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catch-22, 1984, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Wickimen wrote:

Wickimen wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

I thought something seemed wrong!

At first I was like "Is Kirsten's And Molly's all one book?"

That silly ambiguity

It's because you never grew up with American Girl as a child
The informed would be able to tell the difference!

And soup, there was no ambiguity to begin with
"I liked Kit's, Kirsten's and Molly's admittedly."
How does that make it seem like Kirsten's and Molly's is one book
If that was what I meant it would be grammatically incorrect
The only way there might be ambiguity would be if you thought the three of them had one book series, but an Oxford comma would not eliminate that

oh jeez are you discussing the oxford comma AGAIN

Wickimen wrote:

777w wrote:

Wickimen wrote:

And soup, there was no ambiguity to begin with
"I liked Kit's, Kirsten's and Molly's admittedly."
How does that make it seem like Kirsten's and Molly's is one book
If that was what I meant it would be grammatically incorrect
The only way there might be ambiguity would be if you thought the three of them had one book series, but an Oxford comma would not eliminate that

oh jeez are you discussing the oxford comma AGAIN

Well soup brought it up!

that doesnt make it any better :B
this is like the second time youve talked about it on the forums but in chathello i have to deal with it like all the time :P

Wes64 wrote:

catch-22, 1984, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Is the book 1984 appropriate? And is it as depressing as it looks?

777w wrote:

stevetheipad wrote:

Wes64 wrote:

catch-22, 1984, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Is the book 1984 appropriate? And is it as depressing as it looks?

i hear it has some adult themes in it
i was named after what im pretty sure is the main character 

I think I watched 20 minutes of it on Netflix, but decided it was a bit too depressing for me. I believe there are some sexual themes there as well.

stevetheipad wrote:

777w wrote:

stevetheipad wrote:

Is the book 1984 appropriate? And is it as depressing as it looks?

i hear it has some adult themes in it
i was named after what im pretty sure is the main character 

I think I watched 20 minutes of it on Netflix, but decided it was a bit too depressing for me. I believe there are some sexual themes there as well.

i dont know if watching 20 minutes will give the same effect as reading 40 pages

777w wrote:

Wickimen wrote:

Wickimen wrote:

It's because you never grew up with American Girl as a child
The informed would be able to tell the difference!

And soup, there was no ambiguity to begin with
"I liked Kit's, Kirsten's and Molly's admittedly."
How does that make it seem like Kirsten's and Molly's is one book
If that was what I meant it would be grammatically incorrect
The only way there might be ambiguity would be if you thought the three of them had one book series, but an Oxford comma would not eliminate that

oh jeez are you discussing the oxford comma AGAIN

I've got the perfect idea though, the Oxford Comma as a fully realized punctuation.
This would make sure that anytime you see it, you always know the context is a list of three or more separate items.

Poor image:

stevetheipad wrote:

Wes64 wrote:

catch-22, 1984, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Is the book 1984 appropriate? And is it as depressing as it looks?

I read a summary and list of themes in some 101 classic literature pieces college thing (my sister was taking the SAT's, I was really bored so I skimmed the ones I recognized). It probably does have some explicit parts (Winston and Julia have a love affair) and also it's kind of creepy.

soupoftomato wrote:

777w wrote:

Wickimen wrote:

And soup, there was no ambiguity to begin with
"I liked Kit's, Kirsten's and Molly's admittedly."
How does that make it seem like Kirsten's and Molly's is one book
If that was what I meant it would be grammatically incorrect
The only way there might be ambiguity would be if you thought the three of them had one book series, but an Oxford comma would not eliminate that

oh jeez are you discussing the oxford comma AGAIN

I've got the perfect idea though, the Oxford Comma as a fully realized punctuation.
This would make sure that anytime you see it, you always know the context is a list of three or more separate items.

Poor image:
http://i.imgur.com/SUW4s.png

my idea was that you just restructure the english language entirely so that it works like math. then you dont need commas and weird things like that anymore

luiysia wrote:

stevetheipad wrote:

Wes64 wrote:

catch-22, 1984, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Is the book 1984 appropriate? And is it as depressing as it looks?

I read a summary and list of themes in some 101 classic literature pieces college thing (my sister was taking the SAT's, I was really bored so I skimmed the ones I recognized). It probably does have some explicit parts (Winston and Julia have a love affair) and also it's kind of creepy.

its so weird reading your post when im named winston and my sisters named julia
i bet its going to be even harder getting through the book
like a whole new level of psychological pain

soupoftomato wrote:

stevetheipad wrote:

777w wrote:

i dont know if watching 20 minutes will give the same effect as reading 40 pages

What do you mean? Are those themes demonstrated starting at page 40?

My dad has said he's never really seen the plot of 1984 translate to a movie well.

But, even though it is depressing, somethings should be. We need to know what to run from, so 1984 is a good book to read in that respect.

It deals with a totalitarian government that watches everyone and makes up history, if you don't know the premise. (in a nutshell)

The depression doesn't seem to deep; but the sexual themes seem to go pretty far, and a lot is shown from what I hear. 

stevetheipad wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

stevetheipad wrote:

What do you mean? Are those themes demonstrated starting at page 40?

My dad has said he's never really seen the plot of 1984 translate to a movie well.

But, even though it is depressing, somethings should be. We need to know what to run from, so 1984 is a good book to read in that respect.

It deals with a totalitarian government that watches everyone and makes up history, if you don't know the premise. (in a nutshell)

The depression doesn't seem to deep; but the sexual themes seem to go pretty far, and a lot is shown from what I hear. 

Uhm well
Commonsensemedia (known for over-estimates and over-reactions)
says that "the description is not explicit, but it's obvious what it is" (paraphrased)

stevetheipad wrote:

soupoftomato wrote:

stevetheipad wrote:

The depression doesn't seem to deep; but the sexual themes seem to go pretty far, and a lot is shown from what I hear. 

Uhm well
Commonsensemedia (known for over-estimates and over-reactions)
says that "the description is not explicit, but it's obvious what it is" (paraphrased)

It's * rating is 4/5, but it's read by lots of high schools.

Because high-schoolers are mature enough to read that material, I would guess.