were busy bemoaning the lack of epistolary eloquence here on OPP, you managed to misspell biased.
Semi-colon rather than a comma after contribution.
Mar 11, 2018 04:07:48 #
Loki wrote:
Otis can write correctly. That makes one of you. While you were busy bemoaning the lack of epistolary eloquence here on OPP, you managed to misspell biased.
Semi-colon rather than a comma after contribution.
Semi-colon rather than a comma after contribution.
Perhaps the "biassed" was intentional, as in two jackassed (doubly foolish), and who really is certain of the mysteries of semicolon use?
Mar 11, 2018 04:24:27 #
acknowledgeurma wrote:
Perhaps the "biassed" was intentional, as in two jackassed (doubly foolish), and who really is certain of the mysteries of semicolon use?
Nope, the 'biassed" was a misspelling; intentional or not. Trying to foist it off as anything else is indeed doubly foolish. As to your query regarding the "mysteries of semicolon use;" anyone with reasonable grammatical sk**ls is certain of the usage. (You will also note my own intentional deletion of the hyphen in semi-colon above; this is because either spelling is considered correct.)
Mar 11, 2018 04:57:41 #
Loki wrote:
Nope, the 'biassed" was a misspelling; intentional or not. Trying to foist it off as anything else is indeed doubly foolish. As to your query regarding the "mysteries of semicolon use;" anyone with reasonable grammatical sk**ls is certain of the usage. (You will also note my own intentional deletion of the hyphen in semi-colon above; this is because either spelling is considered correct.)
Well, because both is a coordinating conjunction some "authorities" suggest a semicolon not be used. Some suggest that the semicolon be thought of as a super-comma, to be read as a longer pause. Since the both provides a bit of a pause, adding the extra pause of the semicolon is unnecessary. As to comma usage, I was taught, "When in doubt, leave it out". But I prefer copious comma usage. And using reasonable and grammar together has always seemed oxymoronic to me.
By the way, biassed is an acceptable spelling according to:
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/biassed
But I still prefer my interpretation.
Mar 11, 2018 05:13:25 #
Quakerwidow
Loc: Chestertown, MD
acknowledgeurma wrote:
What do I really want? Though this may seem rather rhetorical, I want a more perfect Union, wherein Justice is established, domestic Tranquility insured, our common defense provided, the general Welfare promoted, and the Blessings of Liberty secured to ourselves and our Posterity.
Amen.
Mar 11, 2018 06:18:08 #
Mar 11, 2018 09:01:11 #
Otisimo
Loc: Lansing Michigan
kankune wrote:
Welcome Otis. Nice to have you here..I raised my children for 20 years in a little town called Rockford right outside of Grand Rapids. Most beautiful state I've ever lived.in. I miss it dearly. I wish you luck in trying to bring people together on here and I commend you for wanting to try....
Rockford, home of Hush Puppy shoes! Beautiful place on the banks of the Grand River. I used to go there and buy my shoes at the factory outlet store.
Mar 11, 2018 09:16:39 #
goofball
Loc: timbucktoo
acknowledgeurma wrote:
I think the whole idea of Union is not a your or a my thing, but an our thing (not in the Cosa Nostra sense). Because it is an our thing, all the other things mentioned (Justice, domestic Tranquility, etc.) require us to come to some mutual understanding, a difficult endeavor.
Unions distroyed this country! They were created only for laborer's back in the days. For people who broke their back's while getting paid almost nothing . Then everyone jumped on the band wagon, and corrupt the whole system. Even the government! So don't tell me about unions!
Mar 11, 2018 09:21:45 #
goofball
Loc: timbucktoo
acknowledgeurma wrote:
I think the whole idea of Union is not a your or a my thing, but an our thing (not in the Cosa Nostra sense). Because it is an our thing, all the other things mentioned (Justice, domestic Tranquility, etc.) require us to come to some mutual understanding, a difficult endeavor.
Mutual understanding! Not when people are getting paid to distroy everything that our constitution represents! A****A, B*M c*******t professors in our colleges! ETC.!
Mar 11, 2018 09:56:41 #
Otisimo wrote:
Hello all 😎 br About a year ago I became aware of... (show quote)
Welcome aboard, Swabby. What did you do in the canoe club?
Mar 11, 2018 10:41:40 #
acknowledgeurma wrote:
Well, because both is a coordinating conjunction s... (show quote)
Both is not a coordinating conjunction. There are seven of those.
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/coordinatingconjunction.htm
Semicolons are used to prevent run on sentences.
A semicolon is indicated to prevent a run on sentence in this case.
Reasonable is used as an adjective in my sentence. There is nothing oxymoronic about suggesting that someone possess a modicum of grammatical knowledge.
I must admit that you [sort of] got me on biased. "Biassed" is an acceptable spelling, the same as other British spellings such as colour and centre are acceptable but not preferred.
Mar 11, 2018 10:45:47 #
Otisimo
Loc: Lansing Michigan
EN Submarine Qualified wrote:
Welcome aboard, Swabby. What did you do in the canoe club?
Electrician on U.S.S. Piedmont ( Destroyer Tender) in San Pedro. And then briefly back at Great Lakes as a training instructor. Nothing too exciting but wouldn’t trade the experience for anything, I learned a ton about the real world.
Mar 11, 2018 12:16:51 #
Otisimo wrote:
Rockford, home of Hush Puppy shoes! Beautiful place on the banks of the Grand River. I used to go there and buy my shoes at the factory outlet store.
Wolverines...the best you can buy as far as I'm concerned. It truly is a beautiful little town. Use to run in and go to the coffee shop to pick up my Traverse City cherry coffee. Sometimes if it was winter I would hang around and play some chess by the fireplace with an elderly gentleman named John. What an intelligent man. We would talk politics and he would snag me bad within a couple of moves on the chess board. lol. A pleasant relationship that I will always cherish.
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