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Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
One good test, if you are unsure, is to remove the friend from the equation. Which is correct?
1. Wonder Nuns is the name of the band that I have.
2. Wonder Nuns is the name of the band that me have.
Clearly, it is the first. Now we put the friend back in:
Wonder Nuns is the name of the band that my friend and I have.
1. Wonder Nuns is the name of the band that I have.
2. Wonder Nuns is the name of the band that me have.
Clearly, it is the first. Now we put the friend back in:
Wonder Nuns is the name of the band that my friend and I have.
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That is an interesting possibility. I am unsure whether you would then need a period after the question mark, in that case. Quotes would probably clarify it, as you have exemplified.Teplin wrote:Maybe it actually is "The Wonder Nuns?". Like the band "Therapy?".Spud wrote: 3. Why the question mark at the end?
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Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
My solution is as follows.
"There exists a band that calls itself Wonder Nuns, which is comprised of two individuals: myself, and my associate."
"There exists a band that calls itself Wonder Nuns, which is comprised of two individuals: myself, and my associate."
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Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
My goodness! Who knew that typing the way I talk would cause such a fuss? Maybe I should write like a textbook and everyone would be happy? I am sorry Spud's little daughter. Please forgive me. I only meant my best.
Look at me, here I go, I am going to clarify.
My friend and I are both co-owners of an outfit titled "The Wonder Nuns". He plays drums like he's in a heavy metal band, while I play guitar like Bob Dylan is singing the prettiest story in my ear.
Gosh, this is all rather sudden for a single sentence that I typed at 1 a.m.
Look at me, here I go, I am going to clarify.
My friend and I are both co-owners of an outfit titled "The Wonder Nuns". He plays drums like he's in a heavy metal band, while I play guitar like Bob Dylan is singing the prettiest story in my ear.
Gosh, this is all rather sudden for a single sentence that I typed at 1 a.m.
Gimmie one good reason not to do it.
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Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
Have we ruled out the possibility that Ethan and his friends are actually nuns?
Then, when he said "my friend and I's band is Wonder Nuns? " - he was really only guilty of using the wrong part of the verb "to be" and he meant "my friend and I's band ARE Wonder Nuns"? (OK...ignoring the whole "I's" issue and the inappropriate capitalisatons)
I like to think that Ethan looks like this:
Ethan is hot!
Then, when he said "my friend and I's band is Wonder Nuns? " - he was really only guilty of using the wrong part of the verb "to be" and he meant "my friend and I's band ARE Wonder Nuns"? (OK...ignoring the whole "I's" issue and the inappropriate capitalisatons)
I like to think that Ethan looks like this:
Ethan is hot!
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I felt a lot healthier before I read that.Caravan Ray wrote:I like to think that Ethan looks like this:
Ethan is hot!
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Why is Kevin Spacey teaching English on a plantation? I'll bet the mint julep in his hand got cropped out of the photo...
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Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
You talking about Spud?Rabid Garfunkel wrote:Why is Kevin Spacey teaching English on a plantation? I'll bet the mint julep in his hand got cropped out of the photo...
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I thought Spud may be going through a Truman Capote phase.Rabid Garfunkel wrote:Why is Kevin Spacey teaching English on a plantation? I'll bet the mint julep in his hand got cropped out of the photo...
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Take in stride, sir. Wait until you actually submit a song. I wouldn't beat you up if I didn't care.Ethan wrote:Gosh, this is all rather sudden for a single sentence that I typed at 1 a.m.
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Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
Grammar hazing seems to be a newbie ritual. Welcome aboard!Ethan wrote:My goodness! Who knew that typing the way I talk would cause such a fuss? Maybe I should write like a textbook and everyone would be happy?
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Fixed.slats wrote:Grammar hazing seems to be anewbieritual. Welcome aboard!
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I didn't get my grammar picked apart.
I feel so unloved.
I feel so unloved.
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The world needs to accept the idea of a rhetorical question mark.Spud wrote:As you can tell, I have not given up. There should be a question mark at the end of that last sentence.The Weakest Suit wrote:that doesn't matter anymore. public schools and the internet have killed grammar as we knew it. math, too. as long as you can quote Bright Eyes, and grow bangs long enough to be in your eyes, what else really matters.Spud wrote:I am pretty sure there is no such word as "I's".
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Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
Niveous wrote:The world needs to accept the idea of a rhetorical question mark.
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...just not that one.
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