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#21 October 29, 2010, 07:17:11 pm

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-4^2

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#22 October 29, 2010, 09:19:15 pm

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Quote from: Ghost_Daddy on October 29, 2010, 07:17:11 pm

-4^2

-16 :doom:

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Terrorantula

#23 October 30, 2010, 12:16:35 am

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You have to be careful, though- the word "It's" means "it is" but the word "its" means "belonging to it." What's the example? Ah yes... "It's a smart dog that scratches its own fleas."

Everyone has the right to be himself; wise men know how to,when, and whether to navigate the boundary between their rights and those of others when they collide.

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#24 October 30, 2010, 12:38:39 am

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Quote from: Dada on October 29, 2010, 09:19:15 pm

-16 :doom:

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Seawed

#25 October 30, 2010, 01:21:25 am

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hey on this note (and hello I just stopped lurking for a second) if a person has a name ending with S do you say for example

james' pizza

or

james's pizza

I am so confused!

I also want to hijack this thread and ask about commas. i pretty much throw them in whenever I would stop speaking in one breath in a sentence

Last Edit: October 30, 2010, 01:23:38 am by Seawed

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tuxedo marx

#26 October 30, 2010, 01:26:24 am

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the answer to that one boils down to 'how are you pronouncing it?'

stop it guys you're making me think i learned anything at school

Last Edit: October 30, 2010, 01:36:36 am by geodude

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#27 October 30, 2010, 02:14:19 am

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Strunk would have you say "James's" but that's one of the few rules of his I ignore.

Everyone has the right to be himself; wise men know how to,when, and whether to navigate the boundary between their rights and those of others when they collide.

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#28 October 30, 2010, 06:54:48 am

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Both are gramatically correct as far as I know.

also, isn't -4^2 = 16?

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#29 October 30, 2010, 08:39:29 am

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Quote from: Hero Bash on October 30, 2010, 06:54:48 am

Both are gramatically correct as far as I know.

also, isn't -4^2 = 16?

no, it's -16. but let's not go there now since there's a whole topic about this thing. if it's still around.

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#30 October 30, 2010, 12:53:50 pm

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pemdas, bitch

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hero_bash

#31 October 30, 2010, 03:23:06 pm

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i just finished my calculus course and i still didn't know that.

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dada

#32 October 30, 2010, 04:34:36 pm

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Quote from: Hero Bash on October 30, 2010, 06:54:48 am

Both are gramatically correct as far as I know.

also, isn't -4^2 = 16?

lol.

LET'S GO THROUGH ALL THIS AGAIN!

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dada

#33 October 30, 2010, 04:36:09 pm

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http://gamingw.net/forums/index.php?topic=78012.0

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dada

#34 October 30, 2010, 04:37:54 pm

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tuxedo marx

#35 October 30, 2010, 04:39:41 pm

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oh no i'm so embarrassed

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#36 October 30, 2010, 04:43:48 pm

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you should be

not knowing that is almost as bad as when myst thought europe is a country

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tuxedo marx

#37 October 30, 2010, 04:51:33 pm

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oh no i don't particularly care about that element (i think i made it clear i don't care for maths!) but i was a horrible person at that time

also are we gonna compile an english language hall of shame from this topic

Last Edit: October 30, 2010, 05:01:08 pm by geodude

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Dust

#38 October 30, 2010, 05:37:11 pm

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Quote from: Dada on October 30, 2010, 04:36:09 pm

http://gamingw.net/forums/index.php?topic=78012.0

I remembered this and laughed. Was that really only in 2009? I thought that topic was much older.

Last Edit: October 30, 2010, 05:48:55 pm by Dust

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dada

#39 October 30, 2010, 06:08:47 pm

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Quote from: Dust on October 30, 2010, 05:37:11 pm

I remembered this and laughed. Was that really only in 2009? I thought that topic was much older.

We had two, I couldn't find the older one.

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#40 October 30, 2010, 06:16:23 pm

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That topic reminds me of the other one involving limits and the rule which states that .9 repeating is equal to 1. Just like -4^2 = 16, there was a lot of debate as to why the answer shouldn't be what it is - it's interesting to read some of the arguments that people present regarding those math rules.

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