The American (USA) 2016 presidential elections thread?

**Voltaire** · 14th February 2017, 20:20

Originally Posted by Katman

Or maybe 'long knives'.

bring wives?

**Katman** · 14th February 2017, 20:21

Originally Posted by Grumph

I'll vote for that...Start you own thread on grammar please. You're setting new records for off topic idiocy.

Take a trip back a couple of pages.

Wasn't me that turned it into a grammar thread.

**bogan** · 14th February 2017, 20:30

Originally Posted by Katman

Not according to point #4.

Like I said - it's there in plain English.

Did you not get as far as the usage note for that case? Sorry, I had forgotten your propensity to stop reading/investigating once you hear what you wish to, and should have asked this question a number of posts ago.

In any case, the usage note example starts with the words "The next speaker..." (see consistency with previous post explaining how speaker can infer, but listener cannot), but perhaps more importantly "Despite its long history, many 20th-century usage guides condemn the use, maintaining that the proper word for the intended sense is imply and that to use infer is to lose a valuable distinction between the two words."

In addition to that, the word you actually used contains no definition of hint/imply/suggest for the word, inference.

So the attempt at shoehorning your own definition through the multiple layers of incorrectness is not upheld, but thanks for playing.

And while this may seem tangential to the thread topic, it is an illustration of how transparency leads to exposing flawed reasoning and poor decision making. Katman could have done like DT and just fobbed off any attempts to 'show his working' to support his conclusion, an thus maintained the semblance of it being a workable one; but was instead considerate enough to outline his reasoning so we could all see its flaws and know the truth of the matter.

**Katman** · 14th February 2017, 20:37

Originally Posted by bogan

In any case, the usage note example starts with the words "The next speaker..." (see consistency with previous post explaining how speaker can infer, but listener cannot), but perhaps more importantly "Despite its long history, many 20th-century usage guides condemn the use, maintaining that the proper word for the intended sense is imply and that to use infer is to lose a valuable distinction between the two words."

That's right.

And in this instance TDL was the speaker.

Do you get it yet?

**Katman** · 14th February 2017, 20:52

Originally Posted by bogan

So the attempt at shoehorning your own definition through the multiple layers of incorrectness is not upheld, but thanks for playing.

And I must say your keenness to jump on some wanky little grammar nazi bandwagon, while ignoring the butchery of the English language as displayed by the random capitalisation in TDL's posts and the pigeon English that is berkboy's posts, is really most amusing.

You seem thoroughly fixated on me.

**husaberg** · 14th February 2017, 21:01

Originally Posted by Katman

Narcissistic rant ...abridged...

You seem thoroughly fixated on me.

Epic

**Voltaire** · 15th February 2017, 06:00

Originally Posted by husaberg

Gee no wonder his Narcisistic ego is going into to hyperdrive, no room for reality in their.

There.

Yep....nothing to add to this thread either.

**bogan** · 15th February 2017, 06:24

Originally Posted by Katman

And I must say your keenness to jump on some wanky little grammar nazi bandwagon, while ignoring the butchery of the English language as displayed by the random capitalisation in TDL's posts and the pigeon English that is berkboy's posts, is really most amusing.

You seem thoroughly fixated on me.

Your clutch on that straw looks a little weak considering the source of the dictionary definitions... You'll also find TDL doesn't try to defend such grammar errors with poorly applied, twice removed, antiquated english language conventions

Anyway, thanks for another exhibit of the information mishandling typical of the Trump administration; 'if you don't like the truth of a message, attack the messenger'.

Trump's widespread condemnation of news sources which check and truthfully represent the facts, and clear favor of those who instead favor hearsay and 'popular' opinion is most worrisome. Where will this end? which source will triumph, alt-facts or truth? It would be nice to think the listeners/readers would infer through the erroneous implications of poor media representation. But when you have Yokels, KMs, and Oldriders posting rubbish without fact checking it at a much higher rate than open minded readers can correct it; it is obvious the masses who fall into neither category are going to be inundated with drivel. Just like Grumph is in this thread at the moment

**Katman** · 15th February 2017, 06:28

Are you still butt hurt about being shown to be wrong again?

**Brian d marge** · 15th February 2017, 17:37

As an asset and a shareholder , wheres the white women ....bring me the white women

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**husaberg** · 15th February 2017, 18:00

Originally Posted by Voltaire

There.

:

Youre right, but in keeping with the recent outburst should i rant and rave and spend about 4 pages trying to convince myself i was right.
I understand its now known as "katflapping"
nah

**Virago** · 15th February 2017, 18:19

Originally Posted by Katman

And I must say your keenness to jump on some wanky little grammar nazi bandwagon, while ignoring the butchery of the English language as displayed by the random capitalisation in TDL's posts and the pigeon English that is berkboy's posts, is really most amusing...

*Pidgin English