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Topic: GOOD
Posted By: emdiar
Subject: GOOD
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 14:30
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Answer this as good as you can. (it might be time for another pet hate thread!) ------------- Perception is truth, ergo opinion is fact. |
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 14:45
| Adjective, man! It's not good to use unless you use it good! |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 14:46
It's a good adjective for the greater Good! ------------- 
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 15:01
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It's the title of the first Morphine album, anyone knows that! On this board, use good as an adverb at your peril ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 15:17
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Ahhhh, of course! I was trying to work out where the noun came in. Never an adverb, though! |
Reed Lover wrote:
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 15:49
I thought a poll measures opinion. Last time I checked, the fact that good is an adjective is not opinion but very much fact.
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Posted By: Richardw
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 16:13
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Not Bad. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 16:36
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Ha! An adjective -- NOT an adverb. Good describes a thing (noun), not an action (verb).
In the second example, "well" should take the place of "good." He is a good guitarist.
An common error that irks me, Em, is "a lot" written as one word (it is two). This is becoming more common (thanks to the web, and "chatroom speak," I believe) but "alot" is NOT A WORD! It is two words -- put the space in! The ubiquitous unnecessary/incorrect use of "like" really bugs me, too. Thanks, California/Hollywood/surfer culture/Valley girls -- I'm, like, so impressed. My daughter can't seem to say ten words without saying "like," but the word almost always has no meaning or function in her conversation.
Don't get me started on its and it's! Okay, I'm done now.
------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
"This is a good album." (correct)
"He plays mellotron good." (incorrect)
Good can also be a noun, at times: "He died for the greater good." "Good versus evil..."
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 16:38
Its like really irritating,but they say it alot! Wish they would speak gooder. -------------
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 16:43
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20 marks off, Reed Fluffer! ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 16:43
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I don't have a problem with people using "like" in that context; after all, "um" is neither a word nor has any meaning, and is used in much the same sense, and nobody complains about that! It does get irritating if it's used like all the time.
(Yes, I meant to do that. And yes, I know it wasn't funny |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 16:44
| Ditto "err" and "uhh", and I think it's "ben" they say in France. |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 16:46
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CAN`T ANYONE COME UP WITH A GOODER THREAD.
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 16:47
That's an interesting apothysis,Peter.Dont get too excited,when you do it sticks out a mile! -------------
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 29 2005 at 16:50
Ah, but now it's showing up in print, in advertising, etc. No one bothers to actually WRITE "um" and "ar." 'Cept maybe Ant Phillips.
Try marking poor writing for a living.... ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: emdiar
Date Posted: March 30 2005 at 10:06
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Peter, you're a man after my own heart, so here's another one that sets my teeth on edge: using an adjective in place of an adverb, as in "REAL good"..Whats wrong with "really". Then there's the inappropriate use of the past participle. Combine the three: "The boys done real good.".....ARGHHHHH! I love snooker, but Britains top snooker commentator, John Virgo, drives me mad. "Oooh, he played that perfect/brilliant/careless etc." You can blame his colloquial northern tongue if you like, but I'm also from the north (ish) and it doesn't stop me finishing all his sentences with a resounding "LEE!"
------------- Perception is truth, ergo opinion is fact. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 01 2005 at 18:12
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------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Glass-Prison
Date Posted: April 01 2005 at 18:48
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Wow, another hoser poll, eh? ------------- Sun Tsu said: To fight and conquer in your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. Sun Tsu: The art of War |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: April 01 2005 at 20:03
The correct english sentence would actually be: Answer this as well as you can. But I'm not going to get into that. ------------- 
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Posted By: Ben2112
Date Posted: April 01 2005 at 21:23
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Blame Beavis & Butthead for the "like" thing. Gawd, every 10 year old in America was going around in 1995 saying "That's, like, cool...or something." Well now those 10 year olds are young adults and still talking like that. Now, excuse me as I, like, go watch some episodes of B&B on my comp...and stuff.
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 03:39
Maybe we should start an irony and sarcasm thread as well. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Manunkind
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 04:08
What, yet another one ------------- "In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun |
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