Comments on: 198 – Puzzling Things Out

By: ChadPurzycki

ChadPurzycki — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:51:26 +0000

it makes me wonder why you did it…

By: Jim Stitzel

Jim Stitzel — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:36:04 +0000

Hehe, talk about a grand miscommunication all around. That's actually
really hilarious. Maybe I should start color-coding Tran's
dialogue, eh?

By: Jim Stitzel

Jim Stitzel — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:14:04 +0000

Oh, see, I completely missed your point then. :p

By: AThoth

AThoth — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:13:59 +0000

Apologies, I misread the comic.
I was under the impression that RC had said that.
It fits Tran's dialect well. ;}

By: AThoth

AThoth — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:13:50 +0000

Apologies, I misread the comic.
I was under the impression that RC had said that.
It fits Tran's dialect well.

By: AThoth

AThoth — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:09:27 +0000

Being under the impression that specific grammar rules were not the subject of this discussion, I was merely expressing my concern that the phrase dialectically didn't fit the rest of the text.

By: Jim Stitzel

Jim Stitzel — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:06:05 +0000

Wow, someone who's actually a bigger grammar Nazi than I am. I stand
by my decision. The sentence is completely legitimate and proper—
and let us leave it at that.

By: AThoth

AThoth — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:02:23 +0000

It is poor grammatical construction, and people do speak as such.
It is rather unfortunate.

By: AThoth

AThoth — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:00:11 +0000

Perhaps the syntax is the problem then.
Please, see the original comment. ;}

By: Jim Stitzel

Jim Stitzel — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:46:04 +0000

Like I said, it's a nominal clause, so it falls well within the rules.