The children did the task exactly as it was described because the scientists were authority figures and their parents trained them that way. The chimps don't give a damn.
This view of authority is, however, a double-edged sword and could be dangerous.
Ugh... Make me think of French again when I'm supposed to be studying Spanish, this is becoming a problem for me. Je te déteste/me curses the similarity of romance languages
I don't get it. I thought trolls were supposed to offend someone, or be funny?
First of all, Slashdot is rife with atheists. No one cares. Second, I, one of/.'s few Christian's, am not even offended. Third, it's not funny. Grow up.
Are you kidding me? If singular "they" is good enough for Jane Austen, Willam Shakespeare, and the translators of the King James Bible, it's good enough for me.
(Note: these examples of use of singular "they" occured in narration AND dialogue)
Opera is faster, doesn't shrink images (pr0n, anyone?) and has mouse gestures that consistently work.
There's something to be said about both, so I have no idea why Firefox is so high yet opera is nowhere. For what it's worth, I use Opera, Firefox being my other favorite browser.
Wasn't Merriam Webster the one who decided to eliminate the now oft-ridiculed British letter U's in words like "color", "flavor", etc., simply to make the spelling more true to the sound?
Many languages are like that. French has "vous" for people you want to respect, and "tu" for people you want to be familiar with. Spanish has "usted" and "tu". English used to have "you" and "thou" but somehow "thou" passed out of usage a long time ago. It is now only used in poetic contexts and in fixed, memorized passages.
With regards to the "gratis/libre" question, that is an important issue. The best phrases I can think of is "liberated software" and "no-cost software" but those sound clunky and odd.
I'm going to make a few points defending prescriptive teaching of language. Although it's absurd to say that there is one right way to speak English (or any other language), and it's also absurd to set down hard and fast rules like "thou shalt only use 'good' as an adjective", saying that one thing is "correct" and another "incorrect", it is important to know how to accurately convey meaning, speak in a way that will not alienate your audience, and get your point across persuasively and effectively. That is what all good prescriptivists advocate.
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The children did the task exactly as it was described because the scientists were authority figures and their parents trained them that way. The chimps don't give a damn.
This view of authority is, however, a double-edged sword and could be dangerous.
Ugh... Make me think of French again when I'm supposed to be studying Spanish, this is becoming a problem for me. Je te déteste /me curses the similarity of romance languages
I don't get it. I thought trolls were supposed to offend someone, or be funny?
/.'s few Christian's, am not even offended.
First of all, Slashdot is rife with atheists. No one cares.
Second, I, one of
Third, it's not funny. Grow up.
No offense, but are you autistic or something?
It was a joke.
Am I the only one who, on reading your sig, wondered what element "Mo" was the symbol of?
Are you kidding me? If singular "they" is good enough for Jane Austen, Willam Shakespeare, and the translators of the King James Bible, it's good enough for me.
(Note: these examples of use of singular "they" occured in narration AND dialogue)
Thanks everybody!
Okay, I really feel stupid for asking this, but what's the exact definition of an order of magnitude?
Wow! I forgot all about that song. I listened to that song at a very young age, brings back fond memories.
Opera, now gratis
Firefox has extensions, that's the thing.
Opera is faster, doesn't shrink images (pr0n, anyone?) and has mouse gestures that consistently work.
There's something to be said about both, so I have no idea why Firefox is so high yet opera is nowhere. For what it's worth, I use Opera, Firefox being my other favorite browser.
I agree. They are few and far between, which is a shame.
*Noah Webster, I'm an idiot.
Well (adj.) Healthy
It is better than informal language in formal contexts. In informal contexts, it all depends.
I'm neither a pedant nor a math nerd, what's wrong with it?
Wasn't Merriam Webster the one who decided to eliminate the now oft-ridiculed British letter U's in words like "color", "flavor", etc., simply to make the spelling more true to the sound?
Many languages are like that. French has "vous" for people you want to respect, and "tu" for people you want to be familiar with. Spanish has "usted" and "tu". English used to have "you" and "thou" but somehow "thou" passed out of usage a long time ago. It is now only used in poetic contexts and in fixed, memorized passages.
With regards to the "gratis/libre" question, that is an important issue. The best phrases I can think of is "liberated software" and "no-cost software" but those sound clunky and odd.
I'm going to make a few points defending prescriptive teaching of language. Although it's absurd to say that there is one right way to speak English (or any other language), and it's also absurd to set down hard and fast rules like "thou shalt only use 'good' as an adjective", saying that one thing is "correct" and another "incorrect", it is important to know how to accurately convey meaning, speak in a way that will not alienate your audience, and get your point across persuasively and effectively. That is what all good prescriptivists advocate.
what le fuck
It's "you". Don't debate thou/thee, they are no longer words.
Your argument boils down to:
People have done bad things
Some of these people claimed to be Christians
Therefore, Christianity is evil.
That argument is wrong and absurd on so many different levels that I can't even begin to argue with you.
Isn't that what TeX is for?
*tu es stupide
bah orthographie... je le deteste
Ah, je comprends.
:-P
:-P)
Je n'aime pas beaucoup les beaux-arts, Ca c'est le raison pour mon stupidite.
Et quand j'ai dit "tu es stupide", j'ai blague. C'est moi qui est stupide maintenant
Tu peux me tutoyer.
(wow... French class pays off