Proper grammar is hot.
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Elizabeth said:
That is way too simplistic...
Based only on the info you gave, of course, any lady would choose the guy with a 1000$!
How small would the difference have to be, just on these facts, before Man1 is chosen?
Likely the firstest!chef said:Which one of the two are you, Dee ?
This discussion reminds me of a character in a Peter DeVries novel who was a prig when it came to the proper use of English and was constatnly correcting everyone. Soon his friends would deliberately construct sentences where no word was correct and drive him nuts, eg. "Them sheeps ain't his'n."
johnmbot said:wouldn't you pick the man w/ the longest tongue?
Then again, what's the point of having the longest tongue if he don't know, like the grammar, how to use it properly...
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Posons que l'éloquence masculine ait un pouvoir de séduction sur la femme, observons certains comportements et prenons note des effets produits.
"Viens icitte que j'te fourre, ma chanceuse" gagnerait à ce qu'on y apportât quelque façonnement esthétique mais l'on s'avisera qu'un tel façonnement ne devrait pas tomber dans quelque excès qui rendrait l'énoncé ridicule. Un style ampoulé et ornemental, qui inciterait quelqu'un à écrire "Et tu chanteras mon cheminement victorieux", pourrait être mal perçu.
Le vers de Mirliton est tout autant à éviter: "Entre tes cuisses, j'ai retrouvé mon fromage suisse", pourrait laisser sous-entendre que vous avez le fantasme fromager et l'amener ainsi à décliner votre invitation.
On évitera aussi le style kitsch, lequel lui donnerait l'impression d'être dans un film d'Eric Rohmer. Ainsi, "Je soulèverai le téléphone à l'heure dont on conviendra, composerai votre numéro aux sept chiffres décrivant l'aire dans laquelle je vous retrouverai, et vous indiquerai la marche à suivre..." pourrait la faire fuir.
Drame, mélodrame, complainte, litanie, baroque, tragédie et style picaresque sont tout autant à éviter. "Je ne vous dirai pas, mademoiselle, les déboires qui m'affligent! Aussi, je sollicite, par la présente, un rendez-vous. Il en va de ma vie qui vous disiez OUI!"... Euh... non!
On pourrait s'aventurer dans la grandiloquence comique mais il n'est pas dit que la demoiselle saura la comprendre au second degré. Le style tarabiscoté qui fait dire des trucs comme "Ma colonne Nelson, pareille à un serpent sinueux qui, se convulsant en anguille nerveuse, dessinera, entre vos cuisses, de fantasques ondulations malignes" ne fonctionne qu'avec des lectrices averties.
Y en a-t-il parmi vous qui se souvienne de la façon dont Jean Pagé, le chroniqueur sportif qu'il fut, décrivait les parties de football (soccer) sur Radio Can? Ça, c'est ce qu'on appelle un style "ronflant" (grandiloquent et creux). À éviter comme la peste bubonique.
Soyez simple, courtois et articulé; relisez-vous à haute voix et, chemin faisant, faites les corrections nécessaires et tout devrait bien aller.
Posons que l'éloquence masculine ait un pouvoir de séduction sur la femme, observons certains comportements et prenons note des effets produits.
"Viens icitte que j'te fourre, ma chanceuse" gagnerait à ce qu'on y apportât quelque façonnement esthétique mais l'on s'avisera qu'un tel façonnement ne devrait pas tomber dans quelque excès qui rendrait l'énoncé ridicule. Un style ampoulé et ornemental, qui inciterait quelqu'un à écrire "Et tu chanteras mon cheminement victorieux"
, pourrait être mal perçu.Le vers de Mirliton est tout autant à éviter: "Entre tes cuisses, j'ai retrouvé mon fromage suisse", pourrait laisser sous-entendre que vous avez le fantasme fromager et l'amener ainsi à décliner votre invitation.
On évitera aussi le style kitsch, lequel lui donnerait l'impression d'être dans un film d'Eric Rohmer. Ainsi, "Je soulèverai le téléphone à l'heure dont on conviendra, composerai votre numéro aux sept chiffres décrivant l'aire dans laquelle je vous retrouverai, et vous indiquerai la marche à suivre..." pourrait la faire fuir.
Drame, mélodrame, complainte, litanie, baroque, tragédie et style picaresque sont tout autant à éviter. "Je ne vous dirai pas, mademoiselle, les déboires qui m'affligent! Aussi, je sollicite, par la présente, un rendez-vous. Il en va de ma vie qui vous disiez OUI!"... Euh... non!
On pourrait s'aventurer dans la grandiloquence comique mais il n'est pas dit que la demoiselle saura la comprendre au second degré. Le style tarabiscoté qui fait dire des trucs comme "Ma colonne Nelson, pareille à un serpent sinueux qui, se convulsant en anguille nerveuse, dessinera, entre vos cuisses, de fantasques ondulations malignes" ne fonctionne qu'avec des lectrices averties.
Y en a-t-il parmi vous qui se souvienne de la façon dont Jean Pagé, le chroniqueur sportif qu'il fut, décrivait les parties de football (soccer) sur Radio Can? Ça, c'est ce qu'on appelle un style "ronflant" (grandiloquent et creux). À éviter comme la peste bubonique.
Soyez simple, courtois et articulé; relisez-vous à haute voix et, chemin faisant, faites les corrections nécessaires et tout devrait bien aller.
