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Artful_Badger

Rovi wrote: »

I like cooking, my family, and my pets.

Thats what I thought but for some reason it still made no sense.

Rovi

Without the commas, it reads that the writer likes cooking their family and pets.
People who cook their family and pets are probably psychos.

Artful_Badger

Rovi wrote: »

Without the commas, it reads that the writer likes cooking their family and pets.
People who cook their family and pets are probably psychos.

Yeah I got that bit but when trying to work out how it should have been written "I like cooking, my family, and my pets" still didnt make any sense to me for some reason, just looked like "I like cooking. Random thing. Random thing." The old noodle must have switched off for a while.

locum-motion

Artful_Badger wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=87474361&postcount=5177


What am I missing with this comma thing ?

Rovi wrote: »

I like cooking, my family, and my pets.

Artful_Badger wrote: »

Thats what I thought but for some reason it still made no sense.

Rovi wrote: »

Without the commas, it reads that the writer likes cooking their family and pets.
People who cook their family and pets are probably psychos.

Artful_Badger wrote: »

Yeah I got that bit but when trying to work out how it should have been written "I like cooking, my family, and my pets" still didnt make any sense to me for some reason, just looked like "I like cooking. Random thing. Random thing." The old noodle must have switched off for a while.

What has actually been written means "I like cooking my family and I like cooking my pets", which, as has been suggested, would put the writer into the realms of the psychotic.
Whereas if one uses commas correctly, it would mean "I like cooking and I like my family and I like my pets". Which is quite normal and not at all psychotic.
If you're still missing it, despite the input of Rovi and me, then you're probably beyond grammatical help.

Artful_Badger

locum-motion wrote: »

What has actually been written means "I like cooking my family and I like cooking my pets", which, as has been suggested, would put the writer into the realms of the psychotic.
Whereas if one uses commas correctly, it would mean "I like cooking and I like my family and I like my pets". Which is quite normal and not at all psychotic.
If you're still missing it, despite the input of Rovi and me, then you're probably beyond grammatical help.

I think you're having some grammatical trouble yourself. Read back, I got the joke, I understood the joke. But when I asked the question in here the sentence even with commas didnt seem to be grammatically correct. Like I said the old noodle must have switched off for a while.

flutterflye

It doesn't actually seem like a thing anyone would actually say though.
"What do you like?" "oh let me see. Well, I like cooking, my family, and my pets".
It probably just seems wrong because they don't go together. Like that homework you get when you're 5 - "Which is the odd one out? Dog, Cat, Rabbit, Clock."

locum-motion

flutterflye wrote: »

It doesn't actually seem like a thing anyone would actually say though...

Of course it's not a thing that people would actually say. It's a sentence specifically constructed to demonstrate the difference that correct punctuation makes.

Take the sentence "The quick brown fox jumped over the big lazy dog." Do you believe that it's actually a true story? Let me assure you, foxes - quick, brown or otherwise - do not routinely jump over dogs, no matter how big and lazy they are.

It's just an example.

flutterflye

locum-motion wrote: »

Of course it's not a thing that people would actually say. It's a sentence specifically constructed to demonstrate the difference that correct punctuation makes.

Take the sentence "The quick brown fox jumped over the big lazy dog." Do you believe that it's actually a true story? Let me assure you, foxes - quick, brown or otherwise - do not routinely jump over dogs, no matter how big and lazy they are.

It's just an example.

Yeah, but it just takes away from the "joke" if it's not realistic in this case.

Pawwed Rig

Al Capwned

locum-motion wrote: »

What has actually been written means "I like cooking my family and I like cooking my pets", which, as has been suggested, would put the writer into the realms of the psychotic.
Whereas if one uses commas correctly, it would mean "I like cooking and I like my family and I like my pets". Which is quite normal and not at all psychotic.
If you're still missing it, despite the input of Rovi and me, then you're probably beyond grammatical help.

I'm disappointed that I cannot find any errors with the grammar or punctuation in this post.

Capt'n Midnight

flutterflye wrote: »

"Which is the odd one out? Dog, Cat, Rabbit, Clock."

