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"Look! There's a cow"
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on 15/07/2009 at 2:50:29PM
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We've just had an 'interesting' chat about this here and thought we'd open it up to our forum members.
So, can you be 'very' correct, or can you just be correct?
Surely there is only one degree or level of correctness.......
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LukeM
"Imperfection"
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on 15/07/2009 at 2:52:15PM
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I think you can be very correct. In fact I am very correct saying so.
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Warhunt
"Life int a DPS race"
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on 15/07/2009 at 2:59:21PM
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I believe....(i'll be brief