Man hasn't eaten or drunk in 70 years or so he claims

[Crono]

English, OP. Like so many others here, your parents, your peers, and whatever passed for your education failed you:

Drink -- I drink a beer.
Drank -- He drank a beer.
Drunk -- He hasn't drunk a beer.

Don't worry, you have plenty of company right here on these forums. People who use "then" for "than" and so forth, to name but one ear-grating but all too common spoken stupidity. It used to be, only the truly "left behind" spoke that way.

Welcome to the ongoing bastardization of the English language.

While I do appreciate the free lesson, I feel that if you can actually understand the meaning of the post and what the user is trying to convey, there really is little point in trying to go off topic in a thread in order to educate everyone.

Anyone who is willing can easily Google the rules of English grammar (which are always so logical) in their spare time. I personally don't mind being corrected on my grammar, but usually when a person goes out of his way to correct someone else on forums, he usually ends up sounding like an ass.

Thank you for trying to protect the English language from "bastardization", though.

"spoken stupidity" :\

Back on topic -
I found this claim interesting:
"for ten days in which urine appeared to be reabsorbed by his body after forming in his bladder". Wouldn't urine - at the point were it is urine, I'm not talking about water or plasma being refiltered by the kidneys - be too full of waste for anyone to reabsorb safely?

Anyway, it's ridiculous, just thought it was an interesting pseudo-scientific claim.

 

[Perknose]

Please excuse me while I slit my wrists for offending you.

As long as you do a better job on your wrists, it's all good. ()

 

[destrekor]

English, OP. Like so many others here, your parents, your peers, and whatever passed for your education failed you:

Drink -- I drink a beer.
Drank -- He drank a beer.
Drunk -- He hasn't drunk a beer.

Don't worry, you have plenty of company right here on these forums. People who use "then" for "than" and so forth, to name but one ear-grating but all too common spoken stupidity. It used to be, only the truly "left behind" spoke that way.

Welcome to the ongoing bastardization of the English language.

past participles are the most fickle thing.

Past-simple is arguably almost always acceptable. Just sayin'.

Applying your system:

I eat pizza.
He ate pizza.
He hasn't eaten pizza.

wait. That didn't go the way I was expecting it.

I hate you.
:awe:

I have not ate pizza.
I have not eaten pizza.

Wait, they both work. :hmm:

He has not ate pizza.
He has not eaten pizza.
:hmm:

Anyone care to explain this?
These are things I am just learning, as far as actual terminology and specific meaning and usage is concerned. All thanks to learning Russian, where that shit is insane.

It's not so much of a case of bastardizing English, but rather, typical language usage versus strict formal language structure.
Also of note, native speakers rarely have the full knowledge of what the different parts mean. You can rarely ask a native speaker to describe the Case system. Yet it's extremely important in learning a language in a formal setting.

Learning a language throughout your life through a constant assault of gradually increasing complexity, you just get it, more importantly, you ideally learn what works and what does not.
I've never had a problem writing formal essays and research articles, even under insane scrutiny from grammar-nazi professors. Could I explain what is where and why, not at all.

The biggest challenge in Russian has been learning the case system and sentence structure because, well... the bastards don't care about word order, at all. That's because words change spelling based on meaning in the sentence, whereas in English meaning is determined based on position in a sentence related to other sentence components.


edit:
wrist-slitting soon to be in progress.
Shall I record this monumental event?

Why is it Russian exams always absolutely fry my brain?

The rest of this post is left un-edited for the comedic effect of fail.

 

[Perknose]

While I do appreciate the free blah blah blah . . .

What, no offer to slit your wrists?

Slacker.

 

[Crono]

What, no offer to slit your wrists?

Slacker.

Even undead, I need them to type

 

[SandEagle]

why am i not surprised that he's indian

 

[Perknose]

why am i not surprised that he's indian

I just hope this story has yields a solid empirical finding either way. He's in the hospital under putative 24 hour observation, so I fail to see any wiggle room or any reason not to report the results.

 

[Crono]

why am i not surprised that he's indian

1 billion Indians + many purportedly enlightened gurus = high probablity that story would be about an Indian.

 

[destrekor]

I just hope this story has yields a solid empirical finding either way. He's in the hospital under putative 24 hour observation, so I fail to see any wiggle room or any reason not to report the results.

:hmm:

I so want to point something out, but I'll play nice.

^_^

 

[Cuda1447]

Marked for results in a month.

 

[Perknose]

:hmm:

I so want to point something out, but I'll play nice.

^_^

I hope that has yields something nice for you.

 

[ahenkel]

Marked for results in a month.

I doubt you'll need a month but I like the enthusiasm in his starvation skills.

 

[Crono]

:hmm:

I so want to point something out, but I'll play nice.

^_^

I hope it has yields of 20 megatons or higher.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

I can kinda do this by feeding off of snorgles with bun bun babies yay!!!

 

[sandorski]

"Could die within Days" Good diagnosis!

 

[nakedfrog]

I can kinda do this by feeding off of snorgles with bun bun babies yay!!!

 

[Crono]

I can kinda do this by feeding off of snorgles with bun bun babies yay!!!

I'll be dining or rabbits myself If I can catch a couple this morning.

Who knows, maybe I'll eat them Gollum-style

 

[Mike Gayner]

That hospital doesn't look like an Indian hospital.

What does an Indian hospital look like? Mud huts and grass mattresses?

 

[ahenkel]

http://www.breatharian.com/breatharians.html.

This is the most awesome thing I ever read on the internet ever since the internet was invented. According this successfully being a breatharian means consuming double quarter pounders and diet coke from McDonalds. Its a 5d food people

 

[AndroidVageta]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dominato3r View Post
That hospital doesn't look like an Indian hospital.
What does an Indian hospital look like? Mud huts and grass mattresses?

I LOL'ed at this...the ignorance of some people...

Indian hospitals are every bit if not more so nicer than US hospitals...Indian hospitals, at least the one that I went too was more like a high-end apartment building than a hospital...actually enjoyed it!

 

[squirrel dog]

He looks like it.

 

[thepd7]

http://www.breatharian.com/breatharians.html.

This is the most awesome thing I ever read on the internet ever since the internet was invented. According this successfully being a breatharian means consuming double quarter pounders and diet coke from McDonalds. Its a 5d food people

nemesis1?

 

[HardcoreRobot]

just because he is too old and feeble-minded to remember eating, doesn't mean it didn't happen. hope he doesn't starve/dehydrate himself to death.

 

[Juked07]

Maybe he's a robot. Marked for revisiting..

 

[KeithTalent]

Shens.

KT