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  On 04/12/2010 at 05:55, why you little said:

Geezus Maloney is enormous in that shot, been lifting Trucks in the off season maybe!!! :)

He was pretty big in the first place.

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      On 04/12/2010 at 06:04, Pink Freud said:

    He was pretty big in the first place.

    Yes he was, but was he that big??

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      On 04/12/2010 at 06:07, why you little said:

    Yes he was, but was he that big??

    I think so, you can see definition in his arms from the top of the Southern stand.

    Anybody else thinks Fitzpatrick looks like an Avatar? Jake Scully?

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    See myself in the background in the 3rd photo down with Moloney holding the footy.

    I`m in my Melbourne jumper with blue shorts on holding my footy :)

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      On 07/12/2010 at 23:30, MelbournePassion said:

    See myself in the background in the 3rd photo down with Moloney holding the footy.

    I`m in my Melbourne jumper with blue shorts on holding my footy :)

    recognised you instantly passion :blink:

    you'll have to do something about those pale blue shorts but :wacko:

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      On 07/12/2010 at 23:49, daisycutter said:

    recognised you instantly passion :blink:

    you'll have to do something about those pale blue shorts but :wacko:

    If I have learnt anything from being in Canberra is that I prefer the 'but' to be at the beginning of the sentence.

    Thank you.

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      On 07/12/2010 at 23:30, MelbournePassion said:

    See myself in the background in the 3rd photo down with Moloney holding the footy.

    I`m in my Melbourne jumper with blue shorts on holding my footy :)

    New clash shorts?

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      On 07/12/2010 at 23:55, rpfc said:

    If I have learnt anything from being in Canberra is that I prefer the 'but' to be at the beginning of the sentence.

    Thank you.

    your "intentional flippancy" detector must not be working this morning rpfc eh?

    You're welcome.

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      On 08/12/2010 at 00:02, daisycutter said:

    your "intentional flippancy" detector must not be working this morning rpfc eh?

    You're welcome.

    Put those things at the beginning of the sentence and everyone is happy!

    And no-one gets hurt...

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      On 08/12/2010 at 00:08, rpfc said:

    Put those things at the beginning of the sentence and everyone is happy!

    And no-one gets hurt...

    like ok....er..sir

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    But you shouldn't begin a sentence with a preposition or a conjunction.

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      On 08/12/2010 at 01:34, E25 said:

    But you shouldn't begin a sentence with a preposition or a conjunction.

    or a lower case character :o

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      On 08/12/2010 at 01:34, E25 said:

    But you shouldn't begin a sentence with a preposition or a conjunction.

    umm. I'm no genius when it comes to english and grammer. I do find it very obnoxious when people on forums correct other peoples english..

    Just a question though is it correct english to start a sentance with but?

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      On 08/12/2010 at 01:48, don cordner said:

    umm. I'm no genius when it comes to english and grammer. I do find it very obnoxious when people on forums correct other peoples english..

    Just a question though is it correct english to start a sentance with but?

    Yes. There is no 'rule' about not starting a sentence with 'but' or 'and', just a widely held (mis)belief. The same goes for ending a sentence with a preposition or splitting an infinitive. The belief came about from some hyper-pedantic 18th century self-appointed experts who likened English to Latin, where such issues are actually rules, and transposed this to English where it just doesn't make sense.

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      On 08/12/2010 at 01:48, don cordner said:

    umm. I'm no genius when it comes to english and grammer. I do find it very obnoxious when people on forums correct other peoples english..

    Just a question though is it correct english to start a sentance with but?

    don't take any notice Don. We are all being a bit flippant and smartarzes

    Spoken english and written english are not necessarily the same

    Most tend to write on this forum in spoken english which is ok as this is basically a conversational medium

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      On 08/12/2010 at 01:54, Demonised said:

    Yes. There is no 'rule' about not starting a sentence with 'but' or 'and', just a widely held (mis)belief. The same goes for ending a sentence with a preposition or splitting an infinitive. The belief came about from some hyper-pedantic 18th century self-appointed experts who likened English to Latin, where such issues are actually rules, and transposed this to English where it just doesn't make sense.

    All good points Demonland Demonised (Edit)

    Don, there are really NO rules in English, just conventions (and differing ones)

    English is a very organic language with no officiating body

    A very good (and very witty and entertaining) book to read is Bill Bryson's "Mother Tongue"

    After reading it you will distrust every english grammar teacher you ever had

    Its not a big book

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      On 08/12/2010 at 01:59, daisycutter said:

    don't take any notice Don. We are all being a bit flippant and smartarzes

    Spoken english and written english are not necessarily the same

    Most tend to write on this forum in spoken english which is ok as this is basically a conversational medium

    Second that.

    I was just half-fooling around.

    When you are a Victorian living up north you hear 'but' and 'hey' at the end of ever sentence and it grates.

    Oh boy, does it grate...

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