nerf stuff i lose to

Discussion in 'Off-Topic' started by BurnPyro, Apr 17, 2015.

  1. BurnPyro

    BurnPyro Forum Royalty

    i don't like losing
     
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  2. MEATMAN

    MEATMAN Forum Royalty

    especially when it's just bad luck
     
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  3. TeaScholar

    TeaScholar Better-Known Member

    needs more sarcasm

    and purple
     
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  4. BurnPyro

    BurnPyro Forum Royalty

    don't listen to teascholar

    he thinks it's okay to lose

    he doesn't want balance

    and he worships satan
     
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  5. kalasle

    kalasle Forum Royalty

    Nerf dangling prepositions.
     
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  6. BurnPyro

    BurnPyro Forum Royalty

    where did i go wrong
     
  7. kalasle

    kalasle Forum Royalty

    "Nerf stuff I lose to" -> "Nerf stuff to which I lose."

    To tell it straight, there are plenty of reasons to use a dangling preposition over a more canonically appropriate grammatical form, and you could make a damn good case for doing so here. Not even gonna say you're technically wrong -- in a descriptive sense, there is indeed a dangling preposition in the title, that's all. <3
     
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  8. BurnPyro

    BurnPyro Forum Royalty

    How about "nerf stuff that I lose to?". That is my easy escape when in doubt.

    Also, this thread was written intentionally poor stylistically, but thanks for the heads up.
     
  9. junithorn

    junithorn I need me some PIE!

    Buff goblins tho
     
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  10. JazzMan1221

    JazzMan1221 Better-Known Member

    No, I lost to a goblin deck once. Nerf goblins, they're batshit insane OP freelo.
     
  11. chickenpox2

    chickenpox2 I need me some PIE!

    easy way to nerf pox is give all champions max damage of 10 nothing should be higher
    gg
     
  12. kalasle

    kalasle Forum Royalty

    I gotcha burn, I think this is a lovely thread, and the title is part of the charm.

    "To" dangles because it has nothing after it. "To" can be part of an infinitive -- "to run," "to write" -- or it can function as a preposition to indicate direction. In this case, "to" refers to "stuff" because "I lose to (->) stuff." To make it not dangle, the formal fix is placing a proper object after "to," most likely "which." "Which" refers back to "stuff," so saying "Nerf the stuff to which I lose" gives the "to" the intended succeeding object.

    I probably used some grammatical terms improperly, or explained that poorly, so if someone with more linguistic acumen could help out, I'd appreciate it.

    Edit: Like I said above, I think it works well enough here, because it refocuses the emphasis on the stuff you want to nerf -- the emphatic end pulls the reader back into that particular word.
     
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  13. claydude5

    claydude5 The King of Potatoes

    I'm pretty sure this a is a repost.
     
  14. KingJad

    KingJad I need me some PIE!

    What's worse the dangling preposition or the lowercase I?
     
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  15. kalasle

    kalasle Forum Royalty

    Lower case I, man. That thing is a demon.
     
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  16. Boozha

    Boozha I need me some PIE!

    Aslo nrf stuf Burn is runin

    Nobody lieks Brun
     
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  17. Pixyrus

    Pixyrus Forum Royalty

    Burn is top 10, he must know what hes talking about.
     
  18. Pedeguerra

    Pedeguerra I need me some PIE!

    Dont feed mw24, just dont do it.
     
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  19. JellyBerry

    JellyBerry Forum Royalty

    No need to, all MW24 needs in order to keep going is MW24.
     
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  20. BurnPyro

    BurnPyro Forum Royalty

    Alright cheers.

    No, my other thread was about nerfing skill. Much difference.
     

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