dang haven't you ever had a nun?

don't you mean the mispronounciation of "aluminium"?

No I mean it's spelled "aluminum"

I hear Brits say, e.g., "I am AN human being".

I don't hear them say that and I'm literally surrounded by the pesky blighters

mainly cos I live there...

you know, i don't know about the rest of you people but i don't exactly post messages on the internet in the fashion that i'm writing a thesis i rarely pawn over them for grammer, i NEVER check for spelling, and i use a loose sentance structure because i want my posts to read as if i am speaking, not as if i am trying to be a literal genius. so sue me.

the use of commas has always been debated for proper usage. when listing multiple items in a sentance i use a structure similar to mathematics.. a/b(c*d) is A divided by whatever the sum of C and D is not A divided by B multiplied by C then D.

'green and red, blue and white' to me is green and red paired together, then blue and white paired together. 'red, blue, yellow, and gold' is how i list multiple items belonging together but some people leave out the last comma before the and, which to me pairs yellow and gold together and should thus be incorrect. i received extra points for a similar discussion in a college literature class.

you can't go back and tell edgar allen poe he's a bad poet because he strayed from 'traditional' literary means. language is one of the few ways people can truely express themselves. so i'll leave out my 's in its and not capitalize god. and i won't challange the way anyone else speaks. pike off

@ Jafo!!!!

Just imagine what our world would be like if we had to follow every single rule in every sinlge language!!!! Talk about up a creek w/o a paddle!!!

my example was a/b(C*D) that is the sum of c multiplied by d, that sum multiplied by b, then that total divided from a.

Actually, that is incorrect. The standard arithmetic order of operations is:

1. Calculations must be done from left to right.

2. Calculations in brackets (parenthesis) are done first. When you have more than one set of brackets, do the inner brackets first.

3. Exponents (or radicals) must be done next.

4. Multiply and divide in the order the operations occur.

5. Add and subtract in the order the operations occur.


In your example, if a=24, b=2, C=3, and D=4, then

the expression a/b(C*D)=24/2(3*4)=24/2(12)=12(12)=144

when following the order of operations correctly.

Your description would result in the following expression and result:

a/[b(C*D)]=24/[2(3*4)]=24/[2(12)]=24/[24]=1.






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ok.....

So no one thinks the word 'lady' looks like a woman? or at least can related to a shape?

A shape doesn't come to mind when you read the word 'lady'???


BIULDING!!!!!!

It's only a fleshwound!!!!!

Oh no!!!!!!! strains of Tom Jones has infiltrated my brain and now I have to smile prettily and say "wha' sah whatevah do ya'll mayan????"

'scuse me 'gain

you guys are funnier 'n ...um......shrubbery!!!!

ni!

Tom Jones ? Oh, yeah, that Welsh feller...

I swear, the more I look at word "lady", I can't see a dang thing but I keep hearing this whiny nasal voice of Bob Dylan's in my head now, "leh leddy leh, leh agross mah big brazz bed..."

63 - yeah i was trying to put into words the order in which you would calculate the equation without listing them verbally in the wrong order but mathematically in the right order... right? right. hehe

Okay, now it's Tom Jones' song, but Bob Dillon is singing it!!!! AARRRGG!!!!!

Back to the subject, sort of, if you think building is wierd, how about the word Purple.... NOW that is a strange word, sounds and looks funny to me!!

'Yeah, right.'

Hi Style Skinner! Thanks for the vote of confidence on "Meijer"....I was going by hearing their tv ads and how everyone in Michigan says it!

That's not to say that us Michiganders were actually pronouncing it right! I get teased alot by how I say the the word "drawer", as in a desk and also the word "lilac"....of course, I also say "pop" for a soft drink, as I think a "soda" has to do with ice cream! So, we could be wrong!

Blessings to you!