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The Missing Link · 01-06-2007, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Wallmaster

Oh, no! Chasing them off is only the first and simplest of the activities that one may enjoy with the average n00b. The mind is staggered by the sheer number. The possibilities are endless! And if you insist on instant gratification with every prospective member, then we will never enjoy the deeper pleasure of a more comprehensive trick.

I don't need n00bs to deploy my tricks. All I need are you guys.

SNAPE KILLED GANONDORF!

See? You were fooled for a second, though you won't admit it.

**Booyakasha** · 01-06-2007, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Wallmaster

I implied nothing; what you inferred is a totally different story.

No, no, I'm sure it was entirely innocent. You go on back to deciding whether you'd rather pursue instant gratification or deep pleasure from any given member that passes by--I'll be over here gigglingly quietly to myself.

Wallmaster · 01-06-2007, 08:26 PM

^^ I was not fooled!......................................
..................................Ganondorf's not really , is he?

^I hope you derive instant and deep pleasure from your giggling....ly?

The Missing Link · 01-06-2007, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Wallmaster

^I hope you derive instant and deep pleasure from your giggling....ly?

It's funny. It's funny because it's bigger than an ordinary-sized hat.

**Booyakasha** · 01-07-2007, 12:31 AM

I used my magic powers to turn a gerund into an adverb. If that doesn't impress you, I can only assume you've lost that spark of childlike wonder that makes life worth living. Also, you're probably the devil.

Wallmaster · 01-07-2007, 03:35 PM

First-false.
Second-true.

Also, you used...or tried to use giggling as a verb. A gerund is a verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun. I used giggling as a gerund in my post.
You wanna borrow my thesaurus?

The Missing Link · 01-07-2007, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Wallmaster

Also, you used...or tried to use giggling as a verb. A gerund is a verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun. I used giggling as a gerund in my post.
You wanna borrow my thesaurus?

You'll find if you reread his post that Booya used the word "gigglingly", which is precisely what Booya said he was trying to do--make an adverb. I believe adverbs are words commonly ending with "-ly" that can be used to modify adverbs, adjectives, and verbs.

Would you like to borrow my dictionary?

Daos · 01-07-2007, 04:21 PM

South of Kings Tomb in Mido is a tunnel.

Wallmaster · 01-08-2007, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by TML

You'll find if you reread his post that Booya used the word "gigglingly", which is precisely what Booya said he was trying to do--make an adverb. I believe adverbs are words commonly ending with "-ly" that can be used to modify adverbs, adjectives, and verbs.

You misunderstood me. He said that he changed a gerund into an adverb. You are correct in your definition of an adverb, but if he had removed the ly from the word giggling and kept everything in the sentence exactly as it was, it (giggling) would have been a verb, not a gerund. Therefore, his post should have read as follows:

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Originally Posted by Booyakasha

I used my magic powers to turn a verb into an adverb. If that doesn't impress you, I can only assume you've lost that spark of childlike wonder that makes life worth living. Also, you're probably the .

Also, my reference to the thesaurus was not so much related to its actual relevence or usefulness in the current situation but as a reference to my earlier gag about my *Putting the thesaurus back on the shelf*.

Sheesh, all that for a one liner. Why do I even bother...

Minister of Silly Walks · 01-08-2007, 08:07 PM

Eyes of Ganon are everywhere.

MC Luigi · 01-08-2007, 08:20 PM

what the hell is this topic about!?

Daos · 01-08-2007, 10:02 PM

I can give you most powerful magic.

The Missing Link · 01-08-2007, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Wallmaster

You misunderstood me. He said that he changed a gerund into an adverb. You are correct in your definition of an adverb, but if he had removed the ly from the word giggling and kept everything in the sentence exactly as it was, it (giggling) would have been a verb, not a gerund. Therefore, his post should have read as follows:Also, my reference to the thesaurus was not so much related to its actual relevence or usefulness in the current situation but as a reference to my earlier gag about my *Putting the thesaurus back on the shelf*.

WRONG

Let us return to the post in question, shall we?

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Originally Posted by Booyashaka

^I hope you derive instant and deep pleasure from your giggling....ly?

