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martyb
on Tuesday December 10 2019, @04:00PM
from the There-Is-No-Such-Thing-As-Climate-Change dept.
from the There-Is-No-Such-Thing-As-Climate-Change dept.
Australia is on fire. Again. Happens every year around this time, but this year is worse. A lot worse, with smoke and haze covering large parts of the eastern seaboard. The effect of the fires can be felt in New Zealand where the smoke is causing blood red sunsets. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of Australia has briefly offered a prayer in support. The deadly fires have killed hundreds of drop bears while scourging the countryside across several states.
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* m2 stares at the monitor... it looks like a hamburger...
m2 - that's a bad sign
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by EJ on Tuesday December 10 2019, @05:27PM (8 children)
"A lot worse, with smoke and haze covering large parts of the eastern seaboard."
^ is not a sentance. Learn to grammer.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 10 2019, @06:17PM (3 children)
Adding the preceding sentence, it becomes: "Happens every year around this time, but this year is worse. A lot worse, with smoke and haze covering large parts of the eastern seaboard."
In this context, "A lot worse, with the smoke..." turns out to be one of those uncommon sentences where the subject of the sentence ("this year", or the pronoun "it's") is an implied subject. You will find similar constructions with directive sentences like "Go home now." The subject (you) is implied, without being explicitly stated.
(Score: 2) by EJ on Tuesday December 10 2019, @06:20PM (2 children)
Conversational language does not apply to the written word in this context.
(Score: 1, Redundant) by EJ on Tuesday December 10 2019, @06:54PM
Its not my problem that your bad at speling.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday December 10 2019, @10:39PM
Why? The author clearly disagrees and you understood the writing. What makes your opinion any better?
(Score: 2) by cmdrklarg on Tuesday December 10 2019, @06:44PM (1 child)
My grammer has fine grammar, thank you.
The world is full of kings and queens who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.
(Score: 2) by EJ on Tuesday December 10 2019, @06:56PM
Its not my problem that your bad at speling.
(or taht I'm bad at replying to the rite post)
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday December 10 2019, @09:40PM
The construct's Chomsky-approved - what are your creds?
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 10 2019, @11:38PM
I can grammar, thanks, when I want to, but for this no. I'ts a news article. Not a submission at school for marks. Feel free to become an editor to fix my horrible sub-missions. Heaven knows I try. Keep talking about it though, don't hold it back anymore. Your opinion is warranted and needed, so we're not going to just slam teh door. Really, though, it's fluff, so perhaps you should just let it go. Others will take up the championship of the greatest language on earth. Don't care what they are going to say. Let the storm rage on. Or, whatever. Be supergreen.