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MsSaskia -> RE: What with all the profiles claiming to be "a dominate"? (2/23/2008 1:18:30 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Leatherist

I'm surprised that some of the dumbasses on here can find the on button.


If you can do it, they can do it.



CuriousLord -> RE: What with all the profiles claiming to be "a dominate"? (2/23/2008 1:19:44 PM)

You know what I love?  When people fifty IQ points short of me make a thread about how stupid people with ten to thirty below them are.




Lumus -> RE: What with all the profiles claiming to be "a dominate"? (2/23/2008 1:34:57 PM)

I'm surprised no one made a point of mentioning it, but since it wasn't noted...

While 'dominant' is the noun and 'dominate' the action, some people may see the act as more significant than the self - "I am what I do...I am a Dominate because I Dominate".

Mind you, confusion of the noun and verb is probably more likely.  This gives another possible venue, though. [;)]

*waits to see if CuriousLord posts his IQ*




BitaTruble -> RE: What with all the profiles claiming to be "a dominate"? (2/23/2008 1:42:42 PM)

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ORIGINAL: EvilGenie

One of the basics taught in the English language is that any form of the word lie always refers to an untruth.


Poppycock.

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Hence, the person would be telling lies in the street if lying in the street. The proper terminology *is* laying in the street. If one is lying, one is telling a lie in any form of the word such as, ''I am going to lie down.''  If one is prone or supine or about to be then the word used is always a form of lay. The words lay and lie are mutually exclusive terms.


Lie means to recline while lay means to put or place.

You would not say "I am laying on the floor in front of the television," anymore than you would say "I am putting or placing on the floor in front of the television." You are 'reclining' so, "I am lying on the floor in front of the television" is the correct usage.

A simple way to remember the rules of lie and lay is to substitute the word of which you are unsure and use 'recline' in it's place. If recline works, then lie and it's various tenses are correct.

Celeste




Raechard -> RE: What with all the profiles claiming to be "a dominate"? (2/23/2008 1:52:32 PM)

They shot me and I was reclining in the street.[8|]



BitaTruble -> RE: What with all the profiles claiming to be "a dominate"? (2/23/2008 1:59:28 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Raechard

They shot me and I was reclining in the street.[8|]


Do you have a point?

Celeste




Raechard -> RE: What with all the profiles claiming to be "a dominate"? (2/23/2008 2:01:31 PM)

I lied down and lay out on the reclining deviceamajig. Some say I was laying but they lie I say. So we didn’t know if I was lying or they were lying in the end.[:D]
 
Nope no point, apart from the amusement at how people worry about such little things in life.

(edit: +e)



stella41b -> RE: What with all the profiles claiming to be "a dominate"? (2/23/2008 2:04:10 PM)

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ORIGINAL: EvilGenie

Nope one is not ''lying'' in the street. One of the basics taught in the English language is that any form of the word lie always refers to an untruth. Hence, the person would be telling lies in the street if lying in the street. The proper terminology *is* laying in the street. If one is lying, one is telling a lie in any form of the word such as, ''I am going to lie down.''  If one is prone or supine or about to be then the word used is always a form of lay. The words lay and lie are mutually exclusive terms.

Sorry, I could not help myself. This is one of my pet peeves. As to what others have said I think that we all can be lazy at times with our writing especially on a message board. I, however, am one of those people who find things like dominate in place of Dominant highly irksome. In fact, I just had to correct myself three times as I couldn't type dominate used as a noun. I kept typing dominant.


So what about context?

'Lie' is not just a verb about spreading falsehood or untruths, but it is also a static verb like stand, sit, appear, etc.

'Lie' and 'lay' are synonyms. Just like 'while' and 'whilst'. Just like 'lie' and 'deceive'. 'Lie' has more than one meaning.

This is why context is so important, because English is a language where words can have more than one meaning. 'Get' for example has eighteen different meanings, 'set' as many as fifty eight different meanings, and so on.

This makes English possibly the easiest second language to learn in a way, because you don't have to speak it correctly to be understood, 'I go shop' is just as clear as 'I am going to the shop'. But it is also the hardest because many words can have different meanings and because English is used as a native language by many different people throughout the world, connotations of a word may vary and the context may differ. Compare the different ways in which an American uses the word 'sure' from how a Brit uses it. Think of the many different connotations of the word 'fuck' for example.

Not all languages are like this. Polish for example has one word one meaning. This is why Polish has 96 different verbs which mean 'to shit', more than any other language.



BitaTruble -> RE: What with all the profiles claiming to be "a dominate"? (2/23/2008 2:13:18 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Raechard

I lied down and lay out on the reclining deviceamajig. Some say I was laying but they lie I say. So we didn’t know if I was lying or they were lying in the end.[:D]
 
Nope no point, apart from the amusement at how people worry about such little things in life.