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Elizabeth said:
Difference in dollars... based on my example how small would the difference in $ have to be before you would take the "have" guy with the better grammar ... the difference between $1000 and $180 trumps the grammar.... would the difference between $500 and $180? At what difference does Mr. Grammar win over the higher offering Mr. Error?
Elizabeth... I understand (in the 2 senses) what you wisley say.
If one feels 100% uncomfortable with, and threatened by a situation, no amount of money will "buy" one's attendence.... but from there on down its a sliding scale... I recently had occaision to sell some property that had a huge amount of sentimental value to me.... I said I would sell it to Satan herself if I were offered 10 times the real value, but if I were offrered in the neighborhood of the proper value I would sell it for a lesser amount then the highest bid to someone who I perceived would carry on with the traditions of the property and enjoy it as it had been enjoyed before.
If one feels 100% uncomfortable with, and threatened by a situation, no amount of money will "buy" one's attendence.... but from there on down its a sliding scale... I recently had occaision to sell some property that had a huge amount of sentimental value to me.... I said I would sell it to Satan herself if I were offered 10 times the real value, but if I were offrered in the neighborhood of the proper value I would sell it for a lesser amount then the highest bid to someone who I perceived would carry on with the traditions of the property and enjoy it as it had been enjoyed before.
Punctuation is helpful in making yourself understood:
Capitalization is important; capitalization is the difference between
That shall be all for now.
A woman without her man is nothing
can become
A woman, without her man, is nothing.
or
A woman: without her, man is nothing.
can become
A woman, without her man, is nothing.
or
A woman: without her, man is nothing.
Capitalization is important; capitalization is the difference between
I had to help my uncle Jack off a horse.
and
I had to help my uncle jack off a horse.
and
I had to help my uncle jack off a horse.
That shall be all for now.
Je crois que 10-19 soulignait les excellent conseils de Ziggy, et qu'il ne fesait que conclure avec un peu de sarcasme.Maria Divina said:C'est bien la dernière chose que je pourrais dire de Ziggy...
Vous effectuez peut-être un jugement quelque peu hâtif, peut-être???
J'ai toujours bien aimé ses écrits...
Comment est-ce possible si Ziggy nous a quitté en avril, et vous vous êtes joint à nous ce mois-ci?10-19 said:
Oh... but.... wait a minute.
Je me permets de sur-cric-er mon propre fil...
LOL, bon OK, c'vrai, Ziggy a parti une colonie d'araignées sur Mars, mais il doit toujours être en contact avec nous... c'est pas tout le monde qui connait mon âge.10-19 said:
You would enjoy:Agrippa said:
Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss...
A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.
"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."
The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.
"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."
So punctuation really does matter, even if it is only occasionally a matter of life and death.
"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."
So punctuation really does matter, even if it is only occasionally a matter of life and death.
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Back to the difference between the 180$ client and the 1000$ client...
Both would get a reply....
But through the continuing conversation... More than likely the 1000$ client is going to have the attitude that he can get whatever he wants because of his money (As is with a lot of "big-wallets")
That makes the difference where I personally would tell Mr. 1000$ to go and .... In very explicit terms....
I from the start would and have given the 160$/ 180$ client preference over the 700$ / hour client because what is too good to be true is more than likely just that.
Grammer makes a BIG difference. Every one deserves a shot, but if you turn to me and say "hey babe, I want to fuck you for 1000$..." or " You look very nice / present your self nicely, I would like to meet you for a one hour session / trist/ erotic memory at your rate of 180$".... what have you.....
I think that the person who wrote to me with attitude has a bad attitude... the person who wrote to me with respect... has respect.
It has nothing to do with the spelling, punctuation, or money but rather the way the person phrases themselves and shows me respect.
You can be the most horrible speller in the world, just write it with no disrespectful remarks or undertones... You will get an answer...
Pretty much every Indy that I have met has the same line of thought....
Both would get a reply....
But through the continuing conversation... More than likely the 1000$ client is going to have the attitude that he can get whatever he wants because of his money (As is with a lot of "big-wallets")
That makes the difference where I personally would tell Mr. 1000$ to go and .... In very explicit terms....
I from the start would and have given the 160$/ 180$ client preference over the 700$ / hour client because what is too good to be true is more than likely just that.
Grammer makes a BIG difference. Every one deserves a shot, but if you turn to me and say "hey babe, I want to fuck you for 1000$..." or " You look very nice / present your self nicely, I would like to meet you for a one hour session / trist/ erotic memory at your rate of 180$".... what have you.....
I think that the person who wrote to me with attitude has a bad attitude... the person who wrote to me with respect... has respect.
It has nothing to do with the spelling, punctuation, or money but rather the way the person phrases themselves and shows me respect.
You can be the most horrible speller in the world, just write it with no disrespectful remarks or undertones... You will get an answer...
Pretty much every Indy that I have met has the same line of thought....
I don't think any indy is expecting poetry when someone wants too book her, but I do believe little things like punctuation and use of paragraphs do help. The way I see it, if I am booking someone I have never met before, and if she is in very high demand, this is my chance to make a good first impression.
Like Daringly said, money does talk. The amount of money I am going to spend is not going to vary in the short term, so I might as well put some effort into something I can control, like a good e-mail.
Like Daringly said, money does talk. The amount of money I am going to spend is not going to vary in the short term, so I might as well put some effort into something I can control, like a good e-mail.
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