The 'Post About The Poster Above You' Game
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Pokemon Master
- Gym Leader
- Posts: 2711
- Joined: Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:06 pm
- Location: I'm sorry, I've seem to have forgotten
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Pokemon Master
- Gym Leader
- Posts: 2711
- Joined: Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:06 pm
- Location: I'm sorry, I've seem to have forgotten
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Pokemon Master
- Gym Leader
- Posts: 2711
- Joined: Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:06 pm
- Location: I'm sorry, I've seem to have forgotten
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Silver
- Shiny Pidgeot King
- Posts: 18079
- Joined: Mon Jul 12, 2004 9:25 pm
- Location: Somewhere over the rainbow
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Is almost as insane as me
"Irregardless" and "Over exaggerated" are NEVER CORRECT EVER because they are redundant
Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.
Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.
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Pokemon Master
- Gym Leader
- Posts: 2711
- Joined: Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:06 pm
- Location: I'm sorry, I've seem to have forgotten
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Silver
- Shiny Pidgeot King
- Posts: 18079
- Joined: Mon Jul 12, 2004 9:25 pm
- Location: Somewhere over the rainbow
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Probably didn't know it's illegal to spit on a bus in Oregon, but there's no laws against doing some pretty nasty stuff with a horse
"Irregardless" and "Over exaggerated" are NEVER CORRECT EVER because they are redundant
Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.
Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.
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Silver
- Shiny Pidgeot King
- Posts: 18079
- Joined: Mon Jul 12, 2004 9:25 pm
- Location: Somewhere over the rainbow
- Contact:
Has been adding violence to a world that doesn't need it since 1987
"Irregardless" and "Over exaggerated" are NEVER CORRECT EVER because they are redundant
Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.
Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.
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Stevenson
- Shiny Wobbuffet Prince
- Posts: 4434
- Joined: Sun Sep 04, 2005 4:13 pm
- Location: The Undisclosed Location
Is the coolest person in the USA, except minnesota, that ever was and ever will be.
Stevenson's Vocabulary Word of the Week:
Foment: (verb) To excite or arouse, i.e. 2014's Week of Randomness hopes to foment some activity on the forums.
Stevenson's Latin Phrase of the Week:
Brutum Fulmen: (senseless thunderbolt) This phrase, coined by Pliny the elder, is used to refer to an empty threat.
Foment: (verb) To excite or arouse, i.e. 2014's Week of Randomness hopes to foment some activity on the forums.
Stevenson's Latin Phrase of the Week:
Brutum Fulmen: (senseless thunderbolt) This phrase, coined by Pliny the elder, is used to refer to an empty threat.