Posts by Stephen Judd
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"Had have continued" does not use any tense with which I am familiar. It reminds me of the novel grammatical forms proposed in the Hitchhikers's Guide to the Galaxy to deal with the problems created by time travel.
I continued: simple past (or preterite).
I have continued: perfect.
I had continued: pluperfect.
*I had have continued: ???Furthermore, to the extent that usage legitimates things that were once errors, at least "had of" is frequent and everybody knows what it means. "had have" is some sort of weird hypercorrection like "between you and I" and deserves to die.
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Also, very interested in reading the comments on web stats above, thanks Stephen/Mark/Jason et al.
Ta. One thing I should have said: some services can figure out the referring page from cookies, IF the referring page uses the same service. This is how ad companies track you from site to site, and why Firefox has "block 3rd party cookies" option.
Apropos the Maitreya stuff -- their money's as good as anyone elses. And they might even be correct in assuming that their target market is over-educated lefties.
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Here you go Kyle: say it with shanks.
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Mr Semmens: I am afraid that I was referring to Mr Beard. Should you feel that your honour remains impugned, then as the challenged I shall exercise my choice of weapon, and nominate rhum babas, Mr Beard to be my second in the event of indigestion.
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Actually, given the references to escaping from outraged husbands and general debauchery, I think Tom might be about to cross the line between fop and rake.
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"... using a blade at all smacks of Oscar Wilde on poppers levels of limp-wristedness (you might as well try to have some kind of man-baby and spend the rest of your life baking orange zest muffins). Real men, true men, (like Kaiser Wilheim, the last actual MALE man who ever lived) merely lather up and then, elbows clasped tightly to the sides, perhaps two inches above the kidneys, sprint at top speed towards a coral reef at low tide and with a last light (but masculine) leap, scrape off 1/18th of their face, per side, per day. If no coral is available it is best to grow a beard, as attempting the same thing on pumice or god help us, volcanic rock is akin to living ones' life as a Spaniard."
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I suppose we might add:
- change a nappy
- kill a rat with a spade
- whip up a spreadsheetSpecialization is for insects.
I'd like my leaks repaired by a plumber and my tumour removed by a surgeon, thanks.
While in theory I could manage most things on the list, I am happy in the knowledge that a chap can employ another chap to take care of the tedious business for him. Now be a dear and mix me another daiquiri, won't you?
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Does anyone know why the Herald story about the suppressed evidence has disappeared?
Because the suppression order is still in effect, according to Steven Price.
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I think I'm going to keep this and a couple of Laws columns and in while, we can do a blind test on some lab rats. It perfectly captures his logical method of proving things by putting them in adjacent sentences.
Laws' writing reminds me of the emphatic, repetitive, and horribly unstoppable discourse you get from street drinkers when they've ascended the magic peak between gruff and paralytic.
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Stewart: I have to admit that up until very recently, that's how I said it too. Such are the perils of knowing words from reading only.
(I also, as a child, believed that there was a verb "to misle", meaning "fool or deceive", which I inferred from what I thought was an obvious reading of "misled").