
“Read the sentences below and indicate whether they are referring to a current moment present (ahora) action, to habitual/recurrent (habitual) actions, or to an action in the near future (futuro).”
My Spanish textbook….
“In standard British English, r is only pronounced before a vowel sound” (Practical English Usage) This does not bode well.
“I started in the underpalace, which had so often been a haven for me in the old days, and discovered that it had indeed been entirely abandoned.”
Welp. Thanks for that. I’m not going to interpret that because that is a disappointment I just do not need.
“Just as interestingly, Sarah could not have been simply imitating her parents, memorizing verbs with the -s’s pre-attached.” (Pinker’s The Language Instinct)
I’d like to think that my sex life would not be in imitation of my parents’, and I’d also like to not reflect on what I might know about their sex life.
“Equal.” HA! A one word sentence, courtesy of Lewis Grassic Gibbon. From “Sunset Song” in the chapter Ploughing :D
“‘Private dick, huh?’ he grunted impassively.” - Raymond Chandler, Blackmailers Don’t Shoot
I WIN.
Yes, yes you do.
“We got to let that burn out now.” — Lord of the Flies, William Golding
D8
“Now he looked defeated, his limbs trembling with such weariness it was only by leaning on his staff that he was even able to remain upright.”
“…her mother was such a pretty creature.”
Uhhh…
For fun, I did this with No Pink Ponies vol.1, just to see what comes up, and the first line is:
“I’m being presumptuous, friends like to see other friends happy too”
Heh… wow…
“Someone else enters the room and when I look up, I’m surprised to see it’s the baker, Peeta Mellark’s father.”
Scandalous.
Did this for Anfänge and got:
“Find it within your heart to forgive me.”
WOW That bad, huh? XD
“No matter what type of problems you throw at your characters or what type of quest you have them pursue over the course of the story, they all have their root in the one of three core objectives: the attainment of a reward, the fulfillment of revenge, or the accomplishment of an escape.”
Came from Screenwriting for Teens
It’s
It’s a chart about research methods. “Case Study, The Survey, Naturalistic Observation, Brain Imaging, Correlation, Experiment.”
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“You got through the line, but they kicked you out? You didn’t actually play the Wii?” ~Tycho Brahe, Penny Arcade comic book 7, page 45.
No Wii for me. ;__;
“I had an insistent and unaccountable craving for a sleep whose dreams I should not remember.” H.P. Lovecraft, “Beyond The Wall Of Sleep”
Ahh, Lovecraft, you know me well.
“Kolya smiled, a superior’s kind smile for his simple subordinate. ‘Calculated neglect. You need an education.’” City of Thieves by David Benioff
….Well, if Kolya’s involved I can’t say I’m complaining.
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edge.” - Transformers Exodus Oh My God…
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It gazed at Sophie a moment longer. not to bad.
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“Then, quite without warning, something more unsettling than even the most battering bump took place.” … Not sure how to...
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“It made me so nervous I nearly went crazy.” The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
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“From 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., they taped fourteen takes of a rhythm track.” 100 Best Beatles Songs: An Informed Fan’s...
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“aliens fly among us” WHAT DOES THAT MEAN I HOOK UP WITH AN ALIEN LOKI OR MAYBE THOR EVEN WOULD BE OKAY
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“Let’s do it!” -Fahrenheit 451. FUCKING YES. LET US DO IT.
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‘My, I’m thirsty,’ I said and gulped it down. (Sylvia Plath, Johnny Panic and...Bible of...
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“Bisec’tion, s. Division into two equal parts” O-Oh okay. The closet thing to me was a 1912 dictionary. XD;
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‘As we shall see, even the dream that supposedly proves the unconscious may be another manifestation.’
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Aunt Petunia found a few moldy blankets in the second room and made up a bed for Dudley on the moth-eaten sofa. [[…That...
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“God with all the powers attributed to spirit, is but the perfection of matter.”
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matter. The limit of an addition is equal to the addition of the limits. (Screw the fact that I’m studying maths.)
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“—swell with new arrivals, dissolve...form in the same breath— already there
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“Hey! Look! Over there, it’s what’s-her-name!” Wow okay
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“Still we may hope to meet again.” Return of the King is telling me to find a one night stand, and then hope to meet...
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“The door to the room burst open, and a tall, distinguished-looking man strode into the room.” Sounds promising.
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….horror stories about parochial schools
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