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I loathe the phrase "I have a gay friend!"
It has become fashionable lately, and whenever I hear it alarm bells ring in my head, and it automatically translates, through bitter experience, to "though I claim authoritative knowledge, I know NOTHING about gays!", and to "although I claim to be an equal-opportunity befriender, I'll be readily shocked and will shriek in horror and blast in disbelief by any mention of gay culture uncoated in candy or unglamourised in gloss!"
And why is it that I've not been hearing "I have a black friend" lately?! have blacks fell out of vogue?! Are gays in-the-in and blacks in-the-out now?!
I loathe the phrase "I have a gay friend!"; somebody... kill... this... phrase... please!!!
And why is it that I've not been hearing "I have a black friend" lately?! have blacks fell out of vogue?! Are gays in-the-in and blacks in-the-out now?!
I loathe the phrase "I have a gay friend!"; somebody... kill... this... phrase... please!!!
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[nq:1]It has become fashionable lately, and whenever I hear it alarm bells ring in my head, and it automatically translates, ... gays in-the-in and blacks in-the-out now?! "; somebody...
- [nq:1]It has become fashionable lately, and whenever I hear it alarm bells ring in my head, and it automatically translates, ...
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[nq:1]It has become fashionable lately, and whenever I hear it alarm bells ring in my head, and it automatically translates, ... gays in-the-in and blacks in-the-out now?! I loathe the phrase "I have a gay friend!"; somebody... kill... this... phrase... please!!![/nq]
Oh, please? This is such nonsense? We all have gay friends, whether we know it or not. It's just that the people who just ha
Oh, please? This is such nonsense? We all have gay friends, whether we know it or not. It's just that the people who just ha
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spake thusly:
[nq:1]It has become fashionable lately, and whenever I hear it alarm bells ring in my head, and it automatically translates, ... gays in-the-in and blacks in-the-out now?! I loathe the phrase "I have a gay friend!"; somebody... kill... this... phrase... please!!![/nq]
I have no idea what has prompted this post. Are you besieged by folk claiming to have gay friends?
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[nq:1]It has become fashionable lately, and whenever I hear it alarm bells ring in my head, and it automatically translates, ... gays in-the-in and blacks in-the-out now?! I loathe the phrase "I have a gay friend!"; somebody... kill... this... phrase... please!!![/nq]
I have no idea what has prompted this post. Are you besieged by folk claiming to have gay friends?
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[nq:1]It has become fashionable lately, and whenever I hear it alarm bells ring in my head, and it automatically translates, ... gays in-the-in and blacks in-the-out now?! I loathe the phrase "I have a gay friend!"; somebody... kill... this... phrase... please!!![/nq]
This is aue so I am under an irresistible compulsion to point out that "I have a gay friend!" is not a phrase. It is a sentence
This is aue so I am under an irresistible compulsion to point out that "I have a gay friend!" is not a phrase. It is a sentence
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[nq:1]spake thusly:[/nq]
[nq:2]It has become fashionable lately, and whenever I hear it ... "I have a gay friend!"; somebody... kill... this... phrase... please!!![/nq]
[nq:1]I have no idea what has prompted this post. Are you besieged by folk claiming to have gay friends?[/nq]
I've actually noticed a phenomenon like this too. There are (heterosexual) people who would never say, for ex
[nq:2]It has become fashionable lately, and whenever I hear it ... "I have a gay friend!"; somebody... kill... this... phrase... please!!![/nq]
[nq:1]I have no idea what has prompted this post. Are you besieged by folk claiming to have gay friends?[/nq]
I've actually noticed a phenomenon like this too. There are (heterosexual) people who would never say, for ex
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[nq:2]It has become fashionable lately, and whenever I hear it ... "I have a gay friend!"; somebody... kill... this... phrase... please!!![/nq]
[nq:1]This is aue so I am under an irresistible compulsion to point out that "I have a gay friend!" is not a phrase. It is a sentence. Peter Duncanson UK (posting from a.u.e)[/nq]
I understand that sentence fragments may be phrases, but does the te
[nq:1]This is aue so I am under an irresistible compulsion to point out that "I have a gay friend!" is not a phrase. It is a sentence. Peter Duncanson UK (posting from a.u.e)[/nq]
I understand that sentence fragments may be phrases, but does the te
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[nq:2]This is aue so I am under an irresistible compulsion ... is a sentence. Peter Duncanson UK (posting from a.u.e)[/nq]
[nq:1]I understand that sentence fragments may be phrases, but does the term "phrase" exclude sentences in all contexts?[/nq]
I suspect that is a question of definition. Grammarians might disagree (about the answer).
The usual definition of "phrase" is something al
[nq:1]I understand that sentence fragments may be phrases, but does the term "phrase" exclude sentences in all contexts?[/nq]
I suspect that is a question of definition. Grammarians might disagree (about the answer).
The usual definition of "phrase" is something al
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[nq:2]I understand that sentence fragments may be phrases, but does the term "phrase" exclude sentences in all contexts?[/nq]
[nq:1]I suspect that is a question of definition. Grammarians might disagree (about the answer). The usual definition of "phrase" is ... clause". I would not rule out the possibility that someone, somewhere, uses a definition of phrase that includes complete sentences.[
[nq:1]I suspect that is a question of definition. Grammarians might disagree (about the answer). The usual definition of "phrase" is ... clause". I would not rule out the possibility that someone, somewhere, uses a definition of phrase that includes complete sentences.[
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[nq:2]I understand that sentence fragments may be phrases, but does the term "phrase" exclude sentences in all contexts?[/nq]
[nq:1]I suspect that is a question of definition. Grammarians might disagree (about the answer). The usual definition of "phrase" is ... clause". I would not rule out the possibility that someone, somewhere, uses a definition of phrase that includes complete sentences.[
[nq:1]I suspect that is a question of definition. Grammarians might disagree (about the answer). The usual definition of "phrase" is ... clause". I would not rule out the possibility that someone, somewhere, uses a definition of phrase that includes complete sentences.[
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[nq:2]spake thusly: I have no idea what has prompted this post. Are you besieged by folk claiming to have gay friends?[/nq]
[nq:1]I've actually noticed a phenomenon like this too. There are (heterosexual) people who would never say, for example, "my black ... friends" pretty freely. I think I've only noticed women doing this, actually. Doesn't happen in the UK, I take it.[/nq]
It might - d
[nq:1]I've actually noticed a phenomenon like this too. There are (heterosexual) people who would never say, for example, "my black ... friends" pretty freely. I think I've only noticed women doing this, actually. Doesn't happen in the UK, I take it.[/nq]
It might - d
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[nq:1]"Phrases are groups of words smaller than a sentence that work together, each forming a 'single unit of meaning'. Phrases ... or clause". I would not rule out the possibility that someone, somewhere, usesa definition of phrase that includes complete sentences.[/nq]
All foreign-language phrase books, for a start. It's not the grammatical sense, of course; but I think it's a legitimate use
All foreign-language phrase books, for a start. It's not the grammatical sense, of course; but I think it's a legitimate use
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