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Jude Niroshan
Jude Niroshan
03:42
It's a beautiful damn freaking hot day!
 
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
06:03
@JudeNiroshan Indeed! It's not yet noon, and it's already +11 °C
 
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Anonymous
08:03
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
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Man_From_India
Man_From_India
09:22
@Cardinal you mean "objective/subjective pronoun + verb-ing"?
There are plenty of answers here on this topic. I myself once wrote an answer regarding this.
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A: Do we use "my" or possessive pronouns in such sentences?

Man_From_IndiaSHORT ANSWER 1. He noticed my coming up the water. 2. He noticed me coming up the water. Both the sentences are grammatically correct. Yet the objective form is more common, for, in my opinion, it's much more logical. You notice the person doing it. Even if you want to see their action...

Also, the subsequent discussion on comments is equally "read-worthy" :-)
Cardinal
Cardinal
09:54
@Man_From_India sure. I remember you dealing with this topic very entuthiastically. :-)
Man_From_India
Man_From_India
@Cardinal actually back that time I got some free time, and I freshly studied that topic :D
It's been so hot over here these days that it's almost giving me a hand pain to bring down the mercary marking of a thermometer after checking my fever :(
Cardinal
Cardinal
@Man_From_India Nice.
userr2684291
userr2684291
10:13
@Man_From_India Thank you.
So there's no way to know it.
There're two versions of advice: "You should feel free to use whichever of the two formulations seems natural." (from EL&U) and "The possessive will never get you into trouble." (from ELL).
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
11:03
6 1
articles singular-vs-plural
What happened to the other Brock?
I wanted to comment to tell them to merge accounts
Apparently, the other one is no more o.O
 
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user178049
user178049
13:39
Just discovered this very beautiful word
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious : extraordinarily good
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Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
13:55
Haha!
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
14:49
@user178049 I first heard it on BBC 17 years ago
Evening Dam, evening all
user178049
user178049
15:07
@CowperKettle How can you be so sure it's 17 years ago, O_o. Btw, how old are you?
Evening!
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
Whistling
@user178049 plenking: extraordinarily bad
user178049
user178049
@M.A.R HAHA, I like "extraordinarily bad".
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
15:29
@user178049 I am 39
I'm keeping a log of everything I see and hear and read. And I just looked up in that log.
It was on December 24, 2000
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@user178049 I'm the juvenile here
user178049
user178049
15:54
@CowperKettle Ohh, that is a good habit
@M.A.R. How old are you?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
@user178049 It's a good joke
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user178049
user178049
Hahaha
userr2684291
userr2684291
16:20
@Man_From_India They do. The first one doesn't work for learners. The second one doesn't work in real life.
@user178049 That's from Mary Poppins, hehe. There's even a song about it.
Actually, I think it was concocted for that purpose only.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
user image
Brave Russian policemen arrested another criminal
An old lady with a poster asking Vladimir Putin to step down
It took half a dozen policemen to neutralize her. Must be quite a nasty criminal lady
userr2684291
userr2684291
@user178049 It's not in common usage, although people know of it, and sometimes it's abbreviated to supercalifragilistic. (:
user178049
user178049
@userr2684291 Yeah, I just found out it has a song. Yup, it is not common, but it's a beautiful obscure word :)
I tried using it in a group chat. They said I sound pompous XD
userr2684291
userr2684291
16:37
@user178049 It was never intended for serious use, even in an informal register.
So I'd take it as jocular...
 
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M.A.R.
M.A.R.
17:54
@user178049 18
Færd
Færd
18:15
Young.
Though sometimes I think life is too short to be divided into childhood and youth and old age and whatnot.
 
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userr2684291
userr2684291
19:54
@M.A.R. Grim.
Cardinal
Cardinal
20:36
@CowperKettle Nice.
user178049
user178049
21:04
@M.A.R Well I'm your brother then. I'm 19.

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