Constellations (Worm/Okami)
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Tisaku
Head Chief Thinkomancer
the laughter was worth it
visor
shaking
welling
squeal
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Burning Baron
This position needs more entrenching.
- Location
- In here, not out there.
Either works, really. Both ways are proper English syntax.
Again, either works just fine. But trembling, in full context, works better than shaking.
This edit switches around the emphasis of the sentence.
The lenses in her visor, though? Also the original use of lenses humanises the wearer, as, as with sunglasses and corrective glasses, they are usually considered part of the person and you can make eye contact through them. Visors tend to be more anonymous and have a separation from the person beneath.
Bone-trembling works here, as it implies a lesser or more subtle movement
She isn't having tears welling up, she is seeing through the well of tears in her eyes - when your eyes have tears in them, that is the well of tears. This is a fairly specific descriptor.
In the original squall, there is not just the sonic component, but also the storm of metal implying both violence and movement.
Was is correct. A pair of something is singular.
Archeo Lumiere
The Prince's Archivist
- Location
- Lumiose City, Kalos
- Pronouns
- He/Him/They/Them
No it's not, you don't say "your pants was on the floor," you say "your pants were on the floor." A pair is plural
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Like most things with English, it's not consistent. A pair of pants are, a pair of scissors is. Generally collective nouns (like "pair") get treated as singular Do collective nouns need a plural verb? | Ask The Editor | Learner's Dictionary
Not sure which is correct in this specific case with "pair of lots".
Archeo Lumiere
The Prince's Archivist
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- Lumiose City, Kalos
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- He/Him/They/Them
... No, scissors are as well. You don't say "the scissors is still in the package," you say "the scissors are still in the package."
The fuller quote of the original is "the pair of lots was now covered in stacks of lumber" which is still better than the change. Explicitly saying something is a pair changes it - my pants are on the floor, but my pair of pants is on the floor.
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You're right, but I wasn't talking about "scissors", but about "a pair of scissors" The former is plural, the later singular. The question is not if "scissors" is a plural or singular noun, it's if the collective noun "pair" is a plural or singular noun, and the answer is - sometimes one and sometimes the other, in the case of "a pair of scissors" it's singular.
Actually "Pair of pants" is one of the cases where it remains plural, despite the use of the collective noun.
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It was called Liquid Bread because the ingredients that went into making bread were also used to brew beer (wheat, yeast, water), and it was widely drunk, even women and children drank beer with a lower alcohol content as that was the best way (at the time) to sterilize river water so it could be safe to drink.
The Ancient Egyptians literally saw beer as one of the essential things men cannot go without, so much so, that wages paid to free labourers included beer and that a slave owner was, by law, required to make sure their slaves had beer to drink.
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Wolf470
USS Exeter (Millenium Falcon class scout)
- Location
- East o' the Sun, West o' the Moon
Ammy vs. Behemoth : Bemmy sticks his head up and an asteroid of ice piledrives him into the ground.
Ammy vs. Ziz : Ziz starts to deorbit, looks at the future, shoots back to orbit and stays. Possibly because when Ammy looks at her she sees a large chicken.
Ammy vs. Leviathan : anywhere he goes for his water shadow and tidal waves can't get within a mile - he hides in a deep trench and sulks.
As for the S9: I gotta do research but I know that Bonesaw and Burnscar would be reverted to their proper selves (possibly by an interaction of CUUTE DOG) but
Jack: Knocked out as Ammy goes past to run over Cherish and lick the other girls to normality
Mannequin: now a Mannequin statue
Siberian: face full of fur while Taylor paints bindings on Manton
Shatterbird: every time she tries to sing she gets a hairball (Yes dogs get those as well)
Crawler: Battered into the bay
Cherish: doG slobbered
Archeo Lumiere
The Prince's Archivist
- Location
- Lumiose City, Kalos
- Pronouns
- He/Him/They/Them
This is correct for objects which are both a singular object and a pair, I.E. Glasses and varying eyethings (contacts are disjointed, and thus can be singular, and anything else is composed of two joined lenses {Monocle<->Glasses/Monogoggle<->Goggles/Monocular, aka Spyglass, aka Telescope<->Binoculars}) Pants and most varieties of underwear (the thong and g-string are exceptions due to not having legs to speak of, and pants are composed of two joined pant legs,) and scissors (composed of two joined scissor blades {KLK intensifies}). Lots, however, are multiple distinct objects which can be separated without changing their very nature, and thus are plural whenever speaking of more than one. "The pair of lots were now covered in stacks of lumber," not "The pair of lots was now covered in stacks of lumber."
Ah, you're right on this point as illustrated above, my bad.
This is actually both right and wrong. A pair of pants is countable and singular, because you use "pair" to count, so you may have two pairs of pants, but you can't say you have two pants, because pants alone is uncountable. Fish is an exception because it doesn't have a plural form, yet it can still be counted, as Dr. Seuss wonderfully illustrated. Most liquids are uncountable, as you can't count a single water to have multiple waters. Lots are none of the above, as you can have one lot, three lots, many lots, or just a pair of lots.
