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Hyeon Een
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 Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:07 am Post subject: per se per se per se per se per se per se per se per se.. |
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NOT "PER SAY"
"Per say" = "Search found 650 matches"
"Per se" = "Search found 2241 matches"
That is like 25% of people using the term incorrectly. I bet most of those aren't "Miss Qs" either. That definately winds me up much more than people with there other grammetical erors. |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:14 am Post subject: Re: per se per se per se per se per se per se per se per se. |
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| Hyeon Een wrote: |
NOT "PER SAY"
"Per say" = "Search found 650 matches"
"Per se" = "Search found 2241 matches"
That is like 25% of people using the term incorrectly. I bet most of those aren't "Miss Qs" either. That definately winds me up much more than people with there other grammetical erors. |
Tick tick tick. The net has been cast. Who will swim indignantly inside? |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:22 am Post subject: |
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You missed on, HE. It's "more then", not "more than".
And while we're on the subject, what's that rock song I keep thinking of these days? It goes something like "ooooh, baby... something-something" and then there's this great guitar riff that kinda goes like "weeeeerrrrr!, weeeerrrrrr!, WEEEEEEERRRR!", really loud, you know? And then it's "ooooh baby, you really ... something-something" -- that's the chorus. Man, that song totally rocks. Anyway, what's it called again? You hear it all the time, everyone knows it. C'mon, you know... "ooooh, baby..."? No? |
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captain planet
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:15 am Post subject: |
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| you know, i really don't think it makes that much difference how good a teacher's grammar is over here. most of the kids struggle to make cohesive and coherent sentences, and i really don't think minor spelling errors on the teacher's part is what is going to make or break a student's ability to communicate in pidgin english. and let's face it, a lot of the time, that's all we can expect. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:25 am Post subject: Re: per se per se per se per se per se per se per se per se. |
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| kermo wrote: |
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That is like 25% of people using the term incorrectly. I bet most of those aren't "Miss Qs" either. That definately winds me up much more than people with there other grammetical erors.[/u][/i] |
Tick tick tick. The net has been cast. Who will swim indignantly inside? |
Oh man, I'm gonna have to sit on my hands!!!!  |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:25 am Post subject: |
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| JongnoGuru wrote: |
You missed on, HE. It's "more then", not "more than".
And while we're on the subject, what's that rock song I keep thinking of these days? It goes something like "ooooh, baby... something-something" and then there's this great guitar riff that kinda goes like "weeeeerrrrr!, weeeerrrrrr!, WEEEEEEERRRR!", really loud, you know? And then it's "ooooh baby, you really ... something-something" -- that's the chorus. Man, that song totally rocks. Anyway, what's it called again? You hear it all the time, everyone knows it. C'mon, you know... "ooooh, baby..."? No? |
Peter Frampton. Pop / Rock section, over by Gospel. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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grammar or spelling....grammar or spelling...It's SO hard not to react.
I used to know a teacher who used 'per se' in about every third sentence, even when speaking to Koreans. Its use didn't bother me so much, per say, but the frequency did. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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Okay, I have another one to add.
"Nevermind" is a Nirvana album. |
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numazawa
Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Location: The Concrete Barnyard
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| Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| ...and then there's this great guitar riff that kinda goes like "weeeeerrrrr!, weeeerrrrrr!, WEEEEEEERRRR!", really loud, you know? |
I'm sure they stole that part. |
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Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| You missed on, HE. It's "more then", not "more than". |
Wow! My English sucks then. I would have thought it was "I like it more than XXX" Even though I guess it should really be "I like it better than XXX"
WHAT?!? I've just confused the helll out of myself.
When the heck do we say "more then"?? |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Newbie wrote: |
| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| You missed on, HE. It's "more then", not "more than". |
Wow! My English sucks then. I would have thought it was "I like it more than XXX" Even though I guess it should really be "I like it better than XXX"
WHAT?!? I've just confused the helll out of myself.
When the heck do we say "more then"?? |
When we're eating something delicious. Then we're like, "I'll have more, then." |
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Dan The Chainsawman
Joined: 05 May 2005
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| Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Vok ol zhah ves simple. Usstan ssinssrin ussta cahallin cooked xuil butter lu' onion. Er'griff t'yin orn Usstan kyon z'lonzic ulu bother answering xuil folbol yutreess. Qualla refrain dal ulin postings bauth nindol s'enar d' subject wun l' ulin p'los meal draeval!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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pegpig
Joined: 10 May 2005
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| Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| You missed on, HE. It's "more then", not "more than". |
Wow! My English sucks then. I would have thought it was "I like it more than XXX" Even though I guess it should really be "I like it better than XXX"
WHAT?!? I've just confused the helll out of myself.
When the heck do we say "more then"?? |
They were both trying to be funny. HE was intentionally making some obvious mistakes and Guru was trying to say that HE forgot to make one more mistake. It is supposed to be 'than'. (Any highschool dropout should know that.)
I can't believe I went through the effort of explaining that. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, and I also make an unintentional typo -- "on" should have been "one".
Maddening. |
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Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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I can't believe I went through the effort of explaining that. |
Oh, be nice. Everyone has brain cramps from time to time. Mine, unfortunately, has lasted about 16 months.
And I never thought of Guru as having a sense of humour so didn't clue in to the joke. Not that I really know Guru or remember many of his posts, he just happens to stick out in my head as being all business and no foolin about. (yes, i know i may be WAY off) |
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