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Darwin Appleby
I Was Beaten With Satan
Join date: 14 Mar 2003
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11-28-2003 15:27
Ok, this has been ticking me off lately: people saying "automaticlly" when they should be saying "inherently." Automaticlly means done by machine, while inherently means something happens AS A RESULT OF SOMETHING ELSE.
Think about THAT next time.
Oh, and also, Please don't Capitalize Random Words And put
Spaces before punctuation , While putting commas In Strange places And spelling thinges obvioosly Rong . *cough*Regnar Bell*cough*
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Cubey Terra
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11-28-2003 15:35
And what's the difference between "automaticly" and "automatically"?  |
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Darwin Appleby
I Was Beaten With Satan
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11-28-2003 15:41
Whoops 
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Zana Feaver
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11-29-2003 09:50
Actually, Darwin, that's not exactly ture. Automatically *does* have a meaning that implies "involuntary" action that is not necessiarly related to mechanical objects/functions. If you look it up in Merriam-Webster you will find this defintion: From: someone Automatically: 1 a : largely or wholly involuntary; especially : REFLEX 5 <automatic blinking of the eyelids> b : acting or done spontaneously or unconsciously c : done or produced as if by machine : MECHANICAL <the answers were automatic> So while it does have a meaning that is related to mechanical functions/objects it also means "without thought" or "without will" Inherently, on the other hand, actually refers to the "essence" of something -- as in, "A basketball is inherently round." Merriam-Webster defines this word as: From: someone Inherently: involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : So in fact, "inherently" doesn't mean "as a result of something else" it means "belonging to the essential nature" of something.  *Hugs* Zana P.S. You know what gets my goat? You can't *aggravate* a person! You can only *irritate* a person! Let's all repeat: you cannot aggravate a person, only a situation. You cannot irriate a situation, only a person .
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Darwin Appleby
I Was Beaten With Satan
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11-29-2003 10:53
Hey, thanks Zana! You're right, I'm wrong And that aggravate thing really kills me too, but I tend to beat people up when they use it
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Eddie Escher
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12-01-2003 05:52
It's a big man that can admit he's wrong. But Dar, dont you ever use full-stops (periods to my US chums) at the ends of your sentences? hehe.
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Nergal Fallingbridge
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12-01-2003 13:29
Ooh, ooh. If we're gettin' on grammar peeves, can I play too? "Here, here," when basically agreeing with someone's statement. This makes me twitch. The actual spelling is, "Hear, hear." The former is used for calling dogs and the like, while the latter is used for agreement.
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12-01-2003 15:19
I laff at the grammar and speelling poleece.
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