[jmdickens]

Whoop Whoop!!!

[logic]

I love seeing Tech lose. That will show all those Liberty students who wear Tech shirts on OUR campus. Hey kids, if you like Tech so much, transfer!

[Purple Haize]

I love seeing Tech lose. That will show all those Liberty students who wear Tech shirts on OUR campus. Hey kids, if you like Tech so much, transfer!

What about the ones who wear UNC shirts? Should they transfer too?

[lynchburgwildcats]

I love seeing Tech lose. That will show all those Liberty students who wear Tech shirts on OUR campus. Hey kids, if you like Tech so much, transfer!

What about the ones who wear UNC shirts? Should they transfer too?

That would mean they might end up having to tutor some athlete who can't read or write though!

[jmdickens]

Well at least no one wears Kentucky shirts...Oh yeah, they don't go to college.

[jbock13]

I love seeing Tech lose. That will show all those Liberty students who wear Tech shirts on OUR campus. Hey kids, if you like Tech so much, transfer!

For once we agree.

[ATrain]

I would've if Tech had given me a full tuition scholarship.

This is definitely not the finest season for Virginia Tech. Maybe now Beamer will make some much needed changes (i.e. firing Bryan Stinespring).

[olldflame]

I hate it that Logan Thomas is taking a lot of the flack for the Hokies lack of success this year. He's a great kid and a major talent, and I'm still confident he will be an NFL QB. Tough to maintain or improve on the previous years numbers when the top 2 receivers in school history graduate.

[BJWilliams]

I love seeing Tech lose. That will show all those Liberty students who wear Tech shirts on OUR campus. Hey kids, if you like Tech so much, transfer!

And just when I thought it couldnt get any stupider...

[BJWilliams]

I love seeing Tech lose. That will show all those Liberty students who wear Tech shirts on OUR campus. Hey kids, if you like Tech so much, transfer!

And just when I thought it couldnt get any stupider...

[lynchburgwildcats]

Well at least no one wears Kentucky shirts...Oh yeah, they don't go to college.

Interesting, from reading this board, I'd be under the impression most LU student don't even wear LU shirts. How pathetic is that? Lynchburg and Randolph College aren't even that bad!

[logic]

I love seeing Tech lose. That will show all those Liberty students who wear Tech shirts on OUR campus. Hey kids, if you like Tech so much, transfer!

What about the ones who wear UNC shirts? Should they transfer too?

Yes.

I love seeing Tech lose. That will show all those Liberty students who wear Tech shirts on OUR campus. Hey kids, if you like Tech so much, transfer!

And just when I thought it couldnt get any stupider...

You support then, the wearing of VT shirts around our campus? Do Tech kids wear Liberty shirts? What about students at UNC? Are they supporting the Liberty Flames any any given weekday?


And while we're at it -

All right, let’s just dive right into this stupid thing.

Recently, a professional athlete was quoted in an article as saying I made the stupidest mistake. The athlete was talking about his personal life—his VERY personal life. (It’s hard to keep track these days, isn’t it?)

The superlative form of stupid is most stupid, as in I made the most stupid mistake, not stupidest. Stupidest can be heard and seen everywhere, but it’s wrong. (Please don’t ask me to roll out my entire exposition on why finding a word in a modern dictionary doesn’t make it legitimate, standard English. Paul and I have already paddled across that ocean several times.)

Stupid is just like lucid (same -id ending). The comparative form is more lucid, and the superlative form is most lucid. Likewise, the comparative form of stupid is more stupid, and the superlative form is most stupid. In fact, in general, -id words use more and most instead of –er and –est. (The water was more tepid, he was the most lucid, they could have been more candid, his reflexes have grown more torpid, the milk was the most rancid, his tongue had grown more acrid. No one would even think to say tepidest, lucidest, candidest, torpidest, rancidest, or acridest.)

Oddly enough, as many times as I’ve heard the word stupidest (and believe me, if I sold my soul to the devil in order to have eternal life, that wouldn’t be long enough for me to count the number of times that I’ve heard it over the past few years), I’m not sure that I’ve ever heard anyone use the word stupider (even though it is now given as an alternative form in some modern dictionaries!). Maybe that’s because people know how stupid the word stupider sounds and that the correct form is more stupid. Then why don’t they know how stupid stupidest sounds and that the correct form is most stupid?

Regardless, the aforementioned athlete may have made the most stupid mistake in his personal life, but he also made a mistake when he used the word stupidest.

I hope that we can now lay this stupid grammar error to rest.

Sherry


http://languageandgrammar.com/2008/05/0 ... mar-error/

[jbock13]

Well, that escalated quickly.

[logic]

Rarely should an opportunity to infuse young minds with proper grammar go by the wayside. Or were you talking about VT? Why is it stupid of me to want Liberty kids to wear Liberty shirts and not VT? When I pass them on my way to class I can't help but give them the evil eye. The evil eye I say!

[4everfsu]

The evil eye, boy that has to strike fear in them.

[jbock13]

Rarely should an opportunity to infuse young minds with proper grammar go by the wayside. Or were you talking about VT? Why is it stupid of me to want Liberty kids to wear Liberty shirts and not VT? When I pass them on my way to class I can't help but give them the evil eye. The evil eye I say!

I said I agreed with you. Can you read?

[BJWilliams]

I was pointing out that you said (and I quote) "That will show all those Liberty students who wear Tech shirts on OUR campus". To be frank, I dont think kids who wore VT shirts around LU were saying to themselves after they lost, "well gee, VT lost because I was wearing a Tech shirt around my school's campus, I have seen the error of my ways now..." That said, I would rather LU students wear red and wear LU shirts around here, but I see ZERO correlation between the two

[Purple Haize]

Well, that escalated quickly.

It's the Theocratic Republic of logic. What did you expect ?

[jbock13]

Logic may do well with grammar and syntax, but I don't think his reading comprehension is quite as strong

[ATrain]

The evil eye, boy that has to strike fear in them.

I cower at the very thought of logic's evil eye

[logic]

The evil eye, boy that has to strike fear in them.

I cower at the very thought of logic's evil eye

[Purple Haize]

He looks constipated .....

[BJWilliams]

I agree Purple...maybe he could increase his fiber intake...

[logic]

I would have posted the picture of the 3 year old soccer fan but didn't think it would be appropriate for the board.

[jbock13]

I would have posted the picture of the 3 year old soccer fan but didn't think it would be appropriate for the board.

Correct. That's not the Liberty Way.