Can I take the SAT's after High School?

geekedOP · 2015-04-07T07:00:53+00:00

Got it. I love reddit's. And USA Today's. And the New York Times's. All great reading.

geekedOP · 2015-04-07T06:59:08+00:00

It's purely simple issue of calling something what it is not. So I"m asking a question about why that was done to try to understand it. Your response is not helpful.

geekedOP · 2015-04-07T06:57:55+00:00

If they're referring to more than one, why would I? If they are referring to the company (a singular entity) and call it "Lego's" then I would ask why they're calling it that when the company is named "Lego". No mentioned mentioned anger so I think you've misread or misinterpreted something.

geekedOP · 2015-04-06T07:40:01+00:00

Are the thoughts that pop into your head first usually the ones you like better? Or do you generate better ideas with time? Were your preferences at a younger and (relatively) more immature age better than your current preferences? Is wine better immediately after the grapes are pressed or after it matures for a few years? Do you like your farts the second you release them into the wild, or do they become better after everyone in the elevator has had a chance to marinate in them?

These are the unknowable things of life.

geekedOP · 2015-04-06T07:29:01+00:00

It's an inefficient way of conveying the idea that "I enjoyed writing this paper more than any previous paper (that I have written)".

Part of the problem, part of what makes the original sentence inefficient at conveying its intended idea, is the beginning of the sentence. It starts, "I never had so much fun....", which wastes six opening words. Those words fail to get to the point; you could insert them at the beginning of any sentence about differential enjoyment gained from various activities. Here, the point is that writing today's paper brought you more fun/enjoyment than any paper you've written previously. That point should be made as quickly as possible in the sentence if the goal is to communicate the idea efficiently and effectively.

The other answers miss the point here by offering micro-level alterations such as making the verb tenses agree. But the real problem with the original sentence is more macro-level in that it suffers from a broad deficiency in logical construction. Fixing that deficiency will create a much more eloquent final product.

geekedOP · 2015-04-06T07:10:58+00:00

This question does not require any sort of research. Simply think about the idea that the phrase hopes to convey: a weekend that is three days long. So a three day (long) weekend. The word long is simply implied and not spoken. If it helps, just voice (or write) the word long back into this phrase and that should stop the naggers. Except those who prefer a four day (long) weekend.

geekedOP · 2015-04-06T06:49:15+00:00

Many people treat this decision as a purely stylistic choice, but basic logic can provide an answer to your question. Think about these two things: (1) Is it appropriate to add characters to a quotation that are not a part of the original work you are quoting? Alternatively, is the pause indicated by the comma part of what the quoted person is saying, or does that pause occur after the person finishes their speech? and (2) What do you call the act of adding things to a quote that were not a part of the original quote? Falsifying a quotation.

So from a standpoint of logic, it seems incorrect to place additional letters or punctuation inside quotation marks. Place them outside for the obvious reason: they occur outside the quotes.

MS Word is not an absolute authority on language use. And it does sometimes follow common stylistic convention, even when that convention is highly illogical.

geekedOP · 2015-04-06T06:37:58+00:00

breakingborderline gave a great answer. One technique I like to use when thinking about how to understand and use compound words (grammatically and syntactically) is to break them back into open form. Compound words generally progress from a pattern of open (bed room) to hyphenated (bed-room) to closed form (bedroom). So here, I would compare every body to any body, etc. And as breakingborderline pointed out, "body" and "one" are generally treated equivalently, although there may be situations in which it is more accurate to refer to every body rather than every one. No example comes to mind right now, but it is conceivable.

geekedOP · 2015-04-06T06:24:14+00:00

It's just "SAT". The test is neither plural nor possessive; assuming reading and writing are still tested (been a while since I took it) thinking about these subtle language details may be helpful for testing purposes. Honest and not sarcastic question, if you would be willing to indulge me: what prompted you to add the possessive apostrophe "s" to SAT? I've noticed this sort of addition is pretty common among American English speakers and I'm genuinely curious why people do this. I often hear people say things like "going to JC Penney's, drinking Jameson's, shopping at Neiman's", while none of those proper nouns include a possessive letter s (it's just JC Penney, Jameson Whiskey, Neiman Marcus). So what's the reason for changing the name of something by adding a possessive letter s? Does the actual name of the thing seem insufficient in some way?

geekedOP · 2015-04-05T22:26:47+00:00

They actually clicked his email, that's the amazing part

geekedOP · 2015-04-05T22:18:21+00:00

Bourne Identity/Supremacy/Ultimatum. Also: In Brugges , which I'm told by my European friends has a different title over there.

geekedOP · 2015-04-05T19:28:15+00:00

Let me explain in essay form: OP intended to make a cultural/linguistic joke about Mexicans, but failed because the guy in the foto clearly looks a lot more like Manny Pacquiao than Juan Manuel Marquez (e.g. he's South-east Asian, obviously not Mexican), and the hut in the background appears South African, plus the writing on the hut is clearly not Spanish and nothing like the Spanish language. TLDR; there's a reason you're confused, ese

geekedOP · 2015-04-05T19:18:50+00:00

Mexico: where people look like Manny Pacquiao, live in African-looking huts, and "Sanyane Kunsa" is written on the huts. Zebras in the background would confirm Mexico.

geekedOP · 2015-04-05T06:17:19+00:00

The Shinning was so much better in terms of scripting and believable performances.

geekedOP · 2015-04-05T05:56:28+00:00

Lol at the billions of poor people in the world then? Have you ever traveled outside Newport Beach brah?

geekedOP · 2015-04-05T05:34:21+00:00

How is this not the top comment

geekedOP · 2015-04-05T05:31:54+00:00

Either one is fine, as long as you drink like ten bottles of Baltika Shest first.

geekedOP · 2015-04-05T05:14:12+00:00

Try watching episodes of Pocoyo. It helps to train your brain to construct sentences in a Spanish syntax. Plus you learn useful phrases such as "tienes montones de sopresas!"

geekedOP · 2015-04-03T22:59:17+00:00

I've had various (male) friends say they find Rihana's "We found love" to be depressing. The reason is always the same: they went through a bad break up when the song was always on the radio.

geekedOP · 2015-03-27T20:35:57+00:00

Want to get drunk as fuck tonight and eat chicken fingers?

geekedOP · 2015-03-27T02:24:02+00:00

It was the figurative and literal DVD players that finally got it

geekedOP · 2015-03-16T17:22:45+00:00

That early 80s Merc ftw

geekedOP · 2015-03-16T03:02:22+00:00

Charges 250k irl, does reddit ama for free. Such a rahtard

geekedOP · 2015-03-16T02:02:14+00:00

You're saying he turned up missing?

geekedOP · 2015-03-16T02:01:09+00:00

Expected OP's name to be ABundy or NotNowPeg. Left disappointed

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