English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

12:26 AM

@Simchona. I realize now the question may be a dupe, but why delete my answer to it? Even if the question itself has been closed, it's a signpost, and my answer succinctly answered it

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Affable yo.

I only saw ya in Christianity... Whats up?

simchona

@AffableGeek I didn't delete your answer

@AffableGeek Ask the moderator who did it why he did it

RegDwight Ѭſ道

@AffableGeek I did. This question is merge material, but your answer woudln't fit on any of the possible merge candidates.

simchona

@RegDwightѬſ道 Was just about to ping you

RegDwight Ѭſ道

If you are willing to make it fit, I'll gladly undelete and merge.

Alternatively, you can just answer any of the original questions.

Sonic The Hedgehog

12:35 AM

I think he is afk.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

Fair enough, I'm watching the Red Carpet as well.

Sonic The Hedgehog

Red Carpet?

simchona

@Reg I really don't want this to be reopened...

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Q: “It took me all of ten minutes to find out” - what does “it took me” mean?

I have a little confusion on understanding the sentence: It took me all of ten minutes to find out . Why couldn't it be "I took all of ten minutes to find out"?

grammar

RegDwight Ѭſ道

84th Academy Awards

The 84th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), will honor the best films of 2011. The ceremony will take place on February 26, 2012 (5:30 p.m. PST, 8:30 p.m. EST, with a red carpet ceremony at 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET), at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood, California; it will be televised live in the United States on ABC. Academy Awards of Merit will be presented in 24 standard competitive categories at the February 26 ceremony. Nominations for these awards were announced by AMPAS on January 24, 2012. In addition, th...

Sonic The Hedgehog

Jelly. Only channel I can get from my old TV is 2 and 13.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

12:37 AM

@simchona Seeing that the user is now suspended for a month, that's not likely to happen.

Sonic The Hedgehog

and 7 and 11.

simchona

@RegDwightѬſ道 It has 4 reopen votes as of now

RegDwight Ѭſ道

I know. I'm not holding my breath.

simchona

@SonicTheHedgehog That defeats the purpose of saying you have only one channel if you, in fact, have 4

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Sim Does it? Oh well.

simchona

12:39 AM

@SonicTheHedgehog you said "only channel...is..."

Sonic The Hedgehog

Lol

RegDwight Ѭſ道

@SonicTheHedgehog 13 * 7 - 11 + 2 * 2 = 84. So just click through your channels in this order, and you can watch the Oscars.

Sonic The Hedgehog

I tried to edit my sentence up there, and it said I only had 4 seconds left, I rushed, but I was a second too late. Now it says that I can't edit it.

@Reg ...that made no sense.

Ragequit.

@Reg perhaps maybe I can make it stream live through my computer.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

@SonicTheHedgehog No, no, no, no. Let me ask you a question. When you came pulling in here, did you notice a sign out in front of this chat that said "Room in which Reg makes sense"? You know why you didn't see that sign? 'Cause it ain't there, 'cause making sense ain't my effing business, that's why!

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Sonic The Hedgehog

@Reg Well too bad, this room is called Incomprehensible room.

Beat that.

simchona

12:44 AM

@SonicTheHedgehog Umm...that completely supports what Reg just said

Sonic The Hedgehog

Yosh, streaming live!

RegDwight Ѭſ道

May 21 '11 at 13:05, by RegDwight

room topic changed to English Language and Usage: aka The Incomprehensible Room

Beat that.

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Sonic The Hedgehog

@sim The question is, do I give a eff?

Hey, I have a question.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

No, but you might consider giving an eff.

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Sonic The Hedgehog

why an?(I was about to ask same thing)

simchona

12:46 AM

@SonicTheHedgehog Well, you tried to "logically" prove Reg wrong and instead just proved him right

Sonic The Hedgehog

I mean, eff presents Fu*k.

RegDwight Ѭſ道

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Q: When should I use "a" vs "an"?

In the following example, is it appropriate to use "a" or "an" as the indefinite article, and why? He ate [insert here] green apple. I know that in the case of just "apple", it would be "an apple," but I've heard conflicting answers for "green apple," where the noun is separated from the ar...