How does one carry oneself "pristinely?" It may be an adverb but I don't see how it applies to walking. Does that mean walking in a perfect and unblemished way? What exactly is it supposed to fucking mean?

(I typed this pristinely)

I think her usage was fine. "pristinely" is an adverb, modifying "carried". You can carry yourself sadly, happily, slowly, quickly, or pristinely.

My first post didn't make it until saved months later (thanks sg!). My first sifted video was a TDS clip of the guy that gave his Purple Heart to Bush. I really wanted to get rid of that 'P' quickly and TDS was even more popular then than it is now. Sadly it was yanked never to return. In any case, I immediately posted three others that seemed likely to sift -

Dave Chapelle on Charlie Rose
The Adverb Song
A news story about stoners in Canada

What do those say about me? I like to burn the herb while watching longer, interesting videos, and I'm really just a kid at heart - chronology notwithstanding. KidSift was the first collective I joined. (Whatever happend to James??)

"mary is fucking beautiful" is an adverb, not an adjective.

>> ^rottenseed:
Always lighthearted and never one to take an aggressive stance against anybody; schmawy is a constant reminder for all of us when we're all taking ourselves and this site too seriously.
...did I use that semicolon correctly?


Since you asked. I believe it should be a comma. Semicolons combine two complete sentences or two complete sentences using a conjunctive adverb or a bunch of clauses or phrases. Did I just nerd this place up? Yeah? Then, let me drop the maturity here a bit... Exploded ass gravy! Bird num nums! Poopie! Cat farts!

Hey I learned a new word! Thanks John K. Samson!

a·skance /əˈskæns/ Pronunciation[uh-skans]
–adverb
1. with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval: He looked askance at my offer.
2. with a side glance; sidewise; obliquely.

LOLly LOLly LOLly get your adverbs here!

(And don't even think about it, because it's already been done. ARRRGH!)

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Hey Kronos! I think you will enjoy my new submission and the video description.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Powerstation-Some-Like-It-Hot

Oh dear. This is sort of what I do for a living, so I probably will write too much, but I can't resist.

In essence, I agree with Johnald_Chaffinch, although there are caveats. That is, you must write to audiences, and people judge you by your writing. If you write to one audience using the manner of another, they will be more resistant to your message. I assure you, the number of people who will think less of you for using a plural verb with a singular noun is not small. Not that I necessarily like this (I hate it that my colleagues think less of someone who says "the data is..." instead of "the data are..." but they do), but I don't make the rules. No one person makes the rules. In some sense, the rules change like a probability wave, and deciding when you don't care to follow an old rule is not a simple thing to do consciously, though it is often very simple if you do it unconsciously.

Now grammar proscribers are often annoying, and often ill-informed (such as when people in America started railing against the word "hopefully" being used as a sentential adverb meaning "it is to be hoped" when it had been used in that manner for, literally, centuries), but not everyone who wants to talk about historically correct usage of words is wrong, and some are very entertaining. For people who like that sort of thing, Bill Bryson, the Fowler Brothers, and Lynn Truss are pretty darn entertaining, and knowing what they have to say will never hurt you when it comes to communication.

Very obviously a *banal* soda marketeer.

Merriam-Webster:
Main Entry: ba·nal
Pronunciation: b&-'nal, ba-, -'näl; bA-'nal; 'bA-n&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: French, from Middle French, of compulsory feudal service, possessed in common, commonplace, from *ban
: lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : TRITE
synonym see INSIPID
- ba·nal·ize /b&-'na-"lIz, ba-, -'nä-; bA-'na-; 'bA-n&l-"Iz/ transitive verb
- ba·nal·ly /b&-'nal-lE, ba-, -'näl-; bA-'nal-; 'bA-n&l-(l)E/ adverb

Did I not use that word properly? We are the electric eclectic.

Main Entry: 1eclec·tic
Pronunciation: e-'klek-tik, i-
Function: adjective
Etymology: Greek eklektikos, from eklegein to select, from ex- out + legein to gather -- more at LEGEND
1 : selecting what appears to be best in various doctrines, methods, or styles
2 : composed of elements drawn from various sources; also : HETEROGENEOUS
- eclec·ti·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb

x·pert [ ék spùrt ]


noun (plural ex·perts)
Definition:

1. somebody skilled or knowledgeable: somebody with a great deal of knowledge about, or skill, training, or experience in, a particular field or activity
a medical expert

2. U.S. highest rank of marksmanship: in shooting, the highest grade of marksmanship

3. U.S. highest-ranked shooter: in shooting, somebody who has achieved the grade of expert



adjective
Definition:

1. skillful or knowledgeable: having a great deal of knowledge about, or skill, training, or experience in, a particular field or activity
an expert pizza maker

2. done by somebody with specialist knowledge: given or done by somebody who is skilled, trained, or experienced in the relevant subject area
expert advice

[14th century. Via French < Latin expert-, past participle of experiri "try out"]
ex·pert·ly adverb
ex·pert·ness noun
Are you an expert?

Define expert and so that I may better answer you.

jabberwacky: Define non existence.