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Post by justsouthofnowhere on Apr 7, 2012 17:01:43 GMT -5
I loved all the grammar lessions today. I probably am the world's worse at using it correctly. I can overlook most of it but there is one that is a pet peeve "irregardless" I have a hard time not saying there is no such word but I don't want to hurt or annoy anyone with such pettiness.
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Post by SusieFierce on Apr 7, 2012 17:02:41 GMT -5
I love all the interpretations of the "Trespassing" lyrics and I think that's why he kind of gravitates towards crazy ones at times, because he likes the ambiguity. "Down the Rabbit Hole" anyone?? I am REALLY going to love that LA Weekly photo shoot too. WOWWW, LEGS???  I love the furniture in it too. I wonder where it was shot? I also took "optimistic vine" to be a reference to "Jack and the Beanstalk." I too think "body is glass" means, you can see right through me – I'm an open book. Also, the addition of the two backup singers is amazing. I love their spirit, diversity and vibe. I wonder if this woman is choreographing something for him? Hmmm .... (P.S., it has become not only acceptable but extremely common to start a sentence with a conjunction now. I even see paragraphs starting with And or But quite often.) |
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Post by gelly14 on Apr 7, 2012 17:05:22 GMT -5
ETA What does she mean by "I think Adam Lambert just might be the 2nd coming" ? The second coming of Jesus. It means she's really smart and would fit right in here. ;D Thank you for explaining!  |
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Post by jamie on Apr 7, 2012 17:06:54 GMT -5
Good to know...but I have no idea how to help you with your frost bitten optimistic vine??? What does that even mean ??? Feeling a little grouchy today mika? Maybe go back a page a meditate on the legs  Oh no not grumpy! Well, I was a bit chilly, but now comfortable at home with hot tea and able to breathe again - and catching up on my huge stack of reading. That was definitely not cheery so I turned on the heat and switched to reading only the entertainment and arts pages of the backlog.  (And YES that is a wonderful, wonderful pic - the room is fantastic - and the pose/distance from the camera - very evocative. ) LOL...I'm glad my guess was wrong. You sound like your having a BTIKM "Nice Adam" kind of day. Are you wearing an awesome sweater? |
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Post by rihannsu on Apr 7, 2012 17:07:05 GMT -5
I enjoy reading what the lyrics mean to each of you. I find it fascinating. I loved the performance and I can hardly wait to view it on TV. This is a little OT but I was browsing and I popped into another blog just to get some of their opinions of the performance. As far as Adam's performance, they all loved it, however, there were some opinions about the backup singers that I found to be a little offensive. Everyone has a right to their opinion but I guess that I have always felt that you should be respectful. Some thought that they didn't fit with Adam( as in big women, choir robes, not chic like the rest of the band) I guess what I am trying to say is that it seemed to go against everything that Adam has been trying to say all along. It doesn't matter whether you are gay, straight, black, white, old, young, tall, short, heavy or thin, we can party together and we are one. If this is too off base, please feel to delete it. I just felt the need to say it out loud. Wow - to each his own. I don't even think of the rest of the band as "chic." I think of them as far out with the half-shaved heads and bare upper bodies. I see the two new backups as uber-talented big, beautiful divas, joyous and comfortable in themselves. I'm glad they contrast with the rest of the band. It's a good mix. 8-) As for the grammar lessons - I love being a part of this board because I think of it as talking with friends. I take pleasure in writing "gonna" and "gotta" and *ded* and "eivndoeruekdndieijf" and so many other slangs and words that I know are not grammatically correct. It's fun. I would never write a formal paper in the way that I write here. I know how to write stiff and formal papers. That's not fun. Sure hope I'm not being judged on my expressions here. :-/ I don't think anyone is "judging" anybody, but given the fact that we have so many international member who are struggling with English or are shy about posting I think it serves a purpose to discuss these things. As you can see many native English speakers also struggle with these grammar rules so those who are just learning shouldn't feel bad about having difficulties. Of course this is a place for informal writing. We ARE friends here so comments on word usage or grammar are intended to be helpful not belittling. I had a friend in college for whom English was a second language and she much preferred to have her friends correct her on things rather than being embarrassed in front of strangers. How do you learn without mistakes being pointed out? |
