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latishya #180115 11/06/08 05:36 AM
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The human need to communicate, whether the information being sent is vital to survival or not, is strong enough to overcome almost any obstacle.
Very cool.

latishya #180128 11/06/08 09:32 PM
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Saint Lawrence Island

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There are more claims to it.
My grandfather had a canary that was very communicative.

Andrew Robinson #180130 11/07/08 04:12 AM
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Originally Posted By: Andrew Robinson
...but I have always regarded punctuation as an essential element of grammar. Of course this is a recent development, tied to writing rather than speech, but very important, and now surely indispensable.

It is sometimes connected, as for example in the possessive apostrophe, especially in the neuter singular, it's v. its - that is a case of the two being intertwined. But I would tend to agree with zmjezhd, generally speaking they are distinct entities.

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The problem with ending a sentence with "at" is usually not because it's a preposition, but because it's already been either stated or implied. Example: "Where is he at?" The word "where" means "at what place".

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And we all know what an abomination redundancy is.

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Yeah, redundancy is terrible.

Jackie #180158 11/09/08 03:22 AM
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specially when people keep on repeating it over and over.

Zed #180161 11/09/08 04:10 AM
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And doesn't it bug you when they say it again and again, and then one more time, just for repetitive measure?

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Yeah! Take the noun phrase "three dogs". You don't need that s on the end of dog, the three already shows that it's plural! Nobody misunderstands the phrase "three dog night". Don' need no stinking s on the end of that dog.

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The where ... at construction is discussed in the MWDEU (link and link).


Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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