You are correct, the word "giggling" when looked at out of context is a verb form. However, look at the context without the "-ly": "your giggling". Your, in this case, is a possessive pronoun, which by the standard rules of English grammar, must then be proceeded by the object that is owned by the pronoun. However, you cannot own verbs because they are not objects; it's like trying to own an interjection. Rather, you must own nouns because those are the only parts of speech that represent objects (people, places, and things) (and possibly pronouns as well, but that's a side discussion). Thus, "giggling" in this case functions as a noun. And since it happens to be the "-ing" form of a verb that functions as a noun, it is a gerund.

zepatient · 01-08-2007, 10:30 PM

When did we start being smart?

**Booyakasha** · 01-08-2007, 11:33 PM

My post originally said 'participle'. Some gypsy must have snuck in and changed it while I was away--they are a cunning folk, and not to be trusted.

DELICIOUS POISON · 01-09-2007, 09:41 AM

I have to wear nerd-away spray to post on VGF.

The Missing Link · 01-09-2007, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Automatic Idiot

I have to wear nerd-away spray to post on VGF.

And somehow, it still doesn't work.

Wallmaster · 01-09-2007, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by TML

WRONG

Someone is, but I'm afraid it ain't me. He's the one that said he changed a gerund into a adverb. In his post, "giggling[ly]" was used as a verb. It doesn't matter how I used the word; that's not who we're talking about. Hence his original post should have read:

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Originally Posted by Booyakasha, Quoted by Wallmaster

I used my magic powers to turn a verb into an adverb. If that doesn't impress you, I can only assume you've lost that spark of childlike wonder that makes life worth living. Also, you're probably the .

Let's analyze the sentence in question.

I'll be over here gigglingly quietly to myself.

The first step in analyzing a sentence is to find the verb, then the subject. The subject is underlined once, the verb twice. "I'll" is a contraction for "I will", so we can expand it without changing the structure of the sentence. Since there is no way to underline twice in this interface, I will italicize the verb. Now the sentence looks like this:

I will be over here giggling[ly] quietly to myself.

The rest are all modifiers.

...over here....

"Here" is an adverb modifying "giggling[ly]". Giggling where? Giggling here. "Over" is another adverb, this time modifying "here".

...quietly to myself.

"Quietly" is an adverb modifying "giggling[ly]". Giggling how? Giggling quietly. "To myself" is a prepositional phrase used as-*gasp!*-an adverb, also modifying "giggling[ly]". Giggling how? Giggling to myself.

As you see, "giggling[ly]" was indeed used as a verb, not a gerund.

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Originally Posted by Booyakasha

My post originally said 'participle'. Some gypsy must have snuck in and changed it while I was away--they are a cunning folk, and not to be trusted.

This is of course incorrect, which is probably why that sly little gypsy changed it for you. A participle is a verb form used as an adjective, which giggling[ly] is obviously not in this context.

So you are right, TML, as always. Someone is wrong. But I'm afraid I'm not the one that didn't pay attention in English class.

*Puts dictionary back on shelf.*

Daos · 01-09-2007, 06:47 PM

I thought this was the Zelda forum?

**Booyakasha** · 01-09-2007, 07:29 PM

^We got out of that whole 'Zelda' thing years ago. Nowadays it's the 'Anal-Retentive Condescending Grammar/Spelling/Usage Fascism' forum (motto: 'There's Nothing We Won't Nitpick'). It's where people go to harp on like old women until they have crushed all joy and light in the world. Not surprisingly, it's a big draw.

01-07-2007, 12:31 AM	#45
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Booyakasha Mod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 6,996 Thanks: 84 Thanked 453 Times in 262 Posts Points: 14,267.38 Bank: 38,891.40 Total Points: 53,158.78 Donate	My post originally said 'participle'. Some gypsy must have snuck in and changed it while I was away--they are a cunning folk, and not to be trusted. __________________ Boo--the only dude bad enough to rescue the president

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Booyakasha Mod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 6,996 Thanks: 84 Thanked 453 Times in 262 Posts Points: 14,267.38 Bank: 38,891.40 Total Points: 53,158.78 Donate	^We got out of that whole 'Zelda' thing years ago. Nowadays it's the 'Anal-Retentive Condescending Grammar/Spelling/Usage Fascism' forum (motto: 'There's Nothing We Won't Nitpick'). It's where people go to harp on like old women until they have crushed all joy and light in the world. Not surprisingly, it's a big draw. __________________ Boo--the only dude bad enough to rescue the president Last edited by Booyakasha; 01-09-2007 at 07:34 PM.