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Die
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:53 pm
by yosevuk
"Die" is singular. "Dice" is plural. Is that common knowledge? It doesn't seem like that to me, but then people don't talk about a single "die" that often.
I mean, under what circumstances would you hear someone complaining about how one die is not living up to the standard of their other
TWO dice
It is much more likely to hear someone saying something like "you got some lucky
dices, uh blue?" or "Grrr.. the
dices are killing me this round."
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:56 pm
by b.k. barunt
Are we really this desperate for new threads?
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 1:58 pm
by Rahm Es Hestos
lol i find this post funny because u obviously have poor mastery of the english language.....u dont make a comment such as "the dices are killing me" because it is incorrect. A correct coment would actually be something like "these damn die". I may be wrong but im guessing english isnt ur first language?
...And on a side note i could go into why the two above comments are correct/incorrect but as a student i'd rather kill myself then put the lessons of my english teacher to practical use

Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:47 pm
by ClessAlvein
Actually... it should be "these damn dice," or "this damn die."
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 2:53 pm
by joeyjordison
i think he was saying that people are unlikely to say things properly and gave examples of wat people say. the 2 sentences were incorrect deliberately hence the highlighting in red and the highlighting in green is correct
and b.k. u r totally rite. i didn't think we were this desperate.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:18 pm
by wacicha
shoot I thought this topic was trying to tell me what you wanted me to do, LOL
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 4:08 pm
by boberz
he he this is made for spam (im not joining in

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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:07 pm
by Hologram
b.k. barunt wrote:Are we really this desperate for new threads?
Appearantly we are.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:13 pm
by keiths31
You are one of the most anal people I know. There really has to be something better to talk about...isn't there?
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:14 am
by yosevuk
Rahm Es Hestos wrote:lol i find this post funny because u obviously have poor mastery of the english language.....u dont make a comment such as "the dices are killing me" because it is incorrect. A correct coment would actually be something like "these damn die". I may be wrong but im guessing english isnt ur first language?

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:15 am
by yosevuk
keiths31 wrote:You are one of the most anal people I know. There really has to be something better to talk about...isn't there?
I don't know you either.
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:19 am
by MOBAJOBG
yosevuk wrote:keiths31 wrote:You are one of the most anal people I know. There really has to be something better to talk about...isn't there?
I don't know you either.
Hi, yosevuk! I certainly missed playing doubles freestyle games with you.
By the way, I'm sure keiths31 was talking about and referring to Hologram.
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:22 am
by RobinJ
wacicha wrote:shoot I thought this topic was trying to tell me what you wanted me to do, LOL
Not, the only one - I thought this could be really interesting... not something about the grammatical errors of CCers.
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:26 am
by yowzer14
Rahm Es Hestos wrote:lol i find this post funny because u obviously have poor mastery of the english language.....u dont make a comment such as "the dices are killing me" because it is incorrect. A correct coment would actually be something like "these damn die". I may be wrong but im guessing english isnt ur first language?
...And on a side note i could go into why the two above comments are correct/incorrect but as a student i'd rather kill myself then put the lessons of my english teacher to practical use

I think the stooges said it best "You are speaking incorrectly, you are moidering the King's English"
Re: Die
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:03 am
by Nous-irons
yosevuk wrote:"Die" is singular. "Dice" is plural. Is that common knowledge? It doesn't seem like that to me, but then people don't talk about a single "die" that often.
I mean, under what circumstances would you hear someone complaining about how one die is not living up to the standard of their other
TWO dice 
It is much more likely to hear someone saying something like "you got some lucky
dices, uh blue?" or "Grrr.. the
dices are killing me this round."
ni shuo shi mo
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:13 am
by AAFitz
i want my die to die
but seeing dices typed out is funny
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:55 pm
by yosevuk
AAFitz wrote:i want my die to die
but seeing dices typed out is funny
I'm sure people want this thread to die.
I can't help liking grammar though
...and homonyms
MOBAJOBG wrote:yosevuk wrote:keiths31 wrote:You are one of the most anal people I know. There really has to be something better to talk about...isn't there?
I don't know you either.
Hi, yosevuk! I certainly missed playing doubles freestyle games with you.
By the way, I'm sure keiths31 was talking about and referring to Hologram.
Hey MOBAJOBG, haven't played any games with you for a while. I see you're a major now. Congrats, and we'll have to play again sometime.
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:17 pm
by MeDeFe
"dice" can be singular, too, like "sheep".