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Is there a past tense for the word "forgo"?

I’m just here because I’m driving tonight.

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A lasting question answered. Thank you.

What next?

I’m just here because I’m driving tonight.

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Wait I already answered this question in the thread submission thread.

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I had to have something to go off of, didn't I?

I’m just here because I’m driving tonight.

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I dislike text message shorthand (well too much of it)

My wife is a classroom assistant and should know better, but her texting is so hard to decipher!

With QWERTY keyboards on smartphones now, hopefully this language will deminish LOL

J

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You are welcome to begin sentences with conjunctions.

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If the word "opossum" starts with an "o", but is pronounced with a hard "p", are we supposed to say "an" or "a" when using it in a sentence?

I saw an oppossum.

I saw a oppossum.

I never could get a straight answer from anybody on this.

"The other versions will disappear. Even the 35 million tapes of Star Wars out there won’t last more than 30 or 40 years. A hundred years from now, the only version of the movie that anyone will remember will be the DVD version [of the Special Edition], and you’ll be able to project it on a 20’ by 40’ screen with perfect quality. I think it’s the director’s prerogative, not the studio’s to go back and reinvent a movie." - George Lucas

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You would really walk around saying "I saw an possum"?

I'm sorry, but that does not even deserve to be a question. Even if it were technically incorrect, I would still say "a possum". 'O' taken away for phonetics.

If I were typing it, "an opposum", because again, the opposite looks awkward.

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Grammar thingies I hate.

- I refuse to type a period before the end of "a quoted thing that just happens to end this sentence". Unless it ends the paragraph, then I'll follow the ruels.

- Lie/lied/lay/laid. Fuck you, I say'd whatever word feels right when I lay'd down at night.

- Garmmar Nahtzees and The Usage Police.

- I still don't know how to properly hyphenate ages. "Forty-two year-old" or "Forty-two-year-old"? Shirley it comes across wrong when I say "I like having sex with forty two year old women."

Don’t do drugs, unless you’re with me.

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I can't tell you how many times I've had to look up the specifics of lay/lie. I know laid is for setting down objects, then lie is for your body, but lay is past tense of lie, which makes me think of dishonesty.

It's like Mr. Plinkett trying to figure out Qui-Gon and Watto's deal in TPM.

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Your post did make me scratch my head. :)

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Neglify said:

- I still don't know how to properly hyphenate ages. "Forty-two year-old" or "Forty-two-year-old"? Shirley it comes across wrong when I say "I like having sex with forty two year old women."

I think the one with all the hyphens. Unless, of course, you are an infant rapist.

One thing that really annoys me is when people say you can't end sentences with prepositions. Yeah, you can.

Also, people who think that it's incorrect to respond to "How are you?" with "I'm good" are just plain wrong.

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Using "there" in place of "their"? That's a paddlin'.

Using "your" in place of "you're"? That's a paddlin'.

Using "u" in place of "you"? Oh, you better believe that's a paddlin'. 

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DominicCobb said:

Neglify said:

- I still don't know how to properly hyphenate ages. "Forty-two year-old" or "Forty-two-year-old"? Shirley it comes across wrong when I say "I like having sex with forty two year old women."

I think the one with all the hyphens. Unless, of course, you are an infant rapist.

One thing that really annoys me is when people say you can't end sentences with prepositions. Yeah, you can.

Also, people who think that it's incorrect to respond to "How are you?" with "I'm good" are just plain wrong.

 You can end a sentence with a preposition (though I prefer not to). It is WRONG to reply to "How are you?" with "I'm good." You feel well; you are a good person. The words are not interchangeable.