DefaultBeep Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Just now, Integrity said: all nouns actually, pronouns are the exception that doesn't take on 's or s' Alright, thanks for the correction. I couldn't remember for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specta Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Just now, Rex Glacies said: Hm. English is weird and illogical. That said, thank you. no problem. i'm an english teacher, so i love to help with this!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcanite Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 I like how we all used the same example Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Denver Fan Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 5 minutes ago, Integrity said: you fixed it wrong, thou carries a different verb conjugation to you boom, out language nerded Nope, out of the 14 years of studying the Bible I learnt that "Thou" means you. What are you saying, that my Bible is lying? The word of God doesn't lie. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 1 minute ago, John Denver Fan said: Nope, out of the 14 years of studying the Bible I learnt that "Thou" means you. What are you saying, that my Bible is lying? The word of God doesn't lie. thou means you, but takes different verb conjugations; it's not thou did it's thou didst c'mon dude if you're trolling this is hella low effort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specta Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 the word of God doesn't lie but you sure can misinterpret His grammar conventions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SullyMcGully Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 (edited) Guys stop arguing! You're making Sayori feel bad! 1 Edited December 20, 2017 by SullyMcGully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcanite Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 1 minute ago, John Denver Fan said: Nope, out of the 14 years of studying the Bible I learnt that "Thou" means you. What are you saying, that my Bible is lying? The word of God doesn't lie. Do you know how verb conjugation works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultBeep Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 (edited) 2 minutes ago, John Denver Fan said: Nope, out of the 14 years of studying the Bible I learnt that "Thou" means you. What are you saying, that my Bible is lying? The word of God doesn't lie. 2 Ignoring a religious debate, I'm not sure you can simply take something like that from a much earlier time period, and expect its grammar to stay the exact same. My Bible uses "an" before any word that starts with H, but that doesn't make that grammatically correct today. 1 Edited December 20, 2017 by DefaultBeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 (edited) 1 minute ago, DefaultBeep said: My Bible uses "an" before any word that starts with H, but that doesn't make that grammatically correct today. i think that's a britishism actually EDIT: a contemporary one even Edited December 20, 2017 by Integrity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcanite Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Uno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specta Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 it can still be grammatically correct today! a vs. an is based on the pronunciation of the word. an is used before words that start with a vowel SOUND even if the letter is a consonant, so words with silent h's (like the american pronunciation of herb as urb) use an (an herb) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultBeep Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 (edited) 1 minute ago, Integrity said: i think that's a britishism actually Darn it this is why I don't try to add to conversations like this. Let's go with "Doesn't make it commonly accepted in the US" then, since I believe that's where both I and @John Denver Fan live. 1 @Specta Oh I know that, that's why I specified that it was for all words that start with H. Like, "it was an horrible event", or something similar to that. Edited December 20, 2017 by DefaultBeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Denver Fan Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 1 minute ago, Integrity said: i think that's a britishism actually EDIT: a contemporary one even My Bible uses British English. And I like to type in British English, coincidence? Probaly not. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 2 minutes ago, DefaultBeep said: Let's go with "Doesn't make it commonly accepted in the US" then, since I believe that's where both I and @John Denver Fan live. i'm american too and specta actually threw the real knowledge down because i do write 'an herb' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcanite Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 (edited) 1 Edited December 20, 2017 by Arcanite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Glacies Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Integrity Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 3 minutes ago, DefaultBeep said: Oh I know that, that's why I specified that it was for all words that start with H. Like, "it was an horrible event", or something similar to that. it is also distinctly old-timey to preface h-words with an iirc, with a strong tendency for the younger generations to prefer heuristics like specta said or just blanket using 'a' instead however, the KJV most famously but also other editions of the bible have a stick about using 'the correct' language like 1200 english is somehow acceptably close to 100 greek or sth and haven't majorly updated their grammar since forever ago in a mostly political move that large swathes of christianity have internalized as religious for some reason my faith is a hoot man, i love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisobeyedCargo Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcanite Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Just now, DisobeyedCargo said: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH me inside 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Glacies Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 We managed to get to 4 a few minutes ago. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SullyMcGully Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 2 minutes ago, Integrity said: my faith is a hoot man, i love it My thoughts exactly. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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