did he edit his post after you corrected his abysmal grammarvladimir wrote:'had', not 'had had', LOL, and 'would', not 'would have'.
Look at that grammatical can of worms you are open!
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Who is this SCC BSCW? That's quite a mouthful.Just Bryan wrote:Compared to SCC BSCW is a well adjusted, thoughtful and informed contributor.YaTingPom wrote:The BSCW thread is succinct compared to this thread.
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Did someone say grammar?Abou-Gor wrote:did he edit his post after you corrected his abysmal grammarvladimir wrote:'had', not 'had had', LOL, and 'would', not 'would have'.
Look at that grammatical can of worms you are open!
vladimir wrote:Look at that grammatical can of worms you are open!
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
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It were deliberate, LL Get it? Two grammar errors after the can of worms thingy? Never mind...Lucky Lucan wrote:Did someone say grammar?Abou-Gor wrote:did he edit his post after you corrected his abysmal grammarvladimir wrote:'had', not 'had had', LOL, and 'would', not 'would have'.
Look at that grammatical can of worms you are open!
vladimir wrote:Look at that grammatical can of worms you are open!
PS he word 'were' is also a deliberate mistake in this post...just in case...
ירי ילדים והפצצת אזרחים דורש אומץ, כמו גם הטרדה מינית של עובדי ההוראה.
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Vladimir wrote:I think you would back Hitler if he had money.
Lucky Lucan wrote:Hitler didn't have money?
So you were talking hypothetically in the present about someone who died in 1945? Can you explain that?Vladimir wrote:'had', not 'had had', LOL, and 'would', not 'would have'.
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'I think you'd back Hitler if he had money.' Now, we all know Hitler is dead, yes? So obviously it must be a hypothetical - in this case impossible - situation.'Lucky Lucan wrote:So you were talking hypothetically in the present about someone who died in 1945? Can you explain that?
What we are doing is juxtaposing 2 people in time...one we know is dead, with scobienz...who is alive, (more or less).
It's a conditional, and it indicates a hypothetical situation, pretty sure it's acceptable. Usage in conditionals is weird...for example...If I were a doctor...
Interesting...
I wasn't actually talking, I was posting. Perhaps we could discuss the correct usage for that at a later stage.
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ירי ילדים והפצצת אזרחים דורש אומץ, כמו גם הטרדה מינית של עובדי ההוראה.
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I'm fine, I just wondered what the big deal was with my sentence.
Would you do me the great favor of correcting it?
Would you do me the great favor of correcting it?
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
Actually, Hitler was very rich and made a fortune from royalties from Mein Kampf, helped of course by him prescribing that every German household should have a copy, at the Government's expense. He also refused to pay taxes. When he was Chancellor he was issued with a huge tax bill on earnings from Mein Kampf in the early 1930s; he refused to pay it and the German Government passed legislation making him tax exempt. It's estimated he had a private fortune of around 1.1bn reichsmark by the time he died.
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I've heard, on good word, that you actually are one of the beneficiaries of that ill-gotten-wealth. I'm appalled. I don't know how you can sleep at night.scobienz wrote:It's estimated he had a private fortune of around 1.1bn reichsmark by the time he died.
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
Lucky Lucan wrote:I've heard, on good word, that you actually are one of the beneficiaries of that ill-gotten-wealth. I'm appalled. I don't know how you can sleep at night.scobienz wrote:It's estimated he had a private fortune of around 1.1bn reichsmark by the time he died.
Uncle Adie was on the troubled side of the family, but he did us ok. I descended from a long line of bloody sucking leeches on the other.
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I think the general implication is not that he didn't have money, but that anyone with money would be acceptable to you, even Adie.
You forgot Uncle Idi, the likeness between you two is extraordinary.
'Bloody sucking leeches'? Angry at the sucking ones? Don't all leeches suck?
You forgot Uncle Idi, the likeness between you two is extraordinary.
'Bloody sucking leeches'? Angry at the sucking ones? Don't all leeches suck?
ירי ילדים והפצצת אזרחים דורש אומץ, כמו גם הטרדה מינית של עובדי ההוראה.
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Useless fact: There are some leeches that eat small invertebrates rather than suck blood.vladimir wrote: 'Bloody sucking leeches'? Angry at the sucking ones? Don't all leeches suck?
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Well some of those may get approved...unless they're socialists.Lucky Lucan wrote:Useless fact: There are some leeches that eat small invertebrates rather than suck blood.vladimir wrote: 'Bloody sucking leeches'? Angry at the sucking ones? Don't all leeches suck?
ירי ילדים והפצצת אזרחים דורש אומץ, כמו גם הטרדה מינית של עובדי ההוראה.
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