I don't know. Maybe I get pulled on it because I'm better at it than most? Its not malicious manipulation of the English language, its just quoting and commenting. I am alittle pedantic at times, I guess, but when the point is right there, it sometimes seem to me that people are being deliberately stupid in not seeing it. That is not making reference to anyone in this thread, I hasten to add. Just generally. I think passive-aggressive is a bit harsh. Surely you want passionate forum members? Thank **** for the swearfilter
I'm sorry but: Pot, Kettle. I think that was wise. Because we wouldn't want us to really break open the psychological can of worms in speculating on people's posting behaviour now, do we? Name calling is name calling, no matter how nicely put. I think you have a way of picking at the semantics of an argument, rather than addressing the argument itself, to undermine it (and hence support yours). But just because someone else's argument may not be phrased precisely, that does not make it a poor argument, and just because you think you express yours better, that does not make it a better argument. To wit: Or perhaps you do not express yourself as clearly as you think you do... When you challenge the semantics of an argument, people will not see that as challenging the argument. You are not making a point; you are debating semantics, which is sort of beside the point (and yes, people will see that as pedantic). Don't get caught in egocentrics (Which we all have a tendency towards). You have to consider that what seems obvious to you may not seem so obvious to others. We all look at things from our very own framework of knowledge and beliefs --and language, which is why you get stuck on differences in semantics. Ask four witnesses to describe the same incident, you can get four different stories. The good old Rashomon's dilemma... Again with the semantics! "Passive-Aggressive" is nothing to do with "Passionate". Think about what he is actually trying to say.
I know, I'm just lazy with my words sometimes. Some people have been known to call it dyslexia. I think I'm just lazy.
It's an apostrophe. It denotes an abbreviation of belonging or being (most practically imagined as the words "his" or "is"). For example: "The tit's nipple" (The tit his nipple) as opposed to "Two tits" (plural of tit) When the word ends on an S, the S behind the apostrophe is left off: "The patient's medication" (The patient his medication) as opposed to "The patients' medication" (The patients his medication) The exception to the pattern: "It's a power cable" (It is a powercable) as opposed to "Its powercable" (powercable belonging to it. Yes, normally you'd expect an apostrophe in the latter also, but that is the exception, toghether with yours, his hers etc.).
