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Language question: when referring to an item, do you say "your" or "the"

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Lifer
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Get checked for OCD. Seriosuly, that is extremely pickayune, since both word choices are perfectly valid gramatically, and even take the same effort to say, both being monosyllabic words.
 
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Wanescotting

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Get checked for OCD
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Hmmmm. Well I do set two alarms, and if I leave the room I always feel the need to reset them.
I also check them like 100 or so times before going to bed.
 
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Cross

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Originally posted by: murphy55d
But its THEIR computer.
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ROFLMAO I could not make it past this, all i saw was the kid from road trip, but its your dog. HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
 
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Blueoak

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I suggest you find your nearest married friend. Start talking about his wife and use "the" instead of "your" within her earshot. See how she reacts to this.

I.E. "Is the wife around?" instead of "Is your wife around?"
 
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jagec

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Originally posted by: Blueoak
I suggest you find your nearest married friend. Start talking about his wife and use "the" instead of "your" within her earshot. See how she reacts to this.

I.E. "Is the wife around?" instead of "Is your wife around?"
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Are you kidding, I do that all the time! It's funny.
 
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TheLonelyPhoenix

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Originally posted by: Wanescotting
DAMMIT..............I have already taken my lumps for this ill-advised thread. PLEASE let it die!
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Taking the link out of your sig would be a good start.
 
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stevty2889

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You're just being silly, there is more than one way to say the same thing, so why complain about it, it's just silly. For example, your example of: "Example: I am making dinner at a friends house, and they ask me "what else does this macaroni and cheese get (or need)"."
Could also be refrased, what else do I need to put in this macaroni and cheese. There, now the word need isn't being used for the macaroni, but for the person, yet it is saying exactly the same thing..what else should be going in the the macaroni.
 
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Ikonomi

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Originally posted by: MrChad
Originally posted by: shenaniganz
The word "your" should not even exist. Everything should be "the."
"How many miles does THE car have on it."
"What is the name of THE girlfirend."
"Pull your head out of THE ass."
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You just owned the self. :p
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ROFLMAO

This thread is GOLD.

<-- Has tears in the eyes.
 
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knyghtbyte

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Originally posted by: Legendary
Narrator: Was it ticking?
Airport Security Officer: Actually throwers don't worry about ticking 'cause modern bombs don't tick.
Narrator: Sorry, throwers?
Airport Security Officer: Baggage handlers. But, when a suitcase vibrates, then the throwers gotta call the police.
Narrator: My suitcase was vibrating?
Airport Security Officer: Nine times out of ten it's an electric razor, but every once in a while...
[whispering]
Airport Security Officer: It's a dildo. Of course it's company policy never to, imply ownership in the event of a dildo... always use the indefinite article "a dildo", never "your dildo".
Narrator: I don't own...
[Officer waves Narrator off]

Had to quote it. :D
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havnt read the whole thread, just saw this post on the first page, this is from Planes, Trains and Automobiles with Steve Martin and John Candy (at least im sure it is, at least it is one of their films, coulda been Uncle Buck i suppose...)
just felt like saying that....i'll stay away from the grammar side, im English so my idea of English and its correct usage might vary from those in the USA or those using the US English variation :)

 
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I would say the, as your is just stupid. That's if I was with them. If it was over the phone I'd say your.
 
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