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complicate vs. complicated Sun Jun 01, 2008 13:59 pm  complicate vs. complicated
 

Jamie (K) wrote:
Crudely put, Molly, you lost.

Lost? Is this war?
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complicate vs. complicated Sun Jun 01, 2008 14:19 pm  complicate vs. complicated
 

No, I don't think so, Molly. This is not a war and this is not a military tribunal either. So there shouldn't have been any judgelike people who had authorities to decide who won or who lost.
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complicate vs. complicated Sun Jun 01, 2008 15:52 pm  complicate vs. complicated
 

Haihao wrote:
No, I don't think so, Molly. This is not a war and this is not a military tribunal either. So there shouldn't have been any judgelike people who had authorities to decide who won or who lost.

But clearly one person is making more sense than the other, and one person's take on the issue is more consonant with expert opinion and native-speaker intuition. So clearly someone is right and someone is wrong in this case.

Molly is a gloating winner but a sore loser. At least this time Molly didn't question MrP's sanity, which is one of Molly's usual strategies when he's wrong.
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complicate vs. complicated Sun Jun 01, 2008 16:29 pm  complicate vs. complicated
 

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But clearly one person is making more sense than the other,

To whom?

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and one person's take on the issue is more consonant with expert opinion and native-speaker intuition

LOL! You didn't even know the adjective existed. What kind of expert opinion and native-speaker intution can you bring to this?

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Molly is a gloating winner but a sore loser

Another example of Jamie's Disneyland view of things. Dualism reigns in Jamie's house.

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But it's also interesting to see how those sociopaths react. I'm pretty sure that one of them won't be able to resist proving my little theory.

And doesn't this sound like psychobabble to you?

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Sublime self-unawareness.
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complicate vs. complicated Sun Jun 01, 2008 18:32 pm  complicate vs. complicated
 

Hello Haihao,

Haihao wrote:
No, I don't think so, Molly. This is not a war and this is not a military tribunal either. So there shouldn't have been any judgelike people who had authorities to decide who won or who lost.

In contexts such as this, "lost" would imply "lost the argument", not "lost the war". The former is a common phrase, and does not involve any implication of tribunals, etc.

All the best,

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complicate vs. complicated Sun Jun 01, 2008 21:32 pm  complicate vs. complicated
 

Even hearing "Ha,ha, you've lost the argument" makes me think of the schoolyard.
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complicate vs. complicated Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:57 am  complicate vs. complicated
 

MrPedantic wrote:
In contexts such as this, "lost" would imply "lost the argument", not "lost the war". The former is a common phrase, and does not involve any implication of tribunals, etc.

I know, I know... dear MrP. I know it doesn't and can't mean "lost the war". You overvalued my ESL English knowledge. Very Happy

Losing the argument or not is a self evident thing, isn't it? But crying out 'we win, you suck' without fighting to the finish is like something that happens in the schoolyard where the baby loser is almost at the end of his/her rope. Smile

Best wishes,

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complicate vs. complicated Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:32 am  complicate vs. complicated
 

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Losing the argument or not is a self evident thing, isn't it? But crying out 'we win, you suck' without fighting to the finish is like something that happens in the schoolyard where the baby loser is almost at the end of his/her rope.


Exactly.
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complicate vs. complicated Mon Jun 02, 2008 16:34 pm  complicate vs. complicated
 

Haihao wrote:
Losing the argument or not is a self evident thing, isn't it?

Truer words were never spoken. Wink
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complicate vs. complicated Mon Jun 02, 2008 23:37 pm  complicate vs. complicated
 

Here's an interesting one:

"We believe that a complicate pricing mechanism may not only increase the computational network overheads but may also suffer from the complexities of its implementation."

From: Converged Networking: Data and Real-Time Communications Over Ip. By Chris McDonald

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complicate vs. complicated Tue Jun 03, 2008 0:17 am  complicate vs. complicated
 

Molly wrote:
Here's an interesting one:

"We believe that a complicate pricing mechanism may not only increase the computational network overheads but may also suffer from the complexities of its implementation."

From: Converged Networking: Data and Real-Time Communications Over Ip. By Chris McDonald

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No; there's an uninteresting typo for "complicated", in a chapter called A Simple Pricing Scheme.

You'll find e.g. "it's" for "its" a little further on.

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complicate vs. complicated Tue Jun 03, 2008 0:33 am  complicate vs. complicated
 

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No; there's an uninteresting typo for "complicated", in a chapter called A Simple Pricing Scheme.

Thing is, Mr P, you have no proof that it is a typo, just as I have no proof it isn't. So...
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complicate vs. complicated Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:11 am  complicate vs. complicated
 

NinaZara wrote:
Truer words were never spoken. Wink

Thank you, Nina. Smile I' like to introduce what you said to dear MrP. He can't seem to get the Pooh story straight unless some word processor breaks up every word for him.

MrP, I still respect your early Italian English analysis post but don't get me wrong, so far the respect is limited to that only.
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complicate vs. complicated Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:17 am  complicate vs. complicated
 

Haihao wrote:
Thank you, Nina. Smile I' like to introduce what you said to dear MrP. He can't seem to get the Pooh story straight unless some word processor breaks up every word for him.

MrP, I still respect your early Italian English analysis post but don't get me wrong, so far the respect is limited to that only.

I agree with you wholeheartedly, Haihao: losing the argument or not is a self-evident thing.

Which was the "Italian English analysis" post, if you don't mind my asking? I don't remember it.

Best wishes,

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complicate vs. complicated Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:26 am  complicate vs. complicated
 

You seem to have a good memory! But you need a good investigation measure as well. To quote Molly's, you better find out the proof by yourself and not make others do it for you. Good luck!
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