I know it's a somewhat old thread, and not ragging on you, chuseyo, but
1. Shouldn't you do your own boning up on stuff you are trying to pitch, and
2. Shouldn't you have done your research before 24 HOURS PRIOR TO YOUR PRESENTATION?
I know it's a somewhat old thread, and not ragging on you, chuseyo, but
1. Shouldn't you do your own boning up on stuff you are trying to pitch, and
2. Shouldn't you have done your research before 24 HOURS PRIOR TO YOUR PRESENTATION?
And I challenge your "perfectly valid grammer" comment- "Shouldn't you not be being" is not only a double negative, but is rather akward, too. "Be being?"
And I challenge your "perfectly valid grammer" comment- "Shouldn't you not be being" is not only a double negative, but is rather akward, too. "Be being?"
It's 'awkward,' btw. Grammar, not grammer. Holy crap, shall we just leave it at that?? No, let's not: You'll find (if you wish to "pony up" on the subject first...) that double negatives are a part of the English language (which you appear to be bent on fucking up), and have been used (to good effect) since time immemorial. You will also note that double neg expressions readily translate into French (and most likely a host of other languages).
Your reason for citing the example of "be being" as awkward is irrelevant in the context of grammar, since there's nothing wrong with it grammatically. Granted, had I said 'acting the smartass,' or something, it would roll a little better, but you got my point: you were 'being a smartass.' And we all love to watch the smartass who comes unstuck.
As for Asperger's Syndrome: stevieb, you might want to take a look back at your comment to the original poster of this thread for a good example of less-than-ideal social interaction.
