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Another Twist to the Clip. by aix tom2002-01-03 03:01:37
  Then it should be; by Blackbyrd22002-01-03 03:40:38
    Illiad b0rk3d the grammar, eh? (n/t) by TehWinnar2002-01-03 03:43:04
      Well, no, you seem to have missed Illiad's period by JCOvergaar2002-01-03 05:41:40
        So we did. So we did. by Naruki 2002-01-03 05:52:13
Easy enough to do. I thought it was a speck of Greg's hair gone awry.

<evil_grammar_nazi>
However, given the context, it is a bad answer to Mike's question. Mike is trying to answer either "A" or "B", and Greg says, effectively, "Yes". Nonsensical. He should have said "are both" or picked which one he meant.

As a standalone sentence, it means all front-line people exist. Clearly this is not what was intended, so let's look at it in the sense of a reply to Mike's statement.

In that sense, he is saying that front-line people ARE "something". We are looking for a predicate nominative or predicate adjective, which fails to materialize. Thus, the grammar is wrong. Bwah ha ha ha ha ha ha....
</evil_grammar_nazi>

[ Reply ]
          So what you're saying... by nin_man2002-01-03 06:00:34
            "Either"? What "either"? by Naruki2002-01-03 06:12:26
              AAAhhhhhhhhhh It's all my fault ! by aix tom2002-01-03 06:18:11
                heh that's poss a lil harsh! by Samsara2002-01-03 07:03:02
                  What about NT 3.51 instead? by strawbs2002-01-03 11:59:49
          But if the question is: by razark2002-01-03 06:03:13
            Um, yes. But that wasn't the question. by Naruki2002-01-03 06:11:16
              putting the word 'either' in the sentence... by Ma Petite2002-01-03 06:32:57
                I agree with you. by flamebait2002-01-03 07:58:24
                  Yup. Naruki's wrong. by walkon2002-01-03 08:24:12
                    Small caveat. by walkon2002-01-03 08:48:01
                      i did (n/t) by Ma Petite2002-01-03 09:00:59
                    Um, nope. You are both wrong. by Naruki2002-01-03 10:12:28
                      Grr! by Naruki2002-01-03 10:13:17
                        ....both your wrong are belong to .... by sonofabusch2002-01-03 22:41:17
                      I agree with Naruki here people.. by strawbs2006-11-19 12:55:59
                        Wrong by flamebait2002-01-03 14:24:25
                          Grabs his 4x4 ... by strawbs2002-01-03 14:31:12

 

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