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Post by quietlion on Apr 7, 2012 17:07:38 GMT -5
I enjoy reading what the lyrics mean to each of you. I find it fascinating. I loved the performance and I can hardly wait to view it on TV. This is a little OT but I was browsing and I popped into another blog just to get some of their opinions of the performance. As far as Adam's performance, they all loved it, however, there were some opinions about the backup singers that I found to be a little offensive. Everyone has a right to their opinion but I guess that I have always felt that you should be respectful. Some thought that they didn't fit with Adam( as in big women, choir robes, not chic like the rest of the band) I guess what I am trying to say is that it seemed to go against everything that Adam has been trying to say all along. It doesn't matter whether you are gay, straight, black, white, old, young, tall, short, heavy or thin, we can party together and we are one. If this is too off base, please feel to delete it. I just felt the need to say it out loud. You are ON base, justsouthofnowhere, in fact, you have hit a home run. Adam's inclusiveness, the way he treats people, inspires me to do the same! |
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Post by marie23 on Apr 7, 2012 17:10:22 GMT -5
OH OMG.....YAY!! BETWEEN THIS AND THE NNN AWARDS MY ADAM IS COMING BACK TO ME!!!! Alright...you can delete if this is inappropriate....
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Post by nica575 on Apr 7, 2012 17:18:16 GMT -5
MosCOW is the only way to pronounce Moscow that I'm familiar with. How do YOU pronounce it? It is supposed to be pronounced MOSCOE. I was told that by so many people over the years, including my Russian 101 professor. I never made it to Russian 102, so only have one native speaker's opinion. as a native speaker I have to disapoint you ;D - Moscow is an English language "invention". In Russian Moscow is MOSKVA and pronounced with the accent on the A... actually it is interesting to find out how Moskva became Moscow .. ??? ... here is my contribution to the "words that drive me crazy when used improperly": usage of the verbs "to affect" and "to effect" as well as the nouns "affect" and "effect".... |
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Post by aurora on Apr 7, 2012 17:21:40 GMT -5
as a native speaker I have to disapoint you ;D - Moscow is an English language "invention". In Russian Moscow is MOSKVA and pronounced with the accent on the A... actually it is interesting to find out how Moskva became Moscow .. ??? ... here is my contribution to the "words that drive me crazy when used improperly": usage of the verbs "to affect" and "to effect" as well as the nouns "affect" and "effect".... In Finnish it's called Moskova! :D |
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Post by mirages on Apr 7, 2012 17:22:35 GMT -5
I never use semi-colons because I don't know the rules. Is there a simple way to remember? Correct my grammar. As an inveterate word geek, 4msrmyn, I consider the words "Correct my grammar" foreplay (which explains a lot about my love life). So, semicolons ... tricky little dickenses, and avoiding the dreaded comma splice, ditto. Wiki's pretty good on this: A comma splice is the use of a comma to join two independent clauses. For example:
It is nearly half past five, we cannot reach town before dark.[1]A semicolon should be used where the comma is in the example. A semicolon most often is used with two independent clauses, but occasionally when you want to join an independent and a dependent clause. The most common use is for clarity in lists that follow a colon -- here's a good example: She saw three men: Jamie, who came from New Zealand; John, the milkman's son; and George, a gaunt kind of man.I believe Susie referenced the book, "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" earlier; it's hilarious and mentions that the storehouse of punctuation marks in English has been reduced to 9 and we're about to lose the semicolon as well because no one knows how to use it anymore except in emoticons. Now, can we talk about "imply" and "infer" and why using them interchangeably means the end of civilization as we know it? Adam tie-in? Um, when he crushed that pomegranate, he didn't mean to imply a reference to Persephone in the Underworld, but we inferred it. See? As different as "throw" and "catch". |
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