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Can you keep it going asking ONLY QUESTIONS?

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  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,362 Member
    and who knows who else could be lurking following this thread too?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,992 Member
    Why is the word always "lurkING" and never just "lurk?"
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,362 Member
    " Who knows who else could be lurk?" - not very good grammar, is it?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,992 Member
    Does this texting generation even know what grammar is?
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,362 Member
    I have 5 grandchildren - does that make me a grammar?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,992 Member
    My grandmother was an English teacher...was she a grammar grammar?
  • srazamora
    srazamora Posts: 4,573 Member
    nossmf wrote: »
    Why is the word always "lurkING" and never just "lurk?"
    Could it be the same reason people are standING and not just stand?
  • srazamora
    srazamora Posts: 4,573 Member
    Should we tag all the OGs & frequent posters to help bring this thread back to life? What if I start with @skahtboi ?
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,348 Member
    edited April 2023
    srazamora wrote: »
    nossmf wrote: »
    Why is the word always "lurkING" and never just "lurk?"
    Could it be the same reason people are standING and not just stand?
    You don't think @nossmf was wondering why 'lurk" isn't used instead of 'lurking', do you? Didn't I understand him to wonder why you don't see or hear references like, "They like to lurk in the forums."? Isn't it more common to see stand used in its non-gerund form?
  • srazamora
    srazamora Posts: 4,573 Member
    cmsienk wrote: »
    srazamora wrote: »
    nossmf wrote: »
    Why is the word always "lurkING" and never just "lurk?"
    Could it be the same reason people are standING and not just stand?
    You don't think @nossmf was wondering why 'lurk" isn't used instead of 'lurking', do you? Didn't I understand him to wonder why you don't see or hear references like, "They like to lurk in the forums."? Isn't it more common to see stand used in its non-gerund form?

    Doesn’t it make sense to say they’re lurking because it’s something they’re actively doing?

  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,992 Member
    Who is this mysterious "they" and why are "they" always doing something questionable?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,449 Member
    Would it surprise you to learn I can't stand when people lurk around while I'm enjoying my chocolate?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,449 Member
    edited April 2023
    Was I surprised to learn today is World Tai Chi & Qigong Day (the last Saturday of April)?
    How should I/we celebrate it?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDO1mu7AbPY
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,992 Member
    This reminds me...reading a commemoration of Willie Nelson turning 90, did you know he was a 5th degree black belt?
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,362 Member
    I knew neither of the above things - aren't I such an ignoramus?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,449 Member
    Is there anyone among us who knows everything?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,992 Member
    Since nobody truly understands women, isn't the answer no?
  • janicejean1953
    janicejean1953 Posts: 25 Member
    2023, it is now continuing!
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,348 Member
    Did someone wander into the wrong thread?
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,362 Member
    Do we need a GPS here?
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,348 Member
    Wouldn't that be handy?
  • frankwbrown
    frankwbrown Posts: 13,449 Member
    Have you ever seen a sportwatch's GPS tracking of one's path while walking indoors?
    Doesn't it resemble a child's scribble?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,992 Member
    Does it truly have that level of resolution? Didn't it seem like only last week when GPS was accurate to within a hundred meters?
  • srazamora
    srazamora Posts: 4,573 Member
    janicejean1953 wrote: »
    2023, it is now continuing!
    isn’t it ironic how her remark about it continuing actually stopped a lot wonderful chain of questions?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,992 Member
    Do you realize your observation about stopping question-chains, having not been in response to the previous question, itself stops a potential chain?
  • dcresider
    dcresider Posts: 1,272 Member
    What is going on in this chat room?
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,348 Member
    Do you have to ask?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,992 Member
    Would she have asked if she didn't have to ask?
  • cmsienk
    cmsienk Posts: 19,348 Member
    Don't you recognize a rhetorical question?
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,992 Member
    Is that related to a hypothetical question?

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