You would forget to put a question mark on the end of questions.

All grammer aside, I was just responding to the attempted lowball thrown by Drugs. But like so often with Drugs, he was wrong. He just tries to look smart after the fact as was the case with the Archarcharch overlay. Had he been so smart, he would have told us this BEFORE the race.

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com...us-effect.aspx

I'm right.

No they don't.

And why would I care to do that?

Think hard, dumbfucl<

Who cares?

The whole purpose of the post was as follows....

Tell me you knew?

You can't possibly be inferring that it will effect or affect the price. Please don't be telling me that. If so, that is very sad.

DrugS gave us Vale of York before the BC Juvenile. Folks, there is no need to get greedy.

You have to be able to forecast the odds correctly to determine that.

Had I posted "a pick" before the race .... I would have "picked" Elite Alex (who was 8/1 on the ML) versus Archarcharch (who was 12/1 on the ML)

That's really not even the reason why I don't bother posting picks .... it's because of the ankle-biting I put up with afterwards when one of them losses.

I see. You don't offer these words of wisdom because you don't know the odds. I'm assuming then you are too busy with 25 minutes to post to come on here and state your opinions before the race yet you have the time to find a chart from the 1896 Gazelle Stakes and cut and paste that to show how clever you are.

Come on Drugs. Don't you think you will be criticsized more for your rampant redboarding than being wrong. Everybody is wrong.

And talked about Furthest Land being a great play.

He at the very least talks about why horses are good plays / bad plays with details.

Unlike Lehman Brothers - I don't get paid one cent to post here. I do it for my own pleasure.

I post that type of stuff early in the morning or on Monday's and Tuesday's - if you haven't noticed.

Here's an old story I read though ....

Justin is right. Although, that was a pretty slick reversal attempt by rare bog. Kudos.

Why does "affect" have to be in regards to feeling? That is pretty funny.

Don't ever say that again.

Don't even think it.

What?

You jerk!

Did you mean loses?

Here is the original sentence:

Lehman Brothers is not hiring but I left before the collapse so it didn't really effect me other than the fact that I sold all my stock before it tanked.

"....it didn't really EFFECT me...."

Verb.

Now, here are a bunch of websites showing that the correct word in that situation is AFFECT.

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/affect.html

http://www.writersblock.ca/tips/monthtip/tipsep99a.htm

http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/englis..._as_a_ver.html

It's affect in that usage...Enough already.

Effect, affect--your all retarded.

you're


my biggest gripe is "alot" - it's either "allot" or "a lot"

there is no such word as alot....even the spellchecker on this site picks it up!

i like the enthusiasm from that girl in your avatar, alot to.

I'm not sure it's so bad to give him credit on proper grammar as long as his math skills go right on being terrible.

What are you talking about?

You might want to read back on the thread, unless you missed the reason the link to the online calculator was posted. 25/1 odds = a 4% chance. You corrected it to 24/1 odds which is 4.17% rounded. The fact that you thought it was 24 to 1 means you did the math in your head. That you made the mistake happens to anybody. You knew there was a 4 in there somewhere. That you corrected someone else who got it right is the reason that I got annoyed. 1/25 = 4/100

Your situation on the affect/effect argument was basically a reversal of the odds thing. You knew the proper way to do it, someone tried to correct you, but they were wrong. You even spent time looking it up and providing sources. I just found it ironic. Alanis Morissette probably didn't as she improperly identified "irony" in a very catchy song to millions of teenagers. The point about your math skills I just made was a joke about how understanding of basic fractions is probably important when betting. 25/1, as I'm sure you know, means you'll get more money than you would if the horse was 24/1. That's all I'm saying.

While we're grammar griping, it always bugs me when people say things like "Joe and I" trying to sound sophisticated when "Joe and me" can be correct depending on the rest of the sentence.

You just ended that sentence using a preposition.

No, you are!

Misuse of decapitated is a favorite. Officer, would you describe the victim as being in severe pain? Yes, he was screaming because his forearm had been decapitated.

So, your position is that you know what Mawhip really meant, therefore his misuse of "effect" is not really a grammatical error? Maybe you're joking.

Once again, the original sentence was "Lehman Brothers is not hiring but I left before the collapse so it didn't really effect me other than the fact that I sold all my stock before it tanked. "

There should be zero question that the correct word is "affect" not "effect". But if it makes you feel smart to call the rest of us 'tards', then by all means, proceed.

--Dunbar

You are an unbridled moron. 25-1 odds does not equal a 1 in 25 chance. It equals a 1 in 26 chance. By your logic, 1-1 odds would equal a 100% chance. It does not. It equals a 50% chance. 1-1 equals one chance in two. 50%.

2-1 equals one chance in three. 33%.

Thus, 24-1 would equal one chance in 25. Or 4%.

I win. Again. I didn't miss the calculator. You are dumb. Thanks.

a woman boards a plane and sits next to a conceited passenger. attempting to start a conversation, she asks 'so, where are you from?' the other woman condescendingly replies 'from a place where you don't end a sentence with a preposition.' 'oh', replies the woman who pauses in silence for a few moments....

'so', she asks again, sweetly, 'where are you from, bitch?'


ah, grammar.....

i have to admit tho, i wish alot would disappear forever.

There is zero question.

"Rare Bog" is unquestionably wrong.

However, I give him credit. Internet debates about errors in spelling and grammar are usually quite boring. He remains so adamant in defending his ridiculousness, however, that he has elevated the debate from completely pointless to simply uninteresting.

You, sir...

ARE WRONG.

It's AFFECT.

Can we get back to the original topic that Drugs is a serial redboarder. This grammer stuff is so confusing.

Shouldn't 'unbridled' be capitalized? Unbridled.