His books all seem to suffer from "Send In The Cavalry!" syndrome. One guy struggles against all odds for the whole book, and then suddenly his friends and the all-powerful mob/police/army/EPA/Allies come save the day.
If you kick me in the teeth and you were the only person in the world selling CDs, boy howdy I'd buy CDs from you. And I'd complain about it on Slashdot a lot. But that's all.
I wanted to see it, because it seemed somewhat "interesting." However, I missed it because I was hacking up some code and forgot all about it. Damn coding habbits. Damn. Damn. Damn.
Furthermore, in case in the future you want to write a plural for the word "box," let me remind you that it's "boxes" and not "boxen." Just because there's an animal with a name that rhymes and has a wierd plural form doesn't mean that all words that end in X have plurals formed that way. Saying "boxen" just makes you look uneducated.
Something that provokes curiousity entreats (begs) inquiry (a question). It is completely appropriate in the literal sense of every word in the phrase. It also conveys the exact intention of the sentence to those that read it, so it is successful in that respect as well. Even those that think it can only be used as a phrase know what is meant by it.
No. Even if the poster wasn't misusing an existing phrase with a specific meaning, "beg" still does not work here. This particular fact's children are not going to go hungry if we don't ask the question; you really can't anthropomorphize that far. "Raises" is a much better word for this context.
My biggest problem with people misusing "beg the question" is that makes them look stupid. When I'm reading, serious grammatical and usage errors distract and annoy me. I then stop taking the author seriously. If he doesn't know what words mean or where apostrophes go (hint: never between an ending vowel and a pluralizing "s"), why should I take his word on more complicated matters?
Sure, language constantly changes and words mean what people want them to. Does that mean that "subliminable" and "strategery"[1] are words? If you're speaking the rare Texas Oilman Standardified English dialect, yes; if you're speaking American Standard English, it means the President of the USA is an idiot. When I watch the new reality shows and see people mixing metaphors and mangling phrases, I think they're dumb. We'll all be dead before simple facts can beg questions and ppl watch movie's on theretelevision's. And when I see a word with quotation marks around it, I read it as sarcasm or a direct quote, not bold or highlighted text.
So, people, either learn what stuff means or get an editor. If you find yourself using a word or stock phrase and you don't know the exact meaning and etymology, look it up.
How sad is this? I mean, really, Jon. Did you *see* the players? Did you *see* the cheerleaders? The most interesting thing about the XFL is the babes on the field and on the sidelines, not the helmetcam.
> I caught the pamplona running with the > bulls/squirrels ad about halfway through
> (gotta tape the 'bowl so you don't miss the
> commercials during potty-breaks) and thought
> it looked funny.
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His books all seem to suffer from "Send In The Cavalry!" syndrome. One guy struggles against all odds for the whole book, and then suddenly his friends and the all-powerful mob/police/army/EPA/Allies come save the day.
Soylent Green is people. Whoops, sorry.
I liked it. I heartily recommend it to anyone who likes all his other books.
The Xanth series after number 9 and the Adept series after the first three all sucked.
ALL YOU DOS ARE BELOG TO uS
fucking god damn lameness filter
You're complaining because the lameness filter is doing its job?
It certainly won't effect him, since he's already come into being. It might affect him, though.
If you kick me in the teeth and you were the only person in the world selling CDs, boy howdy I'd buy CDs from you. And I'd complain about it on Slashdot a lot. But that's all.
This place is beginning to annoy me.
Join the club, sister.
I wanted to see it, because it seemed somewhat "interesting." However, I missed it because I was hacking up some code and forgot all about it. Damn coding habbits. Damn. Damn. Damn.
Two words: Ti. Vo.
Furthermore, in case in the future you want to write a plural for the word "box," let me remind you that it's "boxes" and not "boxen." Just because there's an animal with a name that rhymes and has a wierd plural form doesn't mean that all words that end in X have plurals formed that way. Saying "boxen" just makes you look uneducated.
It sure beats "box's".
Something that provokes curiousity entreats (begs) inquiry (a question). It is completely appropriate in the literal sense of every word in the phrase. It also conveys the exact intention of the sentence to those that read it, so it is successful in that respect as well. Even those that think it can only be used as a phrase know what is meant by it.
No. Even if the poster wasn't misusing an existing phrase with a specific meaning, "beg" still does not work here. This particular fact's children are not going to go hungry if we don't ask the question; you really can't anthropomorphize that far. "Raises" is a much better word for this context.
My biggest problem with people misusing "beg the question" is that makes them look stupid. When I'm reading, serious grammatical and usage errors distract and annoy me. I then stop taking the author seriously. If he doesn't know what words mean or where apostrophes go (hint: never between an ending vowel and a pluralizing "s"), why should I take his word on more complicated matters?
Sure, language constantly changes and words mean what people want them to. Does that mean that "subliminable" and "strategery"[1] are words? If you're speaking the rare Texas Oilman Standardified English dialect, yes; if you're speaking American Standard English, it means the President of the USA is an idiot. When I watch the new reality shows and see people mixing metaphors and mangling phrases, I think they're dumb. We'll all be dead before simple facts can beg questions and ppl watch movie's on there television's. And when I see a word with quotation marks around it, I read it as sarcasm or a direct quote, not bold or highlighted text.
So, people, either learn what stuff means or get an editor. If you find yourself using a word or stock phrase and you don't know the exact meaning and etymology, look it up.
[1] Fake, but funny.
Yeah, I sure wish Quicktime wouldn't steal my PNG association from Netscape. It automatically scales the image to fit in your window. That sucks.
How sad is this? I mean, really, Jon. Did you *see* the players? Did you *see* the cheerleaders? The most interesting thing about the XFL is the babes on the field and on the sidelines, not the helmetcam.
Babes? Those were mediocre looking strippers.
> Why do you call yourself shoe boy? Because you wear shoes?
Maybe he has a super power that uses shoes. Like he can charge his shoes with psychic energy and then kick you.
They sure were. I also had to shovel snow, rake leaves and mow the lawn, all in the same day.
it "raises the question". "Begging the question" is a form of argument that uses circular logic. Look it up.
How does this get moderated as "Insightful"? It's at best a little funny.
Might want to polish up the old sense of humor, Mark.
> I caught the pamplona running with the > bulls/squirrels ad about halfway through
> (gotta tape the 'bowl so you don't miss the
> commercials during potty-breaks) and thought
> it looked funny.
No, you have to TiVo the 'bowl.
And his comment is currently rated as a troll. These guys get no freaking respect.
> Just one more reason that I live in New Zealand
Yeah, but your Internet connection is slower to all the cool USA servers.
But, he's The One.
How hard is it to make the second modem emulate a dial tone?
Well my dad is a Math teacher and he can kick your dad's ass.
Wait, what? I don't understand... You don't want to see goat porn? What else is there?