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Jul 8, 2008 1:52pm

permanence

  • rabble: The thing which gets me more than gender is two version of the verb 'to be' the transitive and permanent
  • matt: ...and all the different conjugation styles
  • rabble: especially when you have things which are clearly one or the, the glass is broken right now well it will stay broken, because it's damned near impossible to 'fix' glass, you just replace it :)
  • rabble: gender on the other hand is something people do change, but it's considered permanent
Jul 8, 2008 9:51am
“ As he reads paper after paper all saying the same thing in almost the same words, all bloodless, five hundred words dripping out of nothing, he wonders how he allowed himself to get trapped into teaching English when he might have had a happy and interesting life as an electrician or a confidence man. ” - “How to Say Nothing in 500 Words”
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“ I know you’re busy, so I’ll keep this short… if you’re going to interact, spend a few extra beats to be calm and gracious. ” - Seth’s Blog: Two seconds
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“ Years from now historians will marvel why we the shareholders – the legitimate owners of companies – did not do something effective about removing terrible managements ” - The Icahn Report™: Corporate Democracy is a Myth
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