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.
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?
I wasn't making fun of him at all. That was the title of the article so I just copy and pasted.
The people making fun of the comment either hate athletes, hate Iowa, or both. I'm not too worried about it.
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.
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.
The people making fun of the comment either hate athletes, hate Iowa, or both. I'm not too worried about it.
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.
If you really are a girl I hope you get a yeast infection.