09-26-2001, 02:15 PM | #21 |
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Well, "public" is ONE large group. You are refering to the group, not the individuals within.
I mean, you do also say "an atom doesn't", even though the atom has several particels within ------------------ We call him Bobby Corwen |
09-26-2001, 04:18 PM | #22 | |
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I don't know if it was a typo, but you don't want "The" capitalized in response D. I found the question very confusing. Is there more? or is that it? I have a difficult time figuring out who is going to be wiped out by whom. I find it hard to believe that "interactivity" is going to wipe someone out. Likewise, I find it just as unbelievable that the shopping public will wipe people out (imagining little shoppers running around with machine guns and such ). I feel sorry for you if this is the type of question you have to deal with on a regular basis. Where's the real grammar? ------------------ Most Subtle Official Straightman of the Laughing Hyenas -- Grammarian Brigade. "The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom." -- Thomas Huxley |
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09-26-2001, 04:30 PM | #23 | |
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I'll give you a summery Interactive shopping is going to be very populair anytime soon as the public wants to see and feel the products normal supermarkets and mall will survive as they provide better service "Those" are all retailers and the real grammer? well we get questions like this to test both our vocabulary as out grammer ------------------ I'm Watching you... |
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09-26-2001, 05:34 PM | #24 |
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Let the lymie in.
~swaggers in~ the public DON'T sorry - who said our language was consitent was dreaming ------------------ Lord Raptor's Site Ironworks Dark General BG2 Tavern Keeper King of Pointlessness |
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09-26-2001, 09:44 PM | #26 | |
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Here's an example of another ridiculous question: "The opposite of Heaven is:___________________". Now, most people would answer "Hell", naturally. Not so...the makers of the SAT have deemed that the opposite of Heaven is "Earth". Well, that's arguable, but is it any more or less correct? Why should someone be penalized because of an opinion which is NOT a point of logic, if that is indeed what the test is purporting to measure? GRRRR....I think you can tell how I feel about standardized tests! My sympathies are with you, Rikard. ------------------ I know who you are...I saw what you did! |
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