(edit: +e)


::shrugs:: I don't find education to be such a little thing in life. We all have our priorities.

Celeste



Raechard -> RE: What with all the profiles claiming to be "a dominate"? (2/23/2008 2:14:07 PM)

Aye that we do I spose.[8|]



outlier -> RE: What with all the profiles claiming to be "a dominate"? (2/23/2008 2:29:44 PM)

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ORIGINAL: BitaTruble

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ORIGINAL: Raechard

I lied down and lay out on the reclining deviceamajig. Some say I was laying but they lie I say. So we didn’t know if I was lying or they were lying in the end.[:D]
 
Nope no point, apart from the amusement at how people worry about such little things in life.

(edit: +e)


::shrugs:: I don't find education to be such a little thing in life. We all have our priorities.

Celeste


Celeste,

I ran across this quote today which seems appropriate here:

"Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind,
our duty is to furnish it well."  Peter Ustinov

Outlier



dcnovice -> RE: What with all the profiles claiming to be "a dominate"? (2/23/2008 2:34:30 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Raechard

They shot me and I was reclining in the street.[8|]

[sm=biggrin.gif] [sm=biggrin.gif]




Raechard -> RE: What with all the profiles claiming to be "a dominate"? (2/23/2008 2:34:35 PM)

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure - Samuel Johnson

and that is why I play darts.[8|]



kitttty -> RE: What with all the profiles claiming to be "a dominate"? (2/23/2008 2:44:02 PM)

ditto.



dcnovice -> RE: What with all the profiles claiming to be "a dominate"? (2/23/2008 2:44:32 PM)

God, I haven't played darts in ages. It doesn't seem to be a big thing here.



Sundowner -> RE: What with all the profiles claiming to be "a dominate"? (2/23/2008 2:48:07 PM)

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ORIGINAL: SailingBum

....

I pretty much have to agree with everything you say cuz you have a boat for a icon.... even if it is a stink boat.

BadOne



rofl

I have to forgive you for the "stink boat" comment - anyone who sails (and is into CM) can't be all bad  :)

(And two thoughts - you can't be a completely "BadOne", so don't give way to thoughts of suicide. But if you're dead set on it I have to say the noose you have prepared (see your pic) is probably going to be just a tad too small for the job).




Raechard -> RE: What with all the profiles claiming to be "a dominate"? (2/23/2008 2:48:23 PM)

Hello dc nice to see you. I have to confess to the fact you are more likely to get hit by a dart I throw if you are standing a long way from that circular thing hanging on the wall. Soon though my darts skills will be world class all I need is a powerful magnet. [8|]



dcnovice -> RE: What with all the profiles claiming to be "a dominate"? (2/23/2008 2:59:17 PM)

There used to be a great bar here where one could play darts while eating fabulously unhealthy food, but alas they've closed.



Dnomyar -> RE: What with all the profiles claiming to be "a dominate"? (2/23/2008 3:02:07 PM)

Another damm english lesson. No I won't capitalize a third world country.



Sundowner -> RE: What with all the profiles claiming to be "a dominate"? (2/23/2008 3:04:56 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Noah

...

How many times in this thread has the adjective "submissive" been used as a noun? Why are we not tearing hair and gnashing teeth about that error?

Partly, I think, because in English rules follow usage. We appreciate this when we are not lodged uncomfortably up on our high horses.

As it happens, and the nounification of "submissive" has been going on for two or three days longer than the nounification of dominate. Submissive, used as a noun, is no longer a clear cut case of an error.

Given the prevalence of the "error" it is even now being reclassified as acceptable usage by lexicographers as well as by those posting to this thread. I wonder how long it will take for this to happen to the noun "dominate".

I think the noun "dominate" is ugly. I don't see that it arises from anything particularly good or worthwhile. I would like to see less and less of it.

I think the noun "dominate" has a good deal in common with this thread.


Four points extra credit:

Find the spelling, punctuation, grammar and vocabulary errors in this post.

Or call in the glazier for some remedial work on your house.



I know this was about something else Noah but I just had to have a go for the 4 extra points.

Being pedantic (and I'm either a pedant or a pederast - never could work out the difference) the highlighted sentence isn't actually a sentence in the normal "well constructed sentence" sense. It's a hanging sentence and, in common usage, incorrect grammatically. I therefore claim my points. And as for the new word "nounification", well words fail. Do I get double points?

And as an aside, since you know a glazier, could you give me his number? I've been throwing these stones too you see and what with my house being a glasshouse .............



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