posted November 02, 2000 06:10 AM
"I invented pants."
Great commercial.
And Bush's daughter's are hotter.
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posted November 02, 2000 06:38 AM
His daughter's are?
I think you mean his daughters.
I don't think they posess the word "are"
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posted November 02, 2000 07:29 AM
Just a general comment...I'm usually the first person to correct this sort of thing, but people here spend more time criticising Omega's grammar/spelling errors than addressing his ideas...
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posted November 02, 2000 07:40 AM
It's kinda the same mentality that leads people to criticize Bush, ain't it, Frank?
And yes, I know that that's posessive. It's called a typo.
------------------ Pilot: You're sure they were Americans, eh? Fraser: They were all wearing new boots, they were driving a Jeep Wrangler, and they carried big guns. Pilot: Americans it is. - "due South"
posted November 02, 2000 07:46 AM
It should be "isn't it Frank".
Actually Jeff, that was extrememly picky. It's one thing to get annoyed at him spelling Britain as "Brittain", but the use of the possesive apostraphe? It's a really easy mistake to make. And like there/their, and to/too, it's something that took me ages to get.
Hey, so I'm bad at English. Sue me. But I've got the moral victory. Oh yes.
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posted November 02, 2000 08:40 AM
I'll correct sumone, but only when it's amusing. Like when somwone mispells the same word numerous times in the same paragraph. Especially when someon like that mispells it each time differently.
posted November 02, 2000 01:30 PM
"My dad and I wear the same pants."
That's why people should vote Nader.
Anyway, a friend told me that the original quote was from a campaign person for Gore who said he was one of the first people who supported/instigated the Internet. Then that guy was misquoted saying that Gore invented the Internet. I just think this is one of the most ridiculous things people can argue over. Of course, a lot political arguments around here are childish to begin with.
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posted November 02, 2000 02:05 PM
I've yet to see anyone correct Omega's spelling of the word "prove"
Omega, I'm sorry for being a nitpicker.
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posted November 02, 2000 03:22 PM
I started to correct the "proove" thing, but opted for inventing the internet myself, then I thought, well, hell, I do enough typos, goofed up spelling, and screwed up grammer myself, so I guess I shouldn't pitch stones.
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posted November 03, 2000 01:25 AM
Actually, Gore said "I took the initiative in creating the internet." on a TV broadcast on one of the talk shows/ news programs he was on, I forget which. Possibly "Oprah."
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posted November 03, 2000 03:48 AM
All I've actually seen is the clip of him, saying those exact words, so I can't be sure of this, but I've been told that he realized afterward that that didn't sound right and wasn't what he meant. But, like I said, I don't know if that's true or not.
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