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hondaicivic
Joined: 01 Jul 2010
Location: Daegu, South Korea
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 Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:49 pm Post subject: wait list.... |
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Wait list + 100F weather = driving me insane right now.......
- Seriously, why the hell is EPIK so slow and inefficent in not letting people know if there's spots open, and making us wait until the end of July.  |
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Ramen
Joined: 15 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:53 pm Post subject: Re: wait list.... |
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| hondaicivic wrote: |
Wait list + 100F weather = driving me insane right now.......
- Seriously, why the hell is EPIK so slow and inefficent in not letting people know if there's spots open, and making us wait until the end of July. |
Because they are and they can.
If you can't take it, you don't belong in Korea. |
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hamie
Joined: 27 Nov 2009
Location: The middle of nowhere Korea
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| Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Koreans like games, they like to feel they have you by the _______ (insert word here).
Get use to it or find another option. |
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air76
Joined: 13 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 7:58 pm Post subject: Re: wait list.... |
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| hondaicivic wrote: |
| if there's spots open, |
If there are spots open.....did you have similar grammatical gaffs on your resume? Perhaps, like the Transformers, there is more than meets the eye? |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| So if people came round to your house, would you say 'there's some beers in the fridge' or 'there are some beers in the fridge? The first one is pretty widely used in spoken English. The accepted language of internet forums is generally an informal spoken style, no? |
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kissdisap
Joined: 19 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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| edwardcatflap wrote: |
| So if people came round to your house, would you say 'there's some beers in the fridge' or 'there are some beers in the fridge? The first one is pretty widely used in spoken English. The accepted language of internet forums is generally an informal spoken style, no? |
I would probably say "there's some beer in the fridge"
no S on beer |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| ok smartass, how about 'there's some apples in the fridge' or 'there are some apples in the fridge'? |
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hondaicivic
Joined: 01 Jul 2010
Location: Daegu, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:40 pm Post subject: Re: wait list.... |
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| air76 wrote: |
| hondaicivic wrote: |
| if there's spots open, |
If there are spots open.....did you have similar grammatical gaffs on your resume? Perhaps, like the Transformers, there is more than meets the eye? |
Let me guess.........you're the type of guy who usually try to correct peoples' grammar a.k.a the grammar nazi. You don't have many friends do you? |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:09 am Post subject: |
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| He's not the type of guy who usually tries to correct people's grammar. Neither am I actually, but sometimes I can't resist. |
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Louis VI
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
Location: In my Kingdom
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| Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:26 am Post subject: Re: wait list.... |
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| hondaicivic wrote: |
| Wait list + 100F weather = driving me insane right now... |
Head for the beach, and chill.  Enjoy the season. Sunday will be nice. |
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Steve_Rogers2008
Joined: 22 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:42 am Post subject: |
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And why do you PARK on a driveway, and DRIVE on a parkway?  |
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Seoulio
Joined: 02 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 2:56 am Post subject: |
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and why do we recite at a play and play at a recital.
Why is a house burning down as it's burning up
and why are fat chance and slim chance the same, but wise man and wise guy opposites.
And why does flammable and imflammable mean the same thing?
Because English is stupid boys and girls. |
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kingasiatic88
Joined: 02 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Seoulio wrote: |
And why does flammable and imflammable mean the same thing?
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aigu. |
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air76
Joined: 13 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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| edwardcatflap wrote: |
| He's not the type of guy who usually tries to correct people's grammar. Neither am I actually, but sometimes I can't resist. |
No....I am not usually the type (aside from the obvious fact that every person's job on this forum requires that they do so). I am the same as edwardcatflap, it all depends on the situation whether or not I do or don't.
In this case it was due to the irony, that you're complaining about being put on a waiting list for an English teaching job, yet make a pretty major grammatical error in the course of your complaint.
To edwardcatflap.....I agree that there are certain situations where colloquial English supersedes what is grammatically correct. I honestly would say "there are some apples in the fridge" but that's beside the point. There are other situations where I use phrases that are grammatically incorrect, so in that respect you have a point. However, what we say when we're on the couch with our mates is quite different than what we say in public....if I tell my buddy "I ain't gonna do that", this doesn't alter his personal opinion of me, but if I were to speak in this manner to a complete stranger I would certainly come off as being an uneducated buffoon. |
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lifeinkorea
Joined: 24 Jan 2009
Location: somewhere in China
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| Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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| I eM sUrE wE CaN wOrK oUt WaTtEaChPeRsOnIsTrYiNgToSaY. Ya KnOw WhAt I eM sAyInG? yA kNoW, yA kNoW, yA kNoW? |
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