Don't keep us all in suspense

Which one is it ?

blackwhite

Al Capwned wrote: »

I'm disappointed that I cannot find any errors with the grammar or punctuation in this post.

You should look a bit harder.

CardBordWindow

flutterflye wrote: »

It doesn't actually seem like a thing anyone would actually say though.
"What do you like?" "oh let me see. Well, I like cooking, my family, and my pets".
It probably just seems wrong because they don't go together. Like that homework you get when you're 5 - "Which is the odd one out? Dog, Cat, Rabbit, Clock."

Is it Cat?
I don't like cats, but I like the others.

dulpit

CardBordWindow wrote: »

Is it Cat?
I don't like cats, but I like the others.

I think it's rabbit, the other 3 all only have 1 vowel in them.

CardBordWindow

dulpit wrote: »

I think it's rabbit, the other 3 all only have 1 vowel in them.

I think you might be right, rabbit is also the only one with an even amount of letters.

Newaglish

It's the clock! All the others have paws, while a clock has hands.

Allyall

What am i not seeing here?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=87484417&postcount=5203

My name is URL

Allyall wrote: »

What am i not seeing here?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=87484417&postcount=5203

Where the fingers are headed?

Artful_Badger

Allyall wrote: »

What am i not seeing here?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=87484417&postcount=5203

I think the joke is in the hand sign. The national sex education program seems to be teaching kids the three fingers technique...

dulpit

Artful_Badger wrote: »

I think the joke is in the hand sign. The national sex education program seems to be teaching kids the three fingers technique...

Clearly the scout sign... :rolleyes:

Allyall

My name is URL wrote: »

Where the fingers are headed?

Artful_Badger wrote: »

I think the joke is in the hand sign. The national sex education program seems to be teaching kids the three fingers technique...

dulpit wrote: »

Clearly the scout sign... :rolleyes:

:o

red_0007

racso1975 wrote: »

http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/how-about-6.jpg
Vaseline

Totally not getting this. And then it appears later with Katie Taylor.
Thanks

Artful_Badger

dulpit wrote: »

Clearly the scout sign... :rolleyes:

Ya dont say :eek:

locum-motion

blackwhite wrote: »

You should look a bit harder.

Would you care to enlighten us?

Ken.

locum-motion wrote: »

Would you care to enlighten us?

It should be Rovi and I not Rovi and me.

locum-motion

ken wrote: »

It should be Rovi and I not Rovi and me.

No, it shouldn't. The input came from 'me', it did not come from 'I'. It's to do with subjects and objects of verbs.

Ken.

locum-motion wrote: »

No, it shouldn't. The input came from 'me', it did not come from 'I'. It's to do with subjects and objects of verbs.

"And me" is still incorrect. The correct term is "and I". As in "My wife and I went to the cinema" Not "my wife and me".

Al Capwned

ken wrote: »

"And me" is still incorrect. The correct term is "and I". As in "My wife and I went to the cinema" Not "my wife and me".

The two personal pronouns I and me are often used wrongly, usually in sentences in which I is being used with another noun. Here are some tips to help you get it right:

Here ye go!

Darkglasses

tin of biscuits

Hmm?

Michael D Not Higgins

Darkglasses wrote: »

tin of biscuits

Hmm?

The caption on imgur is "the ONE time I needed a needle and thread"

blackwhite

locum-motion wrote: »

Would you care to enlighten us?

If you copy and paste into MS Word it'll highlight it for you.....

seamus

Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »

The caption on imgur is "the ONE time I needed a needle and thread"

This is what happens when people who don't understand how to be funny repost stuff from reddit.

Synode

CardBordWindow wrote: »

Reference : http://store.verticalvisions.com/product/CATAPULT.html

Jesus is he landing in the water or is there a bungy cord I can't see?

TheBody

TheBody wrote: »

Messiest Urinal ever

Kinda related and the only photo I could find Online of one, but Supermac's have these sinks



Basically they're automatic. One night after a nightclub, the urinals and cubicles were full and some extremely drunk guy really needed to go for a piss, so he mistook one of these things as a urinal, despite everyone else in there trying to tell him otherwise. So as he proceeded to pee, he inadvertently activated the sensors, which turned on the soap dispenser, the tap, and then finally the blowdryer.

