SheagleHawk
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Clayborn: ?They can?t not have football? | TheGazette
Interesting to hear him admit that he didn't have a great senior season.
Interesting to hear him admit that he didn't have a great senior season.
Clayborn: ‘They can’t not have football’
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imported_ankle23
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couple guys making fun of how he says 'can't not' - i think it is fine as I understand what he means. i understand the double negative, but how else would it be put, if it is in fact poor grammar usage?
tm3308
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Agreed. Hell, I'm a journalism major, and I say stuff like that too. I don't use it in writing, but in speech I do it.
SheagleHawk
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I wasn't making fun of him at all. That was the title of the article so I just copy and pasted.
tm3308
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No, no, not you. The two comments on the story from the link were making fun of him.
This is a case where what he says makes more sense and has more of an effective point than if he had used "proper" grammar.
Maybe it would have come across better with some italics or something like, "They can't NOT have football." This way people who read in monotone could have understand what he was saying without getting their panties all wadded up.
Maybe it would have come across better with some italics or something like, "They can't NOT have football." This way people who read in monotone could have understand what he was saying without getting their panties all wadded up.
Iowafarmgirl
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iowahawkeyes89
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"They can't NOT have football"
Thats the way I read it, a strong emphasis on not.
I've heard Adrian speak several times, he's not an idiot.
Thats the way I read it, a strong emphasis on not.
I've heard Adrian speak several times, he's not an idiot.
We do have a major problem with dumbing down our expectations. The average vocabulary of a teen in 1945 was around 25,000 words. Today it's just above 10,000, although I'm sure that the # of acronyms have increased drastically (OMG, WTF, LOL, etc...). It's unfortunate when people just pass this on as acceptable standards, especially someone who claims to be a journalism student. My grammar/spelling is far from great, especially when I post stream of consciousness on forums. That said, I don't think we should lower the bar.
Glad to see you're fighting the good fight, brother.
imported_ankle23
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over on clown nation they were making fun of his grammar as well. i thought it to be correct, but i'm far from a grammar major.
Yeah, it's one thing to encourage learning and another to take shots at someone. I wish Clayborn the best, and I'll be rooting for him to tear up the NFL.
Iowafarmgirl
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tm3308
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Like I said, I never write things like that, because I know it's incorrect grammar. But in speech, you can place the necessary inflection on the words to make clear what you mean. It's just a little colloquialism. That's normal, and not just in the U.S.
PJHawk
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If you really are a girl I hope you get a yeast infection.
Iowafarmgirl
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You owe me a new keyboard, because I just spit a mouth full of Granny Smith apple all over my work computer!
