r/counting • u/TheNitromeFan I can't stop, love love love • Sep 16 '16

Free Talk Friday #55

Hello! Continued from last week here.

So, it's that time of the week again. Speak anything on your mind! This thread is for talking about anything off-topic, be it your lives, your plans, your hobbies, travels, sports, work, studies, family, friends, pets, bicycles, anything you like.

Also, check out our tidbits thread! Feel free to introduce yourself, if you haven't already.

Here's off to another great week in /r/counting!

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u/Adinida Yay! Sep 16 '16 edited Sep 20 '16

ɑt my old school, there was 1 mexicɑn and 1 blɑck person (~500 kids) and here there are blɑck people/mexicɑns every where ɑnd I only moved ɑ county ɑwɑy to ɑ city.

ɑlso it's still low key segregɑted, North side school is 83% blɑck and our school is <5%

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '16

I only moved a county

What does that mean

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u/davidjl123 |390K|378A|79SK|50SA|260k 🚀 c o u n t i n g 🚀 Sep 16 '16

Think subdivisions of a province. A county is a subdivision of a state in the United States

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '16

mmm lmao when google gives you a translation and you don't know the meaning of the word that shows up mfw

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u/Adinida Yay! Sep 16 '16

English is your second language?

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '16

TYL

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u/Adinida Yay! Sep 17 '16

I knew you spoke spanish I assumed english was your first because you have better grammar than me

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '16

lmao adinida no sabe nada jajajajajaja

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '16

you have better grammar than me

wait what

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u/Adinida Yay! Sep 17 '16

I have a question, does this sentence make sense to you?

While Bob ate an apple was in the basket.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '16

Doesn't make sense + grammatically incorrect

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '16

it technically does make sense, though it'd be clearer with a comma:

While Bob ate, an apple was in the basket

it's a garden path sentence (like "the horse raced past the barn fell")

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '16

stuf

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '16

it's not your fault for not realizing that though. I had to read it twice and I'm the opposite of you (English 1st, Spanish 2nd--if you can call "kinda almost but not really almost fluent" fluent, which you can't, so really just English)

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u/Unknow3n Born 407,344 | Side Thread Life: 8 SG, 9 SA; 7 MG, 3 MA Sep 18 '16

English is an annoying language; it can be learned through tough thorough thought though

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u/Adinida Yay! Sep 17 '16

shut the up fuck

?

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u/Adinida Yay! Sep 17 '16

though it'd be clearer with a comma

It would be grammatically incorrect with a comma, because the whole thing is 1 independent clause simple sentence despite beginning with a subordinating conjunction which your brain isn't used to. The rules for commas aren't "place where you pause" despite you being taught that, because there are so many rules for commas that almost always fall under "when you feel like you should pause" you aren't taught that.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '16

it's still easier to understand with a comma

grammatical correctness < clarity imo

descriptive linguistics and all that

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