maverick4
Banned
- Joined
- Jan 17, 2005
- Messages
- 7,661
- Reaction score
- 1
Registered Members experience this forum ad and noise-free.
CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.You have a point, but only if you consider "than" a conjugation between clauses and not as a preposition. Still, you were not incorrect.
I still think it is inaccurate to imply Elway was wrong using "me."
You have a point, but only if you consider "than" a conjugation between clauses and not as a preposition. Still, you were not incorrect.
I still think it is inaccurate to imply Elway was wrong using "me."
That link led to a Moose Is Loose (on the Cowboys) video.
But I do believe that John Elway has always been generous with his praise. The sign of a confident guy is that he can call somebody else better than him, and leave it to other people to figure out whether they agree or not.
I sorta wish some Pats fans would get that hint and not be so damned thin skinned about some other QBs getting a little praise. As soon as one analyst gives a little praise to some other QB, he's announced to be "insane" or an "a-hole" here as if he doesn't get how good Tom is. They get it. Don't worry about that - they get it.
When you have guys like Marino, Montana, Boomer Esiason, and Elway calling you great does it really matter what Doctor Z calls you?
You have a point, but only if you consider "than" a conjugation between clauses and not as a preposition. Still, you were not incorrect.
I still think it is inaccurate to imply Elway was wrong using "me."
I love this, we are now debating grammar, as the Pats are so freakin' good, there is nothing else about which to argue. (Notice that I did not end that sentence in a preposition.)Actually you are incorrect.
The phraseology is "Brady is a better QB than I (am). I is proper usage. The present day vernacular accepts me as common usage, but it is not correct.
It's nothing to be embarrassed about. With email, IM, texting, and everything else related to techno-communication, many have lost the ability to construct a complete sentence.Has anyone else's writing ability and grammar/spelling sense completely deteriorated over the past 10 years due to computers?
Support for the debatable choice to use "than" as a preposition:
http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=82
Wikipedia also has citations from both Shakespeare and Samuel Johnson. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Than The latter is probably closer to being dispositive than the former, actually.
I love this, we are now debating grammar, as the Pats are so freakin' good, there is nothing else about which to argue. (Notice that I did not end that sentence in a preposition.)
PatsWickedPissah is correct in his grammar analysis.
VJC, if he were a writer of the 19th century, he be either be dead or the oldest man in history. All grammar-related comments including this one were made with a large dose of sarcasm.His grammar is technically correct, if he was a writer of the 19th century.
His grammar is technically correct, if he was a writer of the 19th century.
VJC, if he were a writer of the 19th century, he be either be dead or the oldest man in history. All grammar-related comments including this one were made with a large dose of sarcasm.
What a ride this season!!!!!:cool2:
Shouldn't it read "if he were a writer..."
Has anyone else's writing ability and grammar/spelling sense completely deteriorated over the past 10 years due to computers?