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I am so excited!

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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 4:23 pm


	Today I was in a "literate RPG" Guild. It was great, besides the fact that I realized that it's not so lit as I would have liked... but one takes what one can get, ne? Anyway, this girl had a grammar mistake in her sig. So I PMed her and told her she had a case of poor subject-antecedent agreement and that she might want to fix it. And she thanked me. And fixed it. There is hope yet. I am so deliciously happy.... Hooray!

Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:40 pm


	That's wonderful. It's nice when people can actually listen to good advice without getting all bent out of shape about it. On another note, what the hell is subject-antecedent agreement?

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Roy_Mustang_Is_Hot_Stuff

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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:18 pm


	Awww, ten years ago, I could have explained it right off the top of my head. Now I have to go and look it up. My curisoity always gets the best of me. sweatdrop

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:46 am


	Actually, I meant to tell her pronoun-antecedent agreement, but in my 3:00 AM delusion, I wrote the wrong thing. But she caught it and fixed it, which was the cool part. An example of poor pronoun-antecedent agreement is something along the lines as "I'm just another imperfect person taking their time." Person is a singular noun, therefore the word "their" should be replaced with a singlular pronoun, such as "his" or "her," or even "its." The word "their" is a plural pronoun reserved only for plural nouns. It's a pretty easy concept with a pretty annoying name. They should just call it Pronoun-noun agreement, but English people are fussy. And that's why we love them. <3 I am tired and hungry and cold and getting ill. If there are typoes, that's why. I'll come back and edit for that later... 'cause I don't feel like re-reading my post... bleeuugh.... Ughh... so ill....

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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:59 pm


	That's so cool! <33 Yep, I remember pronoun-antecedent agreement.

Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 2:13 pm


	Hmm. Never heard of it, but sound's logical.

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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 4:35 pm


	I apologize for the following statement. OMFG. Once again, I apologize. But I feel that this properly expresses my amazement. Maybe I should have said, "This amazes me to no end. Maybe there truly is hope for today's youth." Ha, I just said it. Oh well. Both statements work fine for me.