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Old 03-30-2007, 07:54 AM
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Old 03-30-2007, 07:55 AM
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Old 03-30-2007, 12:14 PM
Damnit.

Some girl just misused 'whenever' in my Horror Lit class. Again. Rawr.
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Old 03-30-2007, 12:16 PM
I can't think of a way to misuse whenever

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Old 03-30-2007, 12:19 PM
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I can't think of a way to misuse whenever

please enlighten me
Sometimes i whenever
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Old 03-30-2007, 12:19 PM
I already posted about this dangit.

It's those people who use 'whenever' when they mean 'when.'

Like, 'I was sad whenever my dog Buddy died.'

Which means that your dog Buddy died multiple times, and each time, you were sad.
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Old 03-30-2007, 12:21 PM
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I already posted about this dangit.

It's those people who use 'whenever' when they mean 'when.'

Like, 'I was sad whenever my dog Buddy died.'

Which means that your dog Buddy died multiple times, and each time, you were sad.
I have never met anyone stupid enough to use it like that

also it's I couldn't care less

not

I could care less, your version makes no sense America
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Old 03-30-2007, 12:22 PM
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I already posted about this dangit.

It's those people who use 'whenever' when they mean 'when.'

Like, 'I was sad whenever my dog Buddy died.'

Which means that your dog Buddy died multiple times, and each time, you were sad.
How the heck does someone make a mistake like that.

How.
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Old 03-30-2007, 12:31 PM
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I already posted about this dangit.

It's those people who use 'whenever' when they mean 'when.'

Like, 'I was sad whenever my dog Buddy died.'

Which means that your dog Buddy died multiple times, and each time, you were sad.
How the heck does someone make a mistake like that.

How.
But after the fifth or sixth time I was just kinda meh on the whole death thing.
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Old 03-30-2007, 12:37 PM
Is saying "whenever" to refer to a specific but unknown time acceptable? Like "My father was born before the French-Indian War, whenever that was."
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Old 03-30-2007, 12:41 PM
Took me a minute, but I figured out what was odd about that.
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Old 03-30-2007, 12:49 PM
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Is saying "whenever" to refer to a specific but unknown time acceptable? Like "My father was born before the French-Indian War, whenever that was."
That's alright, I believe, but this girl was definitely referring to a specific instance in the text we were discussing.
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Old 03-30-2007, 01:08 PM
I don't think I've ever heard someone misuse whenever.

That's pretty spectacularly bad.
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Old 03-30-2007, 01:15 PM
I hear it a lot, actually. I didn't really notice it for a while, though. Could just be that people don't really register it until they're like, 'Oh wait a minute, that isn't right.'

Or maybe people around here are just stupid.
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Old 03-30-2007, 01:28 PM
I imagine your brain tries to gloss over it. It's busy going "Man, there's no way anybody is that dumb" too loudly for you to think about what's actually being said.
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Old 03-30-2007, 01:31 PM
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You are at a restaurant, a waiter turns to you and asks "And for yourself?"

My mom said today this was grammatically incorrect. Now, I know its starting a sentance with 'and', but thats not what she meant. She said the "for youself" part is incorrect. I have never heard this, is it true?
Since no one seems to have responded, I'll clarify.

It is grammatically incorrect because a reflexive pronoun can only be yoused when the thing the pronoun refers to has been earlier in the sentence. "And for yourself" is really just "And [what can I get] for yourself." Since "you" has not been used before "yourself," "yourself" cannot be used.
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Old 03-30-2007, 01:36 PM
Complement instead of compliment and vice versa
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Old 03-30-2007, 01:38 PM
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Complement instead of compliment and vice versa
complimentary angles would never call each other obtuse
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Old 03-30-2007, 01:38 PM
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Complement instead of compliment and vice versa
complimentary angles would never call each other obtuse
Oh my god I your acute wit
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Old 03-30-2007, 01:39 PM
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Complement instead of compliment and vice versa
complimentary angles would never call each other obtuse
Oh my god I your acute wit
It's really a shame that I'm straight
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Old 03-30-2007, 01:40 PM
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Complement instead of compliment and vice versa
complimentary angles would never call each other obtuse
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Old 03-30-2007, 01:41 PM
I have never heard whenever used like that

that is a ridiculous mistake to make
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Complement instead of compliment and vice versa
complimentary angles would never call each other obtuse
Oh my god I your acute wit
It's really a shame that I'm straight
Never been cosine curious?
I'm sure we would hit it right off
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Old 03-30-2007, 01:43 PM
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