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Thank you for logging in, BossArky.

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  • 15-10-2007 11:21pm
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    BossArky
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,523 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Can the mods remove the comma in the log in message as it is not necessary?

    Thank you for logging in, BossArky.

    --> Thank you for logging in BossArky.
    Post edited by Shield on


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    #2
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Seriously?


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    #3
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Must be a slow night.


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    #4
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    I can see why that would be of concern to you.

    Actually no -- no I can't see why that would be of concern to you. Move on with your life.


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    #5
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    I can get your entire account removed, would that make you happy!?! Comma and all!! :mad: :p


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    #6
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    rofl

    best thread in the past 30 seconds


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    #7
    tSubh Dearg
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 5,555 ✭✭✭tSubh Dearg


    According to the walking grammar manual that I live with, the placing of the comma there is correct as "It makes a statement and then it addresses it to somebody as a seperate clause."


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    Cantab.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,444 ✭✭✭Cantab.


    HavoK wrote: »
    Must be a slow night.

    You'd even save on bandwidth making boards.ie faster


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    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Personally I think it's a disgrace that the admins put the vb upgrade and database server upgrade ahead of this.


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    #10
    Stark
    Registered Users Posts: 20,993 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    BossArky wrote: »
    Can the mods remove the comma in the log in message as it is not necessary?

    128369633791875000ORLY.jpg


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    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    BossArky wrote: »
    Can the mods remove the comma in the log in message as it is not necessary?

    Thank you for logging in, BossArky.

    --> Thank you for logging in BossArky.
    I hate to be the one to break this to you BossArky, but you're a mod emot-ssh.gif


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    #12
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    Admins, put a comma in his username...just for a laugh! go on! :D


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    cast_iron
    Registered Users Posts: 2,454 ✭✭✭cast_iron


    BossArky wrote: »
    Can the mods remove the comma in the log in message as it is not necessary?
    I don't see what necessity has to do with it. It's correct grammar.


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    Stark
    Registered Users Posts: 20,993 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    Exactly. "Thank you for logging in Bossarky" makes it sound like you're a lumberjack from Bossarky.


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    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Think about it: if you were to place the emphasis on "logging" rather than "in", you'd have "thank you for logging in BossArky." This is the actual reason for the comma. If the sentence were "Goodbye BossArky" then a comma wouldn't be required because only one meaning can be inferred.
    What you're requesting is completely incorrect.
    And I'm a grammar zealot but going to the trouble of requesting mods to change something if I believe it to be incorrect...?

    Although I might...


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    randylonghorn
    Registered Users Posts: 29,509 ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    tSubh Dearg wrote: »
    According to the walking grammar manual that I live with, the placing of the comma there is correct as "It makes a statement and then it addresses it to somebody as a seperate clause."

    The walking grammar manual is correct. ;)


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    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    shocking carry on from a mod of the literature forum


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    #18
    Lil' Smiler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,475 ✭✭✭Lil' Smiler


    hehehehehehe.... funny!!!

    Are you one of those people that has to moan about everything to be happy?


    :p


    ..hehehehehe....:D


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    RoundyMooney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,910 ✭✭✭✭RoundyMooney


    It is necessary. End of.


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    #20
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    tSubh Dearg wrote: »
    According to the walking grammar manual that I live with
    Do you live with Talliesin? If you do, is there no end to his talents? :)


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    Nick_oliveri
    Registered Users Posts: 2,497 ✭✭✭Nick_oliveri


    funny-humor-stupid-shirts-comma2-lg.gif


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    #22
    Karoma
    Registered Users Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    But...I'm not BossArky (And neither is my wife.)


    "Thx 4 loging n BossArky"


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    Terry
    Registered Users Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    Dudess wrote: »
    Think about it: if you were to place the emphasis on "logging" rather than "in", you'd have "thank you for logging in BossArky." This is the actual reason for the comma. If the sentence were "Goodbye BossArky" then a comma wouldn't be required because only one meaning can be inferred.
    What you're requesting is completely incorrect.
    And I'm a grammar zealot but going to the trouble of requesting mods to change something if I believe it to be incorrect...?

    Although I might...
    Expanding on this.
    Were the comma to be removed, it would appear as if someone was cutting down trees in a place named "BossArky"
    Perhaps this was his intention.


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    Eoin
    Registered Users Posts: 21,257 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Stark wrote: »
    Exactly. "Thank you for logging in Bossarky" makes it sound like you're a lumberjack from Bossarky.

    Very good!


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    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Stark wrote: »
    Exactly. "Thank you for logging in Bossarky" makes it sound like you're a lumberjack from Bossarky.

    :)

    Op - you'll like these.


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    #26
    koneko
    Registered Users Posts: 10,304 ✭✭✭✭koneko


    I think the issue is that BossArky does not identify himself with his account here, it's a character he logs on, so instead of thanking him for logging in he wants to be thanked for logging on this other person/account called BossArky, he wants it to refer to him in the third person.


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    #27
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,097 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    I demand a new literature, mod.


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    #28
    Hitchhiker's Guide to...
    Registered Users Posts: 3,322 ✭✭✭Hitchhiker's Guide to...


    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »
    I demand a new literature, mod.

    so many winnings posts in this thread, but this definitely squeezes past the finishing line in first place


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    #29
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Keep the comma! It reminds me of 2001: A Space Odyssey...

    Dave Bowman: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
    HAL: I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.


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    #30
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Come on, Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners may have neglected the comma but that's what they meant.

    Edit: I presume...


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    Moriarty
    Registered Users Posts: 6,007 ✭✭✭Moriarty


    Dudess wrote: »
    Edit: I presume...
    Those dungarees tell a different story dudess.


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