(July 22, 2015 at 12:14 pm)excitedpenguin Wrote: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/disinterestedGee, you're right. I was wrong. Does this mean I lose my 4 stars? I still have 48 pages of kudos, so can I rest on my laurels?
What were you again? Some sort of language expert? Well, you're wrong. Isn't it weird, being that I learned english over the internet and apparently know it better than you do? Maybe you should read some literature to ascertain the real meaning of words.
It means both, by the way, if you didn't get that.
I'm not sure why you had the impression it was used only one certain way. Nevertheless, I'll have you know that language is a tool - it evolves and changes with usage. It's not set in stone, far from it. "Pedants", however, seem to miss the point, as usual.
Wounds healed. Guns still blazing. Because of you, I'm a bit smarter than I was yesterday. Thanks.
So you think you know English better than me? Okay, here's a challenge. Turn the following words into two sentences adding only punctuation. Don't change or rearrange the words.
James where John had had had had had had had had had had had the teacher's approval
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
