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Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:55 pm
by Spud
One good test, if you are unsure, is to remove the friend from the equation. Which is correct?
1. Wonder Nuns is the name of the band that I have.
2. Wonder Nuns is the name of the band that me have.
Clearly, it is the first. Now we put the friend back in:
Wonder Nuns is the name of the band that my friend and I have.
Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:57 pm
by Spud
Teplin wrote:Spud wrote:
3. Why the question mark at the end?
Maybe it actually is "
The Wonder Nuns?". Like the band "
Therapy?".
That is an interesting possibility. I am unsure whether you would then need a period after the question mark, in that case. Quotes would probably clarify it, as you have exemplified.
Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:07 pm
by Teplin
My solution is as follows.
"There exists a band that calls itself
Wonder Nuns, which is comprised of two individuals: myself, and my associate."
Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:23 am
by Ethan
My goodness! Who knew that typing the way I talk would cause such a fuss? Maybe I should write like a textbook and everyone would be happy? I am sorry Spud's little daughter. Please forgive me. I only meant my best.
Look at me, here I go, I am going to clarify.
My friend and I are both co-owners of an outfit titled "The Wonder Nuns". He plays drums like he's in a heavy metal band, while I play guitar like Bob Dylan is singing the prettiest story in my ear.
Gosh, this is all rather sudden for a single sentence that I typed at 1 a.m.
Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:29 am
by Caravan Ray
Have we ruled out the possibility that Ethan and his friends are actually nuns?
Then, when he said "my friend and I's band is Wonder Nuns? " - he was really only guilty of using the wrong part of the verb "to be" and he meant "my friend and I's band ARE Wonder Nuns"? (OK...ignoring the whole "I's" issue and the inappropriate capitalisatons)
I like to think that Ethan looks like this:
Ethan is hot!
Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:17 am
by jast
Caravan Ray wrote:I like to think that Ethan looks like this:
Ethan is hot!
I felt a lot healthier before I read that.
Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:39 am
by Rabid Garfunkel
Why is Kevin Spacey teaching English on a plantation? I'll bet the mint julep in his hand got cropped out of the photo...
Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:15 am
by Billy's Little Trip
Rabid Garfunkel wrote:Why is Kevin Spacey teaching English on a plantation? I'll bet the mint julep in his hand got cropped out of the photo...
You talking about Spud?
Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:33 pm
by Caravan Ray
Rabid Garfunkel wrote:Why is Kevin Spacey teaching English on a plantation? I'll bet the mint julep in his hand got cropped out of the photo...
I thought Spud may be going through a Truman Capote phase.
Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:05 pm
by Spud
Ethan wrote:Gosh, this is all rather sudden for a single sentence that I typed at 1 a.m.
Take in stride, sir. Wait until you actually submit a song. I wouldn't beat you up if I didn't care.
Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:50 pm
by slats
Ethan wrote:My goodness! Who knew that typing the way I talk would cause such a fuss? Maybe I should write like a textbook and everyone would be happy?
Grammar hazing seems to be a newbie ritual. Welcome aboard!
Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:29 pm
by Rabid Garfunkel
slats wrote:Grammar hazing seems to be a newbie ritual. Welcome aboard!
Fixed.
Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:12 am
by BabylonHoruv
I didn't get my grammar picked apart.
I feel so unloved.
Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 7:15 pm
by Niveous
Spud wrote:The Weakest Suit wrote:Spud wrote:I am pretty sure there is no such word as "I's".
that doesn't matter anymore. public schools and the internet have killed grammar as we knew it. math, too. as long as you can quote Bright Eyes, and grow bangs long enough to be in your eyes, what else really matters.
As you can tell, I have not given up. There should be a question mark at the end of that last sentence.
The world needs to accept the idea of a rhetorical question mark.
Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 8:43 pm
by Billy's Little Trip
Niveous wrote:The world needs to accept the idea of a rhetorical question mark.
Re: Okay, Hi, Hello
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:51 pm
by Niveous
...just not that one.