Y'all English Teachers, Listen Up

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Truthfully, the guy who (he) originally came up with all this nonsense should be horse whipped.
 
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wwjd_kilden

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What is the difference between being whipped and being horse whipped?

(I subconsciously take things very literally sometimes...)
 

Roh_Chris

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What is the difference between being whipped and being horse whipped?

(I subconsciously take things very literally sometimes...)
Throw in hoarsely whipped into the mix and we now have a conundrum.
 
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What is the difference between being whipped and being horse whipped?

(I subconsciously take things very literally sometimes...)
When a horse whips you, you know you have REALLY been whipped!
 

Lynx

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In the current instance you change plural to singular.

"Then you mix in he who is bilingual." So you would use "who" instead of "whom."

"Then you mix in him who(m) is bilingual" is only grammatically correct in the south, where we ain't got no edication nohow. And it don't even sound right with who or whom, you gotta say "Then you mix in him what's bilingual."
 

p_rehbein

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Who or whom.... Rather than me throwing in some grammar rules, just see which pronoun (he or him) can replace the questionable word. It’s a little trick I learned back in elementary school: If it can be replaced with “he,” you use who; if “him” fits better, use whom. Sometimes you may need to split the sentence to see it. For example, It was Carl—he broke all the pencils in the house. Who should be used here. You asked him to the dance? Whom is the correct choice.

And when in doubt on the “who whom” debacle, recast the sentence to avoid the issue altogether.

The Force is placing a bounty on this one..............dern english techers
 

Roh_Chris

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ये क्या बात है, भाई?

നിന്റെ പേര് എന്തുവാ?


நான் இதை தாங்க முடியவில்லை
 

Roh_Chris

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Sorry, I missed a few details. Could the mods delete my previous post?

ये क्या बात है, भाई? <- Hindi, the language spoken in the northern belt of India, and one of the 14 official languages

നിന്റെ പേര് എന്തുവാ? <- Malayalam, the language spoken in my ancestral hometown, and another of the 14 official languages

நான் இதை தாங்க முடியவில்லை <- Tamil, the language spoken in Chennai, and another of the 14 official languages. This is the oldest language in India and one of the 7 oldest languages in the world, believed to originate around 2,500 BC. Some Tamil words are even present in the Hebrew Bible!
 
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Dino246

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This thread is excellent rationale as to why most of us are, um, single.

Horse-whipped. The missing hyphen. Properly-used hyphens are somewhat-rapidly going extinct. :)
 

seoulsearch

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This thread is excellent rationale as to why most of us are, um, single.

Horse-whipped. The missing hyphen. Properly-used hyphens are somewhat-rapidly going extinct. :)
Apparently, so are good horse whippings.
 

Lynx

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I have known a few colts that I thought could use a whoopin.
 
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Apparently, so are good horse whippings.
People just don't value tradition any more.

I petitioned town hall to bring back the stockades but they said it would scare the nearby population of college students. I pointed out that the fraternities are all about corporal punishment.

I have known a few colts that I thought could use a whoopin.
Like I said, people just don't value tradition any more.
 
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People just don't value tradition any more.

I petitioned town hall to bring back the stockades but they said it would scare the nearby population of college students. I pointed out that the fraternities are all about corporal punishment.



Like I said, people just don't value tradition any more.
What happened to all the razor straps and good ol' bull whips?
 
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ServantStrike

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What happened to all the razor straps and good ol' bull whips?
You know I was thinking of that very thought.

I've got three strops in my bathroom right now - Latigo, Loose compression horsehide, and then tight compression horsehide. People have asked to watch me shave on more than one occasion. Apparently it's fascinating.

And also for the record - I wouldn't want to be hit with the horsehide. I don't know why they don't bind bibles in it because it's magical. Leather work is an art form that's dying out sadly.
 

violakat

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For some reason, when I looked at the title today, I thought it said, "Yall Engaged Teachers, Listen Up"
 
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Kaycie

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I know right? The silent e at the end of a word is supposed to make the vowel say it's name while pronounced. So 'not' becomes 'note'. So the 'a' in the word 'have' should be a long 'a' instead of a short 'a', and should sound like the second syllable in the word 'behave'. English often don't follow its own rules, weather whether that's right or knot.
 

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I still stand by Jeni on this using the word whom.

 
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Yeah, as I said......... Simply use the "he" or 'him" test. Easy, and it works every time.