GPP is bad grammar

Shrike · #1 2007-06-16, 11:57

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 · #2 2007-06-16, 12:32

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 · #3 2007-06-16, 12:42

Who cares? Does it matter?

m0ckturtle · #4 2007-06-16, 12:44

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Who cares? Does it matter?

I care, and grammar always matters.

yoyobek · #5 2007-06-16, 13:59

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Originally Posted by m0ckturtle

I care, and grammar always matters.

Doen com in, im not warin eny pantz..

\(Oo)/

Kleenex · #6 2007-06-16, 18:10

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Originally Posted by m0ckturtle

I care, and grammar always matters.

fuck you cockfag

ComradeAsh · #7 2007-06-18, 15:46

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Originally Posted by m0ckturtle

I care, and grammar always matters.

0 =/= o.

Red Shift · #8 2007-06-27, 06:12

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Originally Posted by yoyobek

Who cares? Does it matter?

Give some well deserved respect to your language.

Molotov Everything · #9 2007-07-08, 02:04

Did you ever consider that "Games People Play" is a title of a song and Jeff could have named the forum that as a tribute rather than caring about being grammatically correct?

asp821 · #10 2007-06-16, 16:22

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Originally Posted by Shrike

Losing 'that' is an Americanism. If you think about it, it doesn't really make any sense without 'that'.

It's Newspeak.