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RE: Technically speaking
August 15, 2019 at 12:18 am
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It's = it is
Its is the possessive pronoun. Consider the other possessive pronouns as reference. Do they contain apostrophes? No. Same with its then.
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RE: Technically speaking
August 15, 2019 at 12:31 am
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I hate it when people use “begs the question” when they mean, “this brings up the question”. That’s not what it means.
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RE: Technically speaking
August 15, 2019 at 4:44 am
People will insist on calling it 'The Bayeux Tapestry'. It's not a tapestry. It's an embroidery.
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RE: Technically speaking
August 15, 2019 at 5:00 am
(August 15, 2019 at 3:31 am)Peebo-Thuhlu Wrote: (August 14, 2019 at 11:02 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: White man being speaking with fork tongue, isn’t it?
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RE: Technically speaking
August 15, 2019 at 5:22 am
'Hot water heater'. It's a water heater. You're heating water, not heating hot water.
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RE: Technically speaking
August 15, 2019 at 8:24 am
(August 14, 2019 at 8:42 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: We seem to like to split hairs.
Post your nits you pick here.
I'll start.
What we call "parallel parking" isn't.
If you use the standards of engineering (especially electrical) it should be called "series parking".
What you do in a big parking lot is parallel parking. Unless you consider more than one row - and then it's series parallel.
Yes it is. You're parking parallel to the flow of traffic.
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RE: Technically speaking
August 15, 2019 at 11:42 am
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