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Re: PSF thread: Torquay v Yeovil (16/7/13)

Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 11:18
by Jerry
Scott Brehaut wrote: How would you phrase the term annually retentive?

Would it be "the annually retentive man is called Gullscorer", or "the man who is annually retentive is called Gullscorer", or "the man that is annually retentive is called Gullscorer"

Or does it not matter in this case....

:devil:
Unless he was only doing it once a year I would instead use the term anally retentive. ;-)

PSF thread: Torquay v Yeovil (16/7/13)

Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 11:21
by Gullscorer
Anally. Yes! Finally, anally. That's the word I was looking for..!! Anal not annual! :-D =D

Re: PSF thread: Torquay v Yeovil (16/7/13)

Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 11:41
by Trojan 67
And there's me thinking Gullscorer was guiding Danny with his journalistic studies.

Grammar matters not to me or the hectoring from pendants, getting the gist of a double edged post does.

Point made ?

PSF thread: Torquay v Yeovil (16/7/13)

Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 11:49
by Scott Brehaut
The moment when a joke falls flat on its face because you can't spell.

FML

Re: PSF thread: Torquay v Yeovil (16/7/13)

Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 11:53
by Jerry
Trojan 67 wrote:And there's me thinking Gullscorer was guiding Danny with his journalistic studies.

Grammar matters not to me or the hectoring from pendants, getting the gist of a double edged post does.

Point made ?
Nothing wrong with your grammar Trojan, unfortunately I rarely understand your "double edged posts" anyway. :|

Any chance you could make them a bit clearer for us simple types?

Re: PSF thread: Torquay v Yeovil (16/7/13)

Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 12:02
by Trojan 67
Scott Brehaut wrote:The moment when a joke falls flat on its face because you can't spell.

FML

They need hanging, right ?

"Hang a rightie" has no ring to it.

Hang a leftie does (especially a politically correct leftie).


I'm going to leave the Frisian slip (smelling missteak) as it is.

PSF thread: Torquay v Yeovil (16/7/13)

Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 12:08
by Scott Brehaut
No idea what the hell you are on about.

I was taking the p*ss out of myself for attempting to crack a joke and then spelling the main word incorrectly.

Re: PSF thread: Torquay v Yeovil (16/7/13)

Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 12:10
by SuperNickyWroe
Scott Brehaut wrote:No idea what the hell you are on about.

I was taking the p*ss out of myself for attempting to crack a joke and then spelling the main word incorrectly.
I think he's extracting the urine about everything scotty.

Re: PSF thread: Torquay v Yeovil (16/7/13)

Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 12:32
by Behind-the-Gulls
Well it is the "silly season" ! :)

Re: PSF thread: Torquay v Yeovil (16/7/13)

Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 12:38
by Trojan 67
Jerry wrote:
Any chance you could make them a bit clearer for us simple types?

No.


I'll explain a few things though. A simple mind is an uncluttered, uncomplicated mind. Why do complicated when simple is easier ? Then there's natural. Simple people are simply natural at what they do. It is because of what they are - they are simply super.

Therein is the secret of SuperNickyWroe, oops, the supernatural.

:engflag:


Back on topic : watch tonight how really good players do things. They'll do the simple things efficiently, consistently and naturally.

The best bit of advice I've ever had : "Keep it simple"

I don't pander to ineffectuals (often miscalled intellectuals). For simple folk I find time.

Re: PSF thread: Torquay v Yeovil (16/7/13)

Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 12:42
by Trojan 67
Scott Brehaut wrote:No idea what the hell you are on about.

I was taking the p*ss out of myself for attempting to crack a joke and then spelling the main word incorrectly.

Read the "pedant" don't let the eye play tricks then it will make simple sense.

Re: PSF thread: Torquay v Yeovil (16/7/13)

Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 14:34
by PlainmoorRoar
No pokey again tonight, although at least 1 trialist, hopefully a striker!!

PSF thread: Torquay v Yeovil (16/7/13)

Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 14:34
by royalgull
You won't see Poke all pre season, torn thigh muscle.

Re: PSF thread: Torquay v Yeovil (16/7/13)

Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 14:42
by happytorq
Gullscorer wrote:Danny, just to point out that in your article you correctly mentioned 'the amount of money', but you later mentioned 'the amount of people' when you should have said 'the number of people'. To use the word 'amount' in this way is a common error, though most of the time the meaning is not lost and no harm is done.

There are often more appropriate words to use. Hence, one can say, for example: 'volume of water', 'degree of mistrust', 'amount of rubbish', the 'extent of the damage', 'the scope of the survey'. As a basic rule of thumb, where something can in theory or practice be counted (people) we would use 'number', but where something cannot be so counted (rubbish) we would use 'amount'.

Another common mistake when referring to people is to use the word 'that', when the correct word to use is 'who'. For example, it is correct to say 'the people who went to the football match', or 'the man who lost his ticket'. The word 'that' should be reserved for use in regard to inanimate objects or things otherwise lacking identity. For example, 'the dog that barked', 'the land that flooded', though it should be pointed out that, instead of 'that', the word 'which' may sometimes be more appropriate in certain contexts.

People are often confused as to the appropriateness of the word 'that' as opposed to 'which'. Basically, 'that' is used as a determiner preceding a noun, as a subordinating conjunction, an adverb, an intensifier, as a relative pronoun in restrictive clauses, or to emphasise a previous noun, whereas 'which' generally refers to my battle-axe harridan of a mother-in-law.. :whip:
This made me a cry with pride a little bit.

One that you missed is the misuse of 'less'. Less should only be used when what you're describing doesn't have a fixed number. e.g. there was less water.
If what you're describing has units that can be counted, you use 'fewer. e.g. there are fewer people.

Re: PSF thread: Torquay v Yeovil (16/7/13)

Posted: 16 Jul 2013, 14:50
by PlainmoorRoar
royalgull wrote:You won't see Poke all pre season, torn thigh muscle.
Didnt realise it was that bad!

Youth or a loan? Don't think I'd like rice in goal for a prolong period of time!