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[Mays-Fan]

Aren't you the guy that wrote 'Oh, so you're saying "calling" is a noun, not a verb?' ??? (BTW, in that usage, it IS a noun, and not a verb.) So no, you weren't ahead of me, and you were wrong. If you don't believe me, pick up a grammar text and look up 'gerund'.

Dude, it's like you're quoting my post #49, and you have no idea what it means.

Read it again, as if I'm agreeing with him. Which I was. Yeesh!

 

[MarcoPolo]

Dude, it's like you're quoting my post #49, and you have no idea what it means.

Read it again, as if I'm agreeing with him. Which I was. Yeesh!

Since your previous post was "Who taught you how to write?", with Your in bold, it reads as a sarcastic rejoinder. Had you been agreeing with him a "you were right" or even explaining why he was right (altho not necessarily as pedantically as myself) would have been more clear.

 

[MarcoPolo]

At least *I* made it 200% clear *why* he was correct.

 

[calsnowskier]

And the joy factor of this thread has officially reached "0"...

 

[Mays-Fan]

Since your previous post was "Who taught you how to write?", with Your in bold, it reads as a sarcastic rejoinder. Had you been agreeing with him a "you were right" or even explaining why he was right (altho not necessarily as pedantically as myself) would have been more clear.

Oh, so you're saying "calling" is a noun, not a verb?

If so, who could blame you for being miffed?

So, Marco, please tell me what the bolded sentence in my quote means.

 

[LHG]

Can't we get back to the questions?

 

[MarcoPolo]

So, Marco, please tell me what the bolded sentence in my quote means.

Sarcastic pedantry.

 

[MarcoPolo]

At least my pedantry was honest and straight-forward.

 

[MarcoPolo]

As you asked me, re-read it as if you weren't agreeing with him. How would that read?

 

[SFGRTB]

Can't we just be friends?

 

[MarcoPolo]

Wouldn't that be boring? How would that work? How would life be better ? (Does Marco have serious 'would' ??)

 

[msgkings322]

It's no longer a question: you guys are all retarded.

 

[Mays-Fan]

It's no longer a question: you guys are all retarded.

Yeah, it got that way. Fun while it lasted.

 

[Stokes1931]

I think so. Well, at least all but me - I am apparently the only guy that stayed awake in 8th grade English and heard the lecture about gerunds.

Gerunds are OK, but genitives are the bomb, aren't they?

 

[MarcoPolo]

Unhappy are we?

 

[MarcoPolo]

Gerunds are OK, but genitives are the bomb, aren't they?

You mean "Marco's right to pontificate" ? or "Marco's load of shite"?