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Of course, if everyone would do that instead of just impatiently declaring who's an idiot blah blah....

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ORIGINAL: HannahLynHeather

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Of course, if everyone would do that instead of just impatiently declaring who's an idiot blah blah....

that would take all the fucking fun out of it!!

spoil sport!

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ORIGINAL: HannahLynHeather

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How about you just answer the question so we can see if there's a crossed wire?

yea there was a wire crossed, what he said was that canadians were pretty much like americans except for the ones who were predominantly french.

of course he's clearly never fucking heard of newfies.

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ORIGINAL: Focus50

Uh-ohhh - so the term "French Canadian" would be a figment of my own imagination?

Focus.

I do have to interject that Canada does have a large French Canadian presence and from my travels, the bulk can be found in at least half of Ontario, most areas of Quebec and even the Eastern provinces has areas which are predominantly French Canadian. So yes, it is common for travellers to come across a large percentage of the population who are French Canadian or of French Canadian descent. And yes zephyr.....even in the western provinces one will come across communitie sthat have french speaking people! So I understand that if a foreign traveller visited an area with a predominant french speaking population, they would get the impression that Canada is mainly French Canadian..it is an innocent deduction.

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ORIGINAL: HannahLynHeather

for fuck's sake, he didn't say most canadians were french. he said the canadians who were mostly french weren't like americans. go back and read what old torpedo head wrote.

now smarten the fuck up and stop putting me in the position of defending him, he and i are supposed to be fucking forum foes.

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ORIGINAL: HannahLynHeather

for fuck's sake, he didn't say most canadians were french. he said the canadians who were mostly french weren't like americans. go back and read what old torpedo head wrote.

now smarten the fuck up and stop putting me in the position of defending him, he and i are supposed to be fucking forum foes.

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He is sorta scary actually..

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ORIGINAL: sunshinemiss

This is an excellent example of why commas are important.  *adjusts teacher glasses*



....except for the Canadians, who seem predominantly French, blah blah blah =  all Canadians seem French - commas surrounding the relative phrase which restates the noun - Canada - prior to it.

....except for the Canadians who seem predominantly French blah blah blah = some Canadians seem French - no comma puts the relative noun as a method to differentiate these Canadians from those Canadians.


And people think grammar doesn't matter.  Tut tut!

(Note my use of flag appropriate colors).

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ORIGINAL: HannahLynHeather

of course he's clearly never fucking heard of newfies.

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ORIGINAL: wandersalone

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ORIGINAL: sunshinemiss

This is an excellent example of why commas are important.  *adjusts teacher glasses*



....except for the Canadians, who seem predominantly French, blah blah blah =  all Canadians seem French - commas surrounding the relative phrase which restates the noun - Canada - prior to it.

....except for the Canadians who seem predominantly French blah blah blah = some Canadians seem French - no comma puts the relative noun as a method to differentiate these Canadians from those Canadians.


And people think grammar doesn't matter.  Tut tut!

(Note my use of flag appropriate colors).

Just checking Sunny, as far as I can see, Focus did insert the comma into the right place in his sentence to highlight that he was comparing one group of Canadians to another.  Are you just confirming that he did?

See below -

Let's see, except for the Canadians who seem predominantly French, the rest seem the same as Americans.

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ORIGINAL: tj444

He is sorta scary actually..

Whoa - big warm teddybear, thankyaverymuch!

Focus.

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now smarten the fuck up and stop putting me in the position of defending him, he and i are supposed to be fucking forum foes.

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Even their fucking beavers are poisonous!

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ORIGINAL: SuzeCheri

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Even their fucking beavers are poisonous!

Well that would explain why the Australian men on here are so sour, now wouldn't it?