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Ridiculous ways of presenting rules. #31 (permalink) Thu Sep 11, 2008 0:03 am   Ridiculous ways of presenting rules.		  
I can see that you need to take this up with Mr Lewis. Go to:

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Ridiculous ways of presenting rules. #32 (permalink) Thu Sep 11, 2008 0:08 am   Ridiculous ways of presenting rules.		  
Yawn. No answer, again.
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Ridiculous ways of presenting rules. #33 (permalink) Thu Sep 11, 2008 0:13 am   Ridiculous ways of presenting rules.		  
Ralf wrote:
Yawn. No answer, again.


No answer to what?
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Ridiculous ways of presenting rules. #34 (permalink) Thu Sep 11, 2008 0:15 am   Ridiculous ways of presenting rules.		  
Molly wrote:
MrPedantic wrote:
Is it possible that the person who presented you with these sentences had simply made them up?


Anything's possible, Mr P.



And was this person, who possibly made up the sentences, a speaker at the conference?

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Ridiculous ways of presenting rules. #35 (permalink) Thu Sep 11, 2008 0:18 am   Ridiculous ways of presenting rules.		  
MrPedantic wrote:
And was this person, who possibly made up the sentences, a speaker at the conference?

MrP


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Ridiculous ways of presenting rules. #36 (permalink) Thu Sep 11, 2008 22:54 pm   Ridiculous ways of presenting rules.		  
It seems then that the speaker simply made them up.

File under "straw man".

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Ridiculous ways of presenting rules. #37 (permalink) Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:14 am   Ridiculous ways of presenting rules.		  
Why would you think he made them up?
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Ridiculous ways of presenting rules. #38 (permalink) Sun Sep 21, 2008 14:22 pm   Ridiculous ways of presenting rules.		  
When I asked if it was possible that the person who presented you with these sentences had simply made them up, you said "Anything's possible". Since the examples have not been quoted online, I'm inclined to think they're imaginary.

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Ridiculous ways of presenting rules. #39 (permalink) Sun Sep 21, 2008 16:21 pm   Ridiculous ways of presenting rules.		  
MrPedantic wrote:
When I asked if it was possible that the person who presented you with these sentences had simply made them up, you said "Anything's possible". Since the examples have not been quoted online, I'm inclined to think they're imaginary.

MrP


And what makes you be so inclined? Are you so inclinded each time a friend tells you that it's going to rain the next day? Do you need him to show you the weather report?
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Ridiculous ways of presenting rules. #40 (permalink) Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:15 am   Ridiculous ways of presenting rules.		  
Molly wrote:
Are you so inclinded each time a friend tells you that it's going to rain the next day?
Speaking of "report", would you say that sentence contains anything resembling "reported speech"? Wink
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Ridiculous ways of presenting rules. #41 (permalink) Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:25 am   Ridiculous ways of presenting rules.		  
Yankee wrote:
Molly wrote:
Are you so inclinded each time a friend tells you that it's going to rain the next day?
Speaking of "report", would you say that sentence contains anything resembling "reported speech"? Wink
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It might, but what does it matter? Do you think someone has stated that reported speech never occurs in English?
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Ridiculous ways of presenting rules. #42 (permalink) Mon Sep 22, 2008 22:33 pm   Ridiculous ways of presenting rules.		  
Molly wrote:
And what makes you be so inclined? Are you so inclinded each time a friend tells you that it's going to rain the next day? Do you need him to show you the weather report?


A prediction (tomorrow's weather) is different from a reported fact (the examples).

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Ridiculous ways of presenting rules. #43 (permalink) Mon Sep 22, 2008 23:44 pm   Ridiculous ways of presenting rules.		  
MrPedantic wrote:
A prediction (tomorrow's weather) is different from a reported fact (the examples).

MrP


Not if your friend is reporting what, he says, the weather men said. Laughing
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Ridiculous ways of presenting rules. #44 (permalink) Thu Sep 25, 2008 23:36 pm   Ridiculous ways of presenting rules.		  
It's simply a reported prediction.

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Ridiculous ways of presenting rules. #45 (permalink) Sat Sep 27, 2008 9:40 am   Ridiculous ways of presenting rules.		  
MrPedantic wrote:
It's simply a reported prediction.

MrP


And I predicted your reply.
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