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Klasien 07:26 pm UTC 02/22/08 |
| In reply to: | re: 'Do' anything? - EvilNickname 01:59 pm UTC 02/22/08 |
| Dunno, but dreaming about another girl won't make him popular with the one he's with? I always considered that to be one of the most romantic lines in that song, the fact that he would never stop dreaming of her, no matter how long they would be together, it's kind of like saying 'you'll always be the most beautiful girl in the world to me' or something like that... Have to say I disagree with you grammatical approach there, and though I wouldn't put it in such rude and offensive words, I think the others have a point there. Klasien > > In this case, those rules of context dictate that the > > negatives pair the phrases that contain them. "I'll NEVER > > stop dreaming of you every night of my life, NO WAY!" and > > "I WON'T do that." Are negatives in the same places in > > each sentence, therefore context dictates that the phrases > > are connected and one references the other. > > Oh, I do get that. But again, is "never stop dreaming" of > someone something you'd do for love? How I see it, it's > something you'd do because of love. If he is to win her > love, how would never stop dreaming of her help? > I'm not arguing the context, I'm arguing the things he'd > do for love. > > > I don't expect you to accept these things though because > > you are so close to making this presentation and I don't > > suspect that there is any way in hell that you would be > > willing to abandon your entire thesis right before trying > > to make your point > > The presentation is about the 'myth' of what 'that' is. > > I don't have a thesis, as I just have to talk about what > the 'that' myth is. I don't have to reach any definitive > conclusion of what 'that' is. I'm wearing my "being vague > is almost as fun as doing this other thing" shirt for a > reason. :) > If I conclude that the 'that myth' essentially boils down > to different interpretations (will do anything except that > one thing vs. would do almost anything except some > things), I'm still within the scope of what I am asked to > do. > > And if I weren't interested in opinions, I wouldn't have > asked. I'm just not very good at blindly accepting > anything as the truth. Sometimes I need to kick against it > first. | |
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