Interestingly enough, cards are the weird exception, as the collective takes over plurality or singularity despite each card being distinct and individual. The best example is Texas Holdem, where a pair of cards is dealt face-down to each player, and then three cards are dealt face-up on the center of the table.
Edit: Cards are weird... "A pair of cards are dealt face down to each player" is just as correct as the other way, and there's some collective words specific to cards: hand and deck in particular.
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FaerieKnight79
Verified Pixie
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- The Internet
Sunny vs... Beer Battered Fish:
"Sunny! What are the rest of us going to eat now?!"
"Awwooooooo?"
"Is your dog drunk?!"
"... Yes"
In other words, the beer battered fish turned out pretty good. I'm kind of glad I went to the effort of hand breading the fillets. So much better then the pre-breaded stuff you find in the freezer section of the grocery store. I also got to see my friend faint in horror again upon seeing me using beer to cook instead of drinking it.
He did enjoy the end result though, both the fish and the beer bread.
"Sunny! What are the rest of us going to eat now?!"
"Awwooooooo?"
"Is your dog drunk?!"
"... Yes"
In other words, the beer battered fish turned out pretty good. I'm kind of glad I went to the effort of hand breading the fillets. So much better then the pre-breaded stuff you find in the freezer section of the grocery store. I also got to see my friend faint in horror again upon seeing me using beer to cook instead of drinking it.
He did enjoy the end result though, both the fish and the beer bread.
MysteriousTGexp
Ever changing being, genderbending fan.
- Location
- Quebec
You know, each time I think of Okami, I can't help but wonder what would Ammy reaction to nasuverse Tamamo be? On one hand, Ammy has been slaughtering Yokai left and right. On the other hand, nasuverse Tamamo is... well... she is Ammy. So... Horrified? Insulted? Curious? Friendly? I can't figure it out.
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- Location
- Russia
Japanese doesn't have plural forms, it's all done via either context or explicit numbers. So Youkai would be both the singular and the plural.
- Location
- Germany
All that makes me really, really glad to be a German speaker. That language at least makes sense most of the time. I mean, why is it called a pair of pants? Can't you call it one pant?
FaerieKnight79
Verified Pixie
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- The Internet
In part this is because originally a pair of pants was two separate objects (one for each leg) which connected together when you put them on. The term is a holdover. Even so, the word "pants" is, with a few exceptions (such as Pant suit) always referred to as a plural.
MysteriousTGexp
Ever changing being, genderbending fan.
- Location
- Quebec
Could be worse. At least English doesn't give a gender to things. French is a pain in the ass of a language.
FaerieKnight79
Verified Pixie
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- The Internet
Eh, English speakers do tend to personify things. Ships are referred to as female, as are cars by many people. In fact vehicles in general tend to be personified as a female.
- Location
- Germany
German does too. And unlike French, we have three genders.
Just like that. Gendered languages are just consequent in the application of that concept.
MysteriousTGexp
Ever changing being, genderbending fan.
- Location
- Quebec
Yeah, but everything has a gender in French. A Scream? masculine. A mustache? Feminine(Amusingly enough.). The floor? Masculine. And I could go on.
FaerieKnight79
Verified Pixie
- Location
- The Internet
I have heard someone who religiously brushed his beard and mustache refer to them both as a 'she'. It's weird, but does happen.
- Location
- new york
nasuverse Tamamo would get Ammy's patented 'make life better' treatment, aka Ammy doing everything in her power to make up for the person's streak of horrible luck. She might not make the person have the life of luxury, but they will be happier than before.
Arcane Howitzer
Serial Arcanist
- Location
- United States
Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if the Endbringers are the one thing Sunny can't goof her way through. Not only are they obscenely powerful and mercilessly cunning, but they are also wholly unnatural; no part of any god or spirit of this Earth went into their making.Ammy vs. Behemoth : Bemmy sticks his head up and an asteroid of ice piledrives him into the ground.
Ammy vs. Ziz : Ziz starts to deorbit, looks at the future, shoots back to orbit and stays. Possibly because when Ammy looks at her she sees a large chicken.
Ammy vs. Leviathan : anywhere he goes for his water shadow and tidal waves can't get within a mile - he hides in a deep trench and sulks.
I'd kind of like to see her show up to the pre-Leviathan gathering, Sun Wheel affixed, red markings flaring, and for the first time ever dead serious, because this is the beast that destroyed Kyushu and ruined her homeland, and she's not going to sit idly by this time. It may not quite fit with the tone of the story so far, but it would be a good way to really show that under all the Floof and Goof, she's still a fucking goddess.
FaerieKnight79
Verified Pixie
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And would fit the characterization from the game perfectly. You know, goofball most of the time but gets serious for the Big Stuff.
Actually, she got serious on All Hollows Eve too. Including the nights leading up to it. And on All Hollows Eve she went patrolling while Taylor was safe at the shrine entertaining the neighborhood (and Wards).