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Shrike 2007-06-16 11:57

GPP is bad grammar
 
Now i'm sure this will get a Vietnam forest-worth of flames, but I was just thinking- 'Games People Play' is grammatically incorrect. It should be 'Games That People Play', or possibly 'The Games That People Play'. Losing 'that' is an Americanism. If you think about it, it doesn't really make any sense without 'that'.

You can only understand the meaning from a sort of structure left by the correct sentence.

m0ckturtle 2007-06-16 12:32

Re: GPP is bad grammar
 
Being the authority on grammar here at totse, allow me to say that "Games People Play" is perfectly fine.

See: adjective clause, relative pronoun (formal/informal)
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/...ctive%20clause

yoyobek 2007-06-16 12:42

Re: GPP is bad grammar
 
Who cares? Does it matter?

m0ckturtle 2007-06-16 12:44

Re: GPP is bad grammar
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by yoyobek (Post 8467467)
Who cares? Does it matter?

I care, and grammar always matters.

yoyobek 2007-06-16 13:59

Re: GPP is bad grammar
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by m0ckturtle (Post 8467473)
I care, and grammar always matters.

Doen com in, im not warin eny pantz..


\(Oo)/

asp821 2007-06-16 16:22

Re: GPP is bad grammar
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Shrike (Post 8467391)
Losing 'that' is an Americanism. If you think about it, it doesn't really make any sense without 'that'.

It's Newspeak.

Numberjumbo 2007-06-16 16:51

Re: GPP is bad grammar
 
If you have bad grammar, you will fail at life.

ThetaReactor 2007-06-16 17:35

Re: GPP is bad grammar
 
Oh, dear. We can't have Americanisms. Best revert it to the Queen's English.

"Games Wot Blokes Play Wiv, Yeah?"

rabbhimself 2007-06-16 17:48

Re: GPP is bad grammar
 
We all know that between frags, if you want to say something without a mic and without a bind key...Grammar isn't existant.

For example...

lol pwned headshot again lol lol. lol.

Kleenex 2007-06-16 18:10

Re: GPP is bad grammar
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by m0ckturtle (Post 8467473)
I care, and grammar always matters.

fuck you cockfag


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