I wasn't stating an opinion, I was identifying the failure of a statement that incorrectly identifies a grammatical usage of a word. Unless you were referring to yourself, in that case carry on kiddo.>> ^BoneRemake:

>> ^Stu:
fail>> ^BoneRemake:
damnit kid, you dont "rap good" you "rap well" Superman does good, you do well.


Great example as to how every asshole on the sift can have an opinion.

Yeah, I had clicked submit, then noticed my grammatical bumbling, hit modify while it was still loading, and then this occurred.

This guy's affected speech bothers me.

I really can't stand it when people make a clear grammatical error and try to defend it by saying "language is always evolving." That doesn't mean you used the word correctly dumbass.

Underlined hyperlinks are aesthetically unpleasant in a grammatical sense of the term. I think the new shift from underlined links to slightly-blue/purple/whatever color that is offset from the paragraph is a great solution. I don't think the links are there to grab your attention They're there so that if you're interested you can click the link and find out more information on a topic that the writer wants to cite, in case you are an uninformed reader, or an interested reader who wants to find out more.

Hahaha I got that...>> ^Throbbin:

Your a hero of the grammar!>> ^JiggaJonson:
Are you asking about the sentence in quotations? Yes it's correct grammatically.
Most people understand that you need a "noun and a verb" in every sentence. It's a bit more helpful to think of what you need in a sentence as a subject and a predicate in my opinion. The reason for this is that, while it's true that nouns and verbs are usually present in a sentence, frequently words that would usually function as verbs can be used as nouns and vice versa because you have to consider all other words that modify those words. For example:
Running = something that you do
but, when it's modified by another word like "his" to form a sentence like
"His running sped up."
^In this case, the word "running" is actually the subject of the sentence. So, you could say, because the word "running" is performing the functions of a noun, and is being modified by the predicate or the action in this sentence, running is a noun.
Now for the sentence above, the subject is being modified a lot
values is the simple subject modified by 'of the figure of merit shown (mdn (min, max))'
then you have your predicate, the Be verb 'are'
The subject and the predicate for the meatier part of the sentence is all good, one subject and one predicate and no out of place modifiers.
The only tricky part of understanding this sentence is the list at the end. All the "n=whatever" listed here would fall into a category of what's called the predicate nominative or in other words, whet the predicate, or word functioning as a verb, is naming.
You probably see these frequently and don't realize it: "When the plot to kidnap Westy is discovered, Gwiz will be a suspect." For each case, if the verb descibes a state of being, like 'am' as in 'I am,' look for what that state is. So for the aforementioned sentence, 'plot' is being modified by 'is' and the state of being in that case is 'discovered.' For the second part (abbreviated) "Gwiz" mod by "will" state of being is "suspect."
Alllll of that being said, the list at the end is all a part of that same predicate nominative (albeit a long one) and the individual groups of values are separated by semicolons correctly. The reason semicolons are used as opposed to commas is because semicolons function as a sort of 'trump' for a regular comma. In the case of this list, commas are used frequently to separate smaller segments of the number values. Because of this comma use, semicolons are needed to keep things from getting confusing.
Here's an example:
I've traveled to London, England; Paris, France; and Rome, Italy.
as opposed to
I've traveled to London, England, Paris, France, and Rome, Italy.
^and that probably doesn't look incorrect but that's only because you know of the cities I listed here. If I were to pluck out some countries/cities from a dense part of Africa like this:
I've traveled to Libreville, Gabon, Parakou, Benin, Lome, Togo, and Cuassola, Angola.
^Here it becomes difficult to categorize the city/country name because of their unfamiliarity.
But if you get some help from semicolons...
I've traveled to Libreville, Gabon; Parakou, Benin; Lome, Togo; and Cuassola, Angola.
It's much easier to categorize everything, as is the way with the correctly punctuated sentence you presented.
For more on semicolon use I strongly suggest you check out this link http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon . It's both hilarious and informative.
Finally, I asked at the beginning of this post "Are you asking about the sentence in quotations?" because what you said "I hate this sentence is it right" is not correct. You need a comma to separate the independent clauses "I hate this sentence," and "is it right."
Corrected: I hate this sentence, is it right?
Grammar Nazi awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!

Your a hero of the grammar!>> ^JiggaJonson:

Are you asking about the sentence in quotations? Yes it's correct grammatically.
Most people understand that you need a "noun and a verb" in every sentence. It's a bit more helpful to think of what you need in a sentence as a subject and a predicate in my opinion. The reason for this is that, while it's true that nouns and verbs are usually present in a sentence, frequently words that would usually function as verbs can be used as nouns and vice versa because you have to consider all other words that modify those words. For example:
Running = something that you do
but, when it's modified by another word like "his" to form a sentence like
"His running sped up."
^In this case, the word "running" is actually the subject of the sentence. So, you could say, because the word "running" is performing the functions of a noun, and is being modified by the predicate or the action in this sentence, running is a noun.
Now for the sentence above, the subject is being modified a lot
values is the simple subject modified by 'of the figure of merit shown (mdn (min, max))'
then you have your predicate, the Be verb 'are'
The subject and the predicate for the meatier part of the sentence is all good, one subject and one predicate and no out of place modifiers.
The only tricky part of understanding this sentence is the list at the end. All the "n=whatever" listed here would fall into a category of what's called the predicate nominative or in other words, whet the predicate, or word functioning as a verb, is naming.
You probably see these frequently and don't realize it: "When the plot to kidnap Westy is discovered, Gwiz will be a suspect." For each case, if the verb descibes a state of being, like 'am' as in 'I am,' look for what that state is. So for the aforementioned sentence, 'plot' is being modified by 'is' and the state of being in that case is 'discovered.' For the second part (abbreviated) "Gwiz" mod by "will" state of being is "suspect."
Alllll of that being said, the list at the end is all a part of that same predicate nominative (albeit a long one) and the individual groups of values are separated by semicolons correctly. The reason semicolons are used as opposed to commas is because semicolons function as a sort of 'trump' for a regular comma. In the case of this list, commas are used frequently to separate smaller segments of the number values. Because of this comma use, semicolons are needed to keep things from getting confusing.
Here's an example:
I've traveled to London, England; Paris, France; and Rome, Italy.
as opposed to
I've traveled to London, England, Paris, France, and Rome, Italy.
^and that probably doesn't look incorrect but that's only because you know of the cities I listed here. If I were to pluck out some countries/cities from a dense part of Africa like this:
I've traveled to Libreville, Gabon, Parakou, Benin, Lome, Togo, and Cuassola, Angola.
^Here it becomes difficult to categorize the city/country name because of their unfamiliarity.
But if you get some help from semicolons...
I've traveled to Libreville, Gabon; Parakou, Benin; Lome, Togo; and Cuassola, Angola.
It's much easier to categorize everything, as is the way with the correctly punctuated sentence you presented.
For more on semicolon use I strongly suggest you check out this link http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon . It's both hilarious and informative.
Finally, I asked at the beginning of this post "Are you asking about the sentence in quotations?" because what you said "I hate this sentence is it right" is not correct. You need a comma to separate the independent clauses "I hate this sentence," and "is it right."
Corrected: I hate this sentence, is it right?
Grammar Nazi awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!

Are you asking about the sentence in quotations? Yes it's correct grammatically.

Most people understand that you need a "noun and a verb" in every sentence. It's a bit more helpful to think of what you need in a sentence as a subject and a predicate in my opinion. The reason for this is that, while it's true that nouns and verbs are usually present in a sentence, frequently words that would usually function as verbs can be used as nouns and vice versa because you have to consider all other words that modify those words. For example:

Running = something that you do
but, when it's modified by another word like "his" to form a sentence like
"His running sped up."
^In this case, the word "running" is actually the subject of the sentence. So, you could say, because the word "running" is performing the functions of a noun, and is being modified by the predicate or the action in this sentence, running is a noun.

Now for the sentence above, the subject is being modified a lot
values is the simple subject modified by 'of the figure of merit shown (mdn (min, max))'
then you have your predicate, the Be verb 'are'
The subject and the predicate for the meatier part of the sentence is all good, one subject and one predicate and no out of place modifiers.

The only tricky part of understanding this sentence is the list at the end. All the "n=whatever" listed here would fall into a category of what's called the predicate nominative or in other words, whet the predicate, or word functioning as a verb, is naming.

You probably see these frequently and don't realize it: "When the plot to kidnap Westy is discovered, Gwiz will be a suspect." For each case, if the verb descibes a state of being, like 'am' as in 'I am,' look for what that state is. So for the aforementioned sentence, 'plot' is being modified by 'is' and the state of being in that case is 'discovered.' For the second part (abbreviated) "Gwiz" mod by "will" state of being is "suspect."

Alllll of that being said, the list at the end is all a part of that same predicate nominative (albeit a long one) and the individual groups of values are separated by semicolons correctly. The reason semicolons are used as opposed to commas is because semicolons function as a sort of 'trump' for a regular comma. In the case of this list, commas are used frequently to separate smaller segments of the number values. Because of this comma use, semicolons are needed to keep things from getting confusing.
Here's an example:
I've traveled to London, England; Paris, France; and Rome, Italy.
as opposed to
I've traveled to London, England, Paris, France, and Rome, Italy.

^and that probably doesn't look incorrect but that's only because you know of the cities I listed here. If I were to pluck out some countries/cities from a dense part of Africa like this:
I've traveled to Libreville, Gabon, Parakou, Benin, Lome, Togo, and Cuassola, Angola.
^Here it becomes difficult to categorize the city/country name because of their unfamiliarity.

But if you get some help from semicolons...
I've traveled to Libreville, Gabon; Parakou, Benin; Lome, Togo; and Cuassola, Angola.
It's much easier to categorize everything, as is the way with the correctly punctuated sentence you presented.

For more on semicolon use I strongly suggest you check out this link http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon . It's both hilarious and informative.

Finally, I asked at the beginning of this post "Are you asking about the sentence in quotations?" because what you said "I hate this sentence is it right" is not correct. You need a comma to separate the independent clauses "I hate this sentence," and "is it right."

Corrected: I hate this sentence, is it right?

Grammar Nazi awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!

>> ^rougy:
You're a cunt.
I'd beat the fucking shit out of you if you ever came near me.
She's eleven. You're a cunt.
Everyone here who thinks that's funny is on my shit list from here on out.


Listen, internet tough guy, you missed the entire point of my post, which has been subsequently explained by the rest of the comments here. Reactions like yours are cannon-fodder for the internet trolls and your emotion amounts to me caring very little about what you post unless it's backed up with a coherent argument.

Also, @chtierna , what you may be misunderstanding is that the website in question is unbelievably demented and is definitely not something appropriate for her to visit at that age. If you want more information and back story to this, check out http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Jessi_Slaughter. The page itself is written by the denizens of the underworld of the internet in their own grammatically incorrect and incoherent language. If you can sift between the bullshit and inside jokes/references, you will find the truth you are looking for written clear as day.

And of course, it's all done for the lulz(and in this case to teach others not to make the same mistakes that she has made(which also have been mentioned above))

Thanks for clarifying!

Steinbrenner was a sort of icon where I grew up.

>> ^BicycleRepairMan:

>> ^Trancecoach:
now you got it
>> ^BicycleRepairMan:
>> ^Trancecoach:
It's clear you're not a New Yorker -- otherwise, you wouldn't have misspelled Steinbrenner's name.

What do you mean? As far as I can see I spelled his name correctly, I forgot the ' on the 's, but I cant find any spelling mistakes in the name itself


Ah. And you are absolutely right I'm no New Yorker, in fact, as my description implies, I'm not even American, and wouldn't have heard of Steinbrenner if it wasn't for Seinfeld. The missing ' is a habit I have from Norwegian grammar, as it is grammatically incorrect to use ' this way in Norwegian.

>> ^Trancecoach:

now you got it
>> ^BicycleRepairMan:
>> ^Trancecoach:
It's clear you're not a New Yorker -- otherwise, you wouldn't have misspelled Steinbrenner's name.

What do you mean? As far as I can see I spelled his name correctly, I forgot the ' on the 's, but I cant find any spelling mistakes in the name itself



Ah. And you are absolutely right I'm no New Yorker, in fact, as my description implies, I'm not even American, and wouldn't have heard of Steinbrenner if it wasn't for Seinfeld. The missing ' is a habit I have from Norwegian grammar, as it is grammatically incorrect to use ' this way in Norwegian.

>> ^blankfist:

true! But you seem to welcome a solid statism that emboldens this kind of shit. Why is that? I understand that being part of a union in the US typically warrants a desire for government involvement, but it's the dwindling of our rights, freedoms and liberty that makes me question why any of us would honor a system of government that puts such atrocious tyranny upon our shoulders.


Your problem is that you can't differentiate the good from the bad when it comes to government. When you lump health care and teachers right in there with the patriot act and the Iraq war and then call it "statism", it makes your point of view seem simplistic, inflexible, insecure, partisan and very petty. I know the term was designed to be used as a scary political epithet, but though over use it's become a word of levity on this site. You've even got gwiz using it as a neutral term in this thread.

If you want to influence people, you need to understand them a bit, have some empathy and know where they're coming from. You can't just say 'Hey kronos, why are you such a tyrannical, union loving, fascist? Why do you reject the pure love, light and liberty of my political perspective?" That kind of rhetoric is really no different from your 'with us or against us' George Bushisms; just as insular and narrow minded, though grammatically far superior.

Part of the problem lies in the word 'libertarian' itself. Liberty means many things to many people, and when you use that term to define your own subjective political ideology, you've left the realm of political discourse and entered the realm of religious dogma.

How would you feel if I claimed that progressivism were the true ideology of freedom and liberty, and that by opposing me you also oppose liberty and freedom? Would that influence you? Would that make you want to join me? Or would you think I was just deluding myself by invoking a beloved term as a shield to hide my own selfish beliefs and desires behind?

For argument's sake, what if I could convince you that your concept of liberty was subjective? Would that change your thinking? Would it make your ideology less meaningful? I'd love an answer to that last question.

>> ^Mcboinkens:

Language ruined it. We get it, youryou're pissed, just like everyone else. Using language with that kind of an annoying voice is just frustrating. Also, if the media got this right(they probably didn't), didn't BP hire a lot of local workers to help drop booms? If so, that may answer part of why the booming blows.


Might I point out that your first comment had one of the biggest grammar mistakes in the English language? I do it too, and I regret making a grammatical error every time; it stings a little.

Aside from that the video reached me just fine, although it could use more diagrams. Also, if BP did hire a bunch of local people to do booming, those people are still part of BP even if they are contracted. I doubt the locals would be put in charge; unless they had excellent knowledge of how to boom. However, if the data shown to us in the video is true it is clear that BP needs to attend booming school; but too little and too late.

Satellite pictures of the oil spill.

http://mashable.com/2010/05/21/oil-spill-pictures/

Look at the third picture of the slide show in the following National Geographic link. Somethings not right there.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/04/photogalleries/100430-oil-spill-gulf-mexico-pictures/#gulf-oil-spill-threatens-birds-wildlife_19741_60
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Oh Pussy-feathers.
-Lewis Black

Ha HA Brit! Our American stoners have beat you to the punch!

http://videosift.com/video/Steve-s-Grammatical-Observations-6-I-could-care-less

Foiled! Then again, I could care less... (har har har)

It's easy for me to see which is the correct grammatical choice in the second example.

....my uncle wasn't named Jack.

I tend to get annoyed by some glaring grammatical errors, but any time common usage has completely diverged from the "correct" form I figure it is time to just let it go, man.

Additionally, there are some correct forms that just bother me so I intentionally use the incorrect version. For example, I would never refer to Janet Reno and John Ashcroft as "attorneys general", and would similarly refuse to reply to someone asking to speak to me on the phone with "this is he". /shudder

So I guess I'm more of a grammar Catholic-school-nun than a grammar Nazi.