Author Topic: The General Chit Chat Thread (Read 1540459 times)

JoonasTo · « **Reply #28340 on:** June 13, 2011, 03:40:05 PM »

Just had to sign in to say hi to Enzy.

Hi Enzy!

Meomix · « **Reply #28341 on:** June 13, 2011, 03:48:21 PM »

First time i'm hearing about Water Stage Restrictions.

Still i'm impressed that country is habitable.
Oh and i bring this back, leaves me in tears each time.

TiYlER · « **Reply #28342 on:** June 13, 2011, 03:50:38 PM »

There are water restrictions here in Florida, but they are usually only during Drought and aren't super serious. No watering your lawn constantly, things like that.

1000mAh · « **Reply #28343 on:** June 13, 2011, 05:23:33 PM »

Quote from: Meomix on June 13, 2011, 03:48:21 PM

First time i'm hearing about Water Stage Restrictions. Still i'm impressed that country is habitable.
Oh and i bring this back, leaves me in tears each time.

come on! it wasn't that good

Meomix · « **Reply #28344 on:** June 13, 2011, 05:38:17 PM »

Quote from: 1000mAh on June 13, 2011, 05:23:33 PM

Quote from: Meomix on June 13, 2011, 03:48:21 PM
First time i'm hearing about Water Stage Restrictions. Still i'm impressed that country is habitable.
Oh and i bring this back, leaves me in tears each time.

come on! it wasn't that good

The fact that it doesn't remind you of how bad runescape was.. you got no funny bones.

1000mAh · « **Reply #28345 on:** June 13, 2011, 06:25:39 PM »

Quote from: Meomix on June 13, 2011, 05:38:17 PM

Quote from: 1000mAh on June 13, 2011, 05:23:33 PM
Quote from: Meomix on June 13, 2011, 03:48:21 PM
First time i'm hearing about Water Stage Restrictions. Still i'm impressed that country is habitable.
Oh and i bring this back, leaves me in tears each time.

come on! it wasn't that good

The fact that it doesn't remind you of how bad runescape was.. you got no funny bones.

like I said

TMRNetShark · « **Reply #28346 on:** June 13, 2011, 06:27:00 PM »

I have joined the referral business to try and get myself a free iMac. 67 referrals is a lot of people... so I need to average 2 a week so that I will get it around the same time that The Old Republic comes out... and I need to boot camp it with Windows 7 as well. lol

Bob2004 · « **Reply #28347 on:** June 13, 2011, 07:53:24 PM »

I have a quick question: Does anyone know which of these two sentences is correct: "During my two years spent studying computer science, these skills have proved extremely useful." or "During my two years spent studying computer science, these skills have proven extremely useful."

I know it's only a tiny difference, and normally I wouldn't care either way, but I'm writing an application for a job proofreading 'an academic encyclopaedia' which wants 'a high level of proficiency in written English', and since I just spent the previous two paragraphs bragging about my perfect grammar, I want to make sure everything is completely, perfectly, grammatically correct

JoonasTo · « **Reply #28348 on:** June 13, 2011, 08:03:05 PM »

I'd go with the first.

As a finn I can tell that both are omitted versions of longer expressions so the case might be that both are right or both are wrong too.

rathoriel · « **Reply #28349 on:** June 13, 2011, 08:09:18 PM »

I would go with the second

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=5214

1000mAh · « **Reply #28350 on:** June 13, 2011, 08:13:09 PM »

@Bob; I have to agree with Joonas xD ...but well, I would go with the 2nd myself xD

Havoc10K · « **Reply #28351 on:** June 13, 2011, 08:14:54 PM »

I would also go with the second, it doesn't rape english as much as the first actually, i know non-english have sometimes hard time figuring out the times of words to use correctly, so I don't yell at them, but as you make mistakes your teacher, if he/she is good at teaching, should tell you where you do the errors and show you the right usage of times, simply saying "this is wrong" is not gonna help anyone

Go with the second.

Bob2004 · « **Reply #28352 on:** June 13, 2011, 08:21:06 PM »

Think I'm gonna go with the second then. That link suggests it probably doesn't actually matter either way (since nobody can agree which form is correct), but better safe than sorry

Thanks for the help guys.

1000mAh · « **Reply #28353 on:** June 13, 2011, 08:31:11 PM »

^ the thing is, grammaticaly both are correct

but, time for me to get lost into the politics section...

JoonasTo · « **Reply #28354 on:** June 13, 2011, 08:36:04 PM »

Quote

Proven may be more common in AmE and proved more common in BrE.

Explains why we differ like this I think.

Soryon · « **Reply #28355 on:** June 13, 2011, 09:14:02 PM »

Proved = verb
Proven = Adjective

If the containing sentance was properly written, the correct form should prevail, or so it would seem.
it could just as well be a regional thing.

TMRNetShark · « **Reply #28356 on:** June 13, 2011, 11:37:33 PM »

Why does my post count say leet?

EDIT: cause I have 1337 posts... XD

TiYlER · « **Reply #28357 on:** June 14, 2011, 12:54:15 AM »

WHY ISN'T THE GEN CHICHA THREAD NO FUN NO MORE??!!

D:<

I miss Andu... (Kuran-sama)

froody1911 · « **Reply #28358 on:** June 14, 2011, 12:56:40 AM »

Quote from: TiYlER on June 14, 2011, 12:54:15 AM

I miss Andu... (Kuran-sama)

I was wondering where she went too.

Going to Mumbai, see you guys the day after tomorrow.

TiYlER · « **Reply #28359 on:** June 14, 2011, 12:58:58 AM »

Quote from: froody1911 on June 14, 2011, 12:56:40 AM

Quote from: TiYlER on June 14, 2011, 12:54:15 AM
I miss Andu... (Kuran-sama)
I was wondering where she went too.

She said "I am never going back. I have much more free time now" on Facebook while I was chatting with her.... NOOOO!