You can be damned sure nobody used that sink afterwards.

dulpit

Deleted User wrote: »

Why does the dad have a camera in the bathroom???

Yea, it's an extremely weird picture. Only one I could find of those sinks.

Grimebox

dulpit wrote: »

Why does the dad have a camera in the bathroom???

Why is this even a big deal? PC gone mad

dulpit

Grimebox wrote: »

Why is this even a big deal? PC gone mad

Not PC, just a bizarre photo to take.

dorkacle

Synode wrote: »

Jesus is he landing in the water or is there a bungy cord I can't see?

Parachute on his back???

abbir

locum-motion wrote: »

If you're still missing it, despite the input of Rovi and me, then you're probably beyond grammatical help.

ken wrote: »

"And me" is still incorrect. The correct term is "and I". As in "My wife and I went to the cinema" Not "my wife and me".

The correct term is not always "and I". 'I' is a subjective pronoun so is only to be used when it is the subject in the sentence. In your sentence, "My wife and I went to the cinema", "my wife and I" is the subject of the sentence, so yes it is correct.

However, 'me' is an objective pronoun so is used when it is the object in the sentence. In locum-motion's sentence, "Rovi and me" is the object of the sentence.

If in doubt, remove the "my wife and" and just leave the "I" or "me". Does the sentence still read correctly? i.e. "I went to the cinema". Also is "despite the input of me," or "despite the input of I" correct? "despite the input of me" is. Adding "someone and" does not have the magical property of changing the next word to be 'I' in every case.

Disclaimer, this post is only made to point out grammatical errors with "and I". Any other errors in grammar made in the post should be ignored.

racso1975

dorkacle wrote: »

Parachute on his back???

Yup like base jumping basically there is a video on the site if you want to see more. Click for the short 8 minute one and skip to about 6 mins

locum-motion

ken wrote: »

"And me" is still incorrect. The correct term is "and I". As in "My wife and I went to the cinema" Not "my wife and me".

In your example, "my wife and I" is the subject of the sentence, so "I" is correct.

In my original sentence, the "input" to which I referred came from Rovi and from me. "Rovi" and "me" were the objects of the sentence, so "me" was correct.

locum-motion

blackwhite wrote: »

If you copy and paste into MS Word it'll highlight it for you.....

If you rely on MS Word for grammar tips, I despair for your education.

locum-motion

abbir wrote: »

...
If in doubt, remove the "my wife and" and just leave the "I" or "me". Does the sentence still read correctly? i.e. "I went to the cinema". Also is "despite the input of me," or "despite the input of I" correct? "despite the input of me" is...

Abbir has hit the nail on the head here. However, I would like to add one small caveat.

While "despite the input of me" is indubitably more correct than "despite the input of I", it is not actually perfect.

It should really be "despite my input". When I originally wrote the sentence, I had this in mind, but then it would have left me with the dilemma of what to do with Rovi's input. I didn't want to refuse to credit it. So I was trying to figure it out.

Should it have been
a) "despite Rovi's and my input"
b) "despite Rovi and my input" or even
c) "despite Rovi and me's input" (OK, I'm taking the pi55 now)?

I eventually decided to go with "the input of Rovi and me".

In hindsight, the best option to go for, overall, would have been "despite Rovi's input and mine".

When I asked the other poster to enlighten us as to where the grammatical error was, I thought that's what s/he was going to say.

Ken.

Ok, me stand corrected. Me sorry. Won't happen again.

Kat1170

Yer wan behind the counter looks like she is having a good laugh.

flutterflye

Kat1170 wrote: »

Yer wan behind the counter looks like she is having a good laugh.

Looks like she's crying to me. With good reason.

Eoin

Eathrin wrote: »

A bit of help please?

can I post a video here

someone one neogaf sent it to me

cannot stop laughing

Gokei

racso1975 wrote: »

Not sure I want to know, but any ideas?