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by CRConrad 1547 days ago
> >Who introduced the mixed tenses?

> you did with "Did you get them?". keep up laddy!

Again, for the umpteenth time:

>>> that's almost as annoying as "have you got them?" - "I do" - "do what.. do have? do got??"

"Have got": past participle or whatever; "do have": present tense. That's yours, the original introduction of mixed tenses.

> >Oh? I thought your previous posts were in English. Damn, I must be better at Latin [sic] than I thought.

> that's also a misuse of sic, but never mind, it's expected at this point

No, it's a perfectly valid use of "sic" in the sense of "this is exactly how that word is supposed to be written". (Given how it's a proper name, and all.) What, you were only familiar with the other sense, that of "this is exactly how you wrote it, you numbskull "? Better piss off back to middle school and get some Bildung then.

You're boring me. See ya when you've grown up.

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>"Have got": past participle or whatever; "do have": present tense. That's yours, the original introduction of mixed tenses.

"have got" is present tense, "had got" is the past tense

>it's a perfectly valid use

also expected

>"this is exactly how that word is supposed to be written"

you're meant to leave the supposed error in situ, not replace it with your supposed correction YAWN

>"this is exactly how you wrote it, you numbskull "

I don't understand this, but couldn't care less now

>Better piss off back to middle school

it's been like teaching a backwards child - you belong there more than I

>You're boring me. See ya when you've grown up.

your life is boring. I accept your concession

> you're meant to leave the supposed error in situ, not replace it with your supposed correction YAWN

This:

>>>> Oh? I thought your previous posts were in English. Damn, I must be better at Latin [sic] than I thought.

Was my own usage of it in the correct form, hence the second sense of sic, "this is how it's supposed to be written" -- not the first sense, pointing out an error. Sheesh, your reading comprehension really is below-third-grade, isn't it? Or is it just that you have the attention span of a gnat on crack? Probably both.

> your life is boring.

Only to the extent that you persist in crashing into it. Please stop that.

> I accept your concession

So, no, you lost again. Now grow up PDQ, or POAD.

>my own usage of it in the correct form..

>your reading comprehension really is below-third-grade, isn't it?

wow, your desperation has no limits it seems

thank goodness I never suffered an American "education"

>Only to the extent that you persist in crashing into it

so I'm to blame for you biting off more than you can chew

>So, no, you lost again. Now grow up PDQ, or POAD

stubborn little madam aren't we? no thank you

> >your reading comprehension really is below-third-grade, isn't it?

> wow, your desperation has no limits it seems

My exasperation has no limits.

> thank goodness I never suffered an American "education"

So you think I did?

GOTO https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30789267 , the bit about reading comprehension.

There, let's hope the bot stays stuck in that loop.

>My exasperation has no limits

clearly the former

>So you think I did?

that's quite philosophical - do simpletons suffer..?

>There, let's hope the bot stays stuck in that loop

o-kay..

I neither enjoyed nor suffered an American education.

Nor did I have one I was indifferent to.

Maybe that's why I'm better at English than you.