Was in the car listening to Radio 4 earlier and there was a programme with a section about the 1812 wars with America, Napoleon and so on. The 'expert' did what you very often hear and which drives me bonkers. He was saying things like 'Napoleon's forces are stretched in Russia as the British fight on two fronts, meanwhile in America privateers are harassing the British fleet off the Canadian coast'..etc.
It happened in the past! The past has a tense ! Its called the PAST TENSE!
Use it you retarded people! AGHRRR!
History, related in the present tense! ARGH!
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"At this point in time Napoleon's forces are..." That's valid.
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OK, pedantry aside..Gawdzilla wrote:"At this point in time Napoleon's forces are..." That's valid.
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Rum wrote:Was in the car listening to Radio 4 earlier and there was a programme with a section about the 1812 wars with America, Napoleon and so on. The 'expert' did what you very often hear and which drives me bonkers. He was saying things like 'Napoleon's forces are stretched in Russia as the British fight on two fronts, meanwhile in America privateers are harassing the British fleet off the Canadian coast'..etc.
It happened in the past!
Did it though?
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You were saying...Rum wrote:OK, pedantry aside..Gawdzilla wrote:"At this point in time Napoleon's forces are..." That's valid.
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"Rum is driving in his car listening to Radio 4..."
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Indeed I was. And a jolly nice radio station it is!
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Bella Fortuna wrote:You were saying...Rum wrote:OK, pedantry aside..Gawdzilla wrote:"At this point in time Napoleon's forces are..." That's valid.
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You haven't got enough to be annoyed about
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I'm annoyed that Rum was driving about listening to the radio when I'm working!
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your annoyance enrages meElessarina wrote:I'm annoyed that Rum was driving about listening to the radio when I'm working!
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At least someone got it.Gawdzilla wrote:Bella Fortuna wrote:You were saying...Rum wrote:OK, pedantry aside..Gawdzilla wrote:"At this point in time Napoleon's forces are..." That's valid.
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The kind of statement that bites itself on the back of the head, the circle is so tight.Bella Fortuna wrote:At least someone got it.Gawdzilla wrote:Bella Fortuna wrote:You were saying...Rum wrote:OK, pedantry aside..Gawdzilla wrote:"At this point in time Napoleon's forces are..." That's valid.
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Oh I got it alright. I read Ms English Major's sentences very carefully as they often carry hidden meaning and significance...Bella Fortuna wrote:At least someone got it.Gawdzilla wrote:Bella Fortuna wrote:You were saying...Rum wrote:OK, pedantry aside..Gawdzilla wrote:"At this point in time Napoleon's forces are..." That's valid.
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I deserve it after working for 37 years and squirreling 1/3 of my income away! Its the least I could expect as I enter my twilight years.Elessarina wrote:I'm annoyed that Rum was driving about listening to the radio when I'm working!
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