Re: friendship on the world...


David Sueme wrote:
> vietnamese girl wrote:
> > hello Lurv90, you can call me Minh, i dont sure that i hate Cho Chang
> > because i havent talked to her before and also, i just dont like her!
> > its not mean i hate her. about sorted to a house, i have 12 nickname,
> > and i used that to sorted again and again! ( i hope admin dont know
> > that...hee hee )
>
> I'm puzzled about something here, Minh. Your capitalization and use of
> possessives are relentlessly incorrect, and you ocassionally omit an
> infinitive. But your handling of dependant clauses, parenthetical
> clauses, and the ellipsis would indicate a sophistication with English
> entirely at odds with that low level of English skill. Your basic
> spelling is essentially perfect.
>

See, Minh, *this* is pedantic!

Hi David! =)

Further examples... *.*

> There is an inconsistency here. On the surface your prose "sounds"
> semi-English-literate, which is the claim you made early in the thread.
> But if you look below the level of the obvious mistakes to the level
> of the language structure, I get the distinct feeling that whoever you
> are, you are much less English illerate than you represent. On the
> surface your language sounds like a Vietnamese in Kubrick's "Full Metal
> Jacket" - but the underlying rhythms (I had to look that one up)
> contradict that. The mistakes you present are obvious, as if you wrote
> (or mentally concieved) a correctly written English short essay and
> then edited it to make obvious grammar mistakes.
>
> You simply don't "sound" like who you claim to be.
>
> I have a similar problem with "Half Blood Prince". It just doesn't
> "sound" like the first five books. (You all just _had_ to know we were
> leading up to this!)
>

Argh!!!

> Peace on you, whoever you are!
>
> Dave

You wish no one peace, Dave. Admit it. You don't know how to "give it a
rest." =)

-Aaron

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