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Makes sense, prof. Witnessing is seeing that makes a moral judgement. The JE, just as does Emeril, kicks it up a notch. Bam!

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General Earwa / Re: Earwan Jokes
« on: April 19, 2017, 02:14:47 pm »
Bravo, gents! "Xerius az-ahar Tattak".....damn good one, if I must say so myself (and, yes, it appears that I must).😊

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General Earwa / Re: How to read TGO books
« on: April 19, 2017, 12:23:20 pm »
 I'll note that the prevalent use of multiple POVs has contributed to my difficulties in reading a narrative linearly. Once an author establishes multiple POVs, I become somewhat "unmoored", and I begin skipping ahead to follow a POV of which I don't want to let go.

At this point, TSA and I are such old friends that I'm just dipping in and out of the series the way Kellhus dips in and out of the Probability Trance.

Geoffrobro, I concur.

NronFisher, I am wit chu on Kelmomas. #kelmomasmustdie

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General Earwa / Re: Earwan Jokes
« on: April 18, 2017, 08:45:32 pm »
Aaaaand we are BACK! With REDEAGL'S HORRIBLE PUNS PART 2

1- Anasûrimbor Möenghthem named his son Anasûrimbor Kellhthem and he kelled them indeed...

2- Do you know why the Norsirai are homophobic?  because they are from Gae loath.

3-There were Inrithi factions and Outrithi factions in Eärwa.

4- There are two empires: the Nansur empire and the Nan not so sure empire.

5-Do you know what is Europe's most holy land?  it is the Holy AmotEU.

6- Once there were two celebrities, one had huge fame, the other had huge Inri Sejenus.

7- There were two Nansur emperors: Xerius and Xerno.

7.a. What is the full name of Xerius?  Xerius az-ahar Tattak!
I admit my ignorance  :( and DEMAND explanation for this Holy PUN.
Phonetic puns are my favorites.

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General Earwa / Re: Earwan Jokes
« on: April 18, 2017, 08:21:45 pm »
Aaaaand we are BACK! With REDEAGL'S HORRIBLE PUNS PART 2

1- Anasûrimbor Möenghthem named his son Anasûrimbor Kellhthem and he kelled them indeed...

2- Do you know why the Norsirai are homophobic?  because they are from Gae loath.

3-There were Inrithi factions and Outrithi factions in Eärwa.

4- There are two empires: the Nansur empire and the Nan not so sure empire.

5-Do you know what is Europe's most holy land?  it is the Holy AmotEU.

6- Once there were two celebrities, one had huge fame, the other had huge Inri Sejenus.

7- There were two Nansur emperors: Xerius and Xerno.

7.a. What is the full name of Xerius?  Xerius az-ahar Tattak!

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General Earwa / Re: Self acclaimed grammar police
« on: April 18, 2017, 05:12:53 pm »
Wilshire,  what was that dictum of Chekhov's? If a pun appears in the first act....

This thread sure went to hell quickly.  ;)

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General Earwa / Re: Self acclaimed grammar police
« on: April 18, 2017, 04:53:08 pm »
<heavy sigh>

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General Earwa / Re: Self acclaimed grammar police
« on: April 18, 2017, 04:41:49 pm »
No puns on the grammar thread, Redeagl, IF you please.
(kilogrammar.....damn, that's a good one!)

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General Earwa / Re: Earwan Jokes
« on: April 18, 2017, 04:11:44 pm »
Gag me with an Agonic Collar......

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General Earwa / Re: Self acclaimed grammar police
« on: April 18, 2017, 04:06:16 pm »
I think sincere men of good will can discuss any subject civilly and productively. Well, maybe not music.....😊. But getting heated over grammar....well, maybe only on a forum devoted to a writer. Cheers, one and all!

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General Earwa / Re: Self acclaimed grammar police
« on: April 18, 2017, 02:42:54 pm »
You moderators rock!

It's been a long time since we've had to do any moderating - I don't accept the compliment ;) . Nonetheless, I appreciate the sentiment.
Not a moderator? Then, as Malowebi said to Kellhus, "What are you?"
Wouldn't 'classified as pedantic', rather than 'pedantry', be more correct? - lol.
<heavy sigh> Now we're getting deep in the grammatical forest, W. I think you are correct. I should have written "classified as examples of pedantry".

Always one thought too many, Wilshire!

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General Earwa / Re: Self acclaimed grammar police
« on: April 18, 2017, 01:50:06 pm »
lol, thanks for the help. I do strive for communicative clarity, but I think this falls under the scope of pedantry. I, oft accused to being a pedant myself, can at least commiserate with your affliction... We all have our own demons.

Follow up question: Is the sentence still correct without 'you' up front (leaving the rest of the corrections as-is)?

If you had eliminated "you", your original sentence would have been grammatically correct. IOW, the following sentence is correct: "The original fan loses nothing -- but gains the world."

Just about all discussion about grammar could be classified as pedantry. As you say, demons.....thanks for your commiseration.

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General Earwa / Re: Earwan Jokes
« on: April 18, 2017, 12:51:02 pm »
Sweet Sejenus, Redeagl...... ;D
That's what the Inrithi say. Fanim say Sour Sejenus.
Gonna be a long morning.....smh!

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General Earwa / Re: Earwan Jokes
« on: April 18, 2017, 12:19:40 pm »
Sweet Sejenus, Redeagl...... ;D

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General Earwa / Re: Self acclaimed grammar police
« on: April 18, 2017, 12:29:02 am »
OK.  If you were to write, "The original fan loses nothing, but gains the world.", that would be correct. If you replace "the original fan" with "you", you are moving from third person to second person, and therefore the verb form changes from "loses" and "gains" to "lose" and "gain".

Now, in your sentence, you write, "You, the original fan, loses nothing -- but gains the world." A sentence can only have one subject, and in this sentence, the subject is "you". "The original fan" is a descriptive clause that refers to the subject, "you", and so the sentence should read, "You, the original fan, lose nothing -- but gain the world."

Hope that's helpful. Thanks for starting a new thread. You moderators rock!

BFK is a Judge.

A Nazi. Grammar Nazi, that is.

Guilty as charged, gentlemen.

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