Comments on: The Post Where I Dust off Old Grammar and Spanish Skills http://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/06/11/the-post-where-i-dust-off-old-grammar-and-spanish-skills/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Fri, 25 May 2012 06:20:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Adam Lanphierhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/06/11/the-post-where-i-dust-off-old-grammar-and-spanish-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-684353 Adam Lanphier Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:22:03 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=9145#comment-684353 haha, i'll be damned; are we neighbors, jimmie? chevy chase circle here. haha, i'll be damned; are we neighbors, jimmie? chevy chase circle here.

]]> By: Adam Lanphierhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/06/11/the-post-where-i-dust-off-old-grammar-and-spanish-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-684352 Adam Lanphier Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:52:45 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=9145#comment-684352 you made the mistake twice; it wasn't a typo. if i were uncharitable, i'd say it was a gap in your knowledge. i went on to use context clues to figure out what you meant. likewise, sotomayor's examples clarify her meaning. the most damning thing you can say about her is her knowledge of spanish is colloquial. show me something that challenges her english; that's what she'll be wording legislature in, after all. your strict requirements for her knowledge of spanish do beg the question, though: how many of the other sitting justices speak foreign languages? you made the mistake twice; it wasn't a typo. if i were uncharitable, i'd say it was a gap in your knowledge.

i went on to use context clues to figure out what you meant. likewise, sotomayor's examples clarify her meaning. the most damning thing you can say about her is her knowledge of spanish is colloquial. show me something that challenges her english; that's what she'll be wording legislature in, after all.

your strict requirements for her knowledge of spanish do beg the question, though: how many of the other sitting justices speak foreign languages?

]]> By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/06/11/the-post-where-i-dust-off-old-grammar-and-spanish-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-684348 Jimmie Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:26:50 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=9145#comment-684348 That's fine, but it is doesn't really help the discussion any. In order for a participle to function as an adjective, there have to <em>be</em> adjectives. As for your other venture into pedantry (affect vs effect), you're just being silly. You seem a smart guy, conflating a simple typo with not knowing an entire part of speech exists are remotely similar. That's fine, but it is doesn't really help the discussion any. In order for a participle to function as an adjective, there have to be adjectives.

As for your other venture into pedantry (affect vs effect), you're just being silly. You seem a smart guy, conflating a simple typo with not knowing an entire part of speech exists are remotely similar.

]]> By: Adam Lanphierhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/06/11/the-post-where-i-dust-off-old-grammar-and-spanish-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-684345 Adam Lanphier Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:18:01 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=9145#comment-684345 <a href="http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/abierto" rel="nofollow">http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/abierto</a> participles may act as adjectives, but they are a different part of speech. that is why 'adjective' is listed second -- because it is a functional definition, not a classifying one. the concept is explained here: <a href="http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/pastpart.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/pastpart.htm</a> i feel my grandfather's pedantry rising up in me http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/abierto

participles may act as adjectives, but they are a different part of speech.

that is why 'adjective' is listed second — because it is a functional definition, not a classifying one.

the concept is explained here:

http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/pastpart.htm

i feel my grandfather's pedantry rising up in me

]]> By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/06/11/the-post-where-i-dust-off-old-grammar-and-spanish-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-684343 Jimmie Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:15:34 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=9145#comment-684343 I can handle a routine factual error. I can't quite get past one that asserts that one's native language doesn't have a basic part of speech. That goes well past "factual error" into "Whaaaaaa....?" I can handle a routine factual error. I can't quite get past one that asserts that one's native language doesn't have a basic part of speech. That goes well past "factual error" into "Whaaaaaa….?"

]]> By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/06/11/the-post-where-i-dust-off-old-grammar-and-spanish-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-684342 Jimmie Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:14:25 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=9145#comment-684342 The dictionary claims it is an adjective, Adam. The dictionary claims it is an adjective, Adam.

]]> By: Adam Lanphierhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/06/11/the-post-where-i-dust-off-old-grammar-and-spanish-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-684341 Adam Lanphier Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:13:21 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=9145#comment-684341 and i HATE that you've dragged me down to this, but 'abierto' is a participle, not an adjective. and i HATE that you've dragged me down to this, but 'abierto' is a participle, not an adjective.

]]> By: Adam Lanphierhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/06/11/the-post-where-i-dust-off-old-grammar-and-spanish-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-684340 Adam Lanphier Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:10:28 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=9145#comment-684340 so who would be your pick for justice? a gentleman's bet: you name the man or woman more qualified than sotomayor, and i bet you i can find a factual error they've made in the last two decades, using nothing more than the internet and my humble liberal-arts education. so who would be your pick for justice?

a gentleman's bet: you name the man or woman more qualified than sotomayor, and i bet you i can find a factual error they've made in the last two decades, using nothing more than the internet and my humble liberal-arts education.

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