Comments on: Counterpoint-Point: Still annoyed by that darn Bistro floor

By: Marit

Marit — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:23:08 +0000

Reading through it again, I cannot find the contraction that upset me. If you fixed it, thanks. If it turns out that I’m just full of shit, my bad and my apologies.
@Adam, you’re welcome for the compliment. And you’re right- I did mess up commas somewhere in my comment.
@Jake, thanks for standing behind me on this one. Please, go eat something.

By: Willow

Willow — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:25:06 +0000

Wow, we really have it tough at Seattle University.

Great use of your energy man. I can see you really want the world to change for the better.

The only reason I opened this is because I thought maybe you would confront something that actually affects the contributions we as students make to the community around us, since we are so damn privileged…

Why is there so much starch, white flour, and grease in the bistro? I just think there should be something more sustaining available, and something besides the veggie crudite with a trace amount of vitamins in it. The smoothies are not healthy, btw, unless you add your own sugar-free yogurt.

By: Jake Wild

Jake Wild — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:11:36 +0000

Adam treats contractions like he treats baby animals: with no respect, blaming everything on them, using them to win arguments that would never pass in the real world, and by tempting them with bits of granola bars and then kicking them when they come too close.

Dammit Adam, you can’t just make contractions out of any f*cking thing you want. Even the anti-contraction community is sick of your shenanigans. If you can’t take the pressure of proper grammar, then get out of that cushy English major of yours and go join the Journalism department, where you can make contractions out of peanut butter and beards and whatever else you can find. I mean seriously, they don’t care.

But this is different Toth. This is a blog. This is LEGIT. And Marit and I won’t take this shit that you call “editing.”

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m hungry.

By: Adam Toth

Adam Toth — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:59:49 +0000

@Marit Thanks for the compliment section of your comment! Sorry about the typo. It's now been changed. I was sleepy and on-the-run (why I didn't even bother with capital letters). I think if you read the post, you'll notice that I'm perfectly familiar with contraction usage. Hopefully this is a satisfactory response. If not, we can really get gritty on grammar, and I'll point out the comma splice in your comment.

By: Braden

Braden — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:34:43 +0000

@Marit Which is exactly what this writer has done. I found no incorrect contractions.

By: Marit

Marit — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:26:51 +0000

And all I got out of this was a few minutes of entertainment, (thank you!) and yet another terrifying example of how even some of the most accomplished (or perhaps just the wittiest) of Seattle’s writers cannot properly use contractions (so, no thank you). It’s = it is. Its = possessive.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:45:31 +0000

You should have included a picture. Some of us are far too lazy to walk ALL the way from the Murphys to the Bistro.

By: Adam Toth

Adam Toth — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:41:28 +0000

@MathewS the cat was ill and couldn't control its bladder. didn't want to have to go into details, but look, there you made me do it. now everyone gets to read about cats with poor bladders. well done.

By: MathewS

MathewS — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:48:05 +0000

The only thing I got out of that was the comment about your cat peeing on your carpeted floor and that it you allowed it to develop more than one stain