Grrr. I've had an earworm of Rush's Tom Sawyer ever since they appeared on the Colbert Report (a week ago at this point). Do. Not. Want.
Inara: I think she looks adorable. Mal: Yeah, but I never said it.
'Shindig'
Natter 59: Dominate Your Face!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 24, 2008 3:49:20 am PDT #9244 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Barb - Jul 24, 2008 3:51:24 am PDT #9245 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
Yeah, my husband saw the vid of them playing Rock Band and said they lost-- poor Geddy can't hit the high notes anymore.
Nilly - Jul 24, 2008 3:51:41 am PDT #9246 of 10003
Swouncing
Dear hivemind, an English question (I've been phrasing it back and forth for quite a few times now, so each of the option sounds wrong to me right now). Is it correct to say the following sentence? If not, how should I re-phrase it?
The larger X is, the better Y may be chosen.
Ta, ever so.
[Edit: oof, each way I write it seems wrong now.]
Hil R. - Jul 24, 2008 3:57:58 am PDT #9247 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
What does the "better" refer to? Is the act of choosing better, or is the Y better?
Hil R. - Jul 24, 2008 3:59:48 am PDT #9248 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
If you're saying that a bigger X will, say, give you more information and thus let you get Y closer to what you want it to be, then that construction is good.
Nilly - Jul 24, 2008 4:02:19 am PDT #9249 of 10003
Swouncing
Um, choosing a better Y means that Y is better, no? Silly brain. [Edit: obviously an x-post. Thanks, Hil!]
I'm taking a step back here: in general, how to phrase these sentences, of
"the blah-er X is, the blahblah-er Y (is?)"
Jesse - Jul 24, 2008 5:15:38 am PDT #9250 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The more embarassed you are, the redder your face is.
The larger the sample, the smaller the margin for error.
sumi - Jul 24, 2008 5:20:10 am PDT #9251 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Wikepedia is going to be published as a hard cover. WTF?
Nilly - Jul 24, 2008 5:21:18 am PDT #9252 of 10003
Swouncing
Thanks, Jesse!
The larger the sample, the smaller the margin for error.
And there's no "is" there, like in your former example? Can you please define for me the difference between the two examples?
[Edit: So, either the two parts of the sentence have a "to be" verb, or both of them don't?] [Edited yet again because at first I wrote "the two sides of the equation".]
(Why, yes, my brain is at the point where all it can think about is "Computer bad. Sleep pretty". Sorry.)
tommyrot - Jul 24, 2008 5:21:29 am PDT #9253 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Personally, I don't think X is blah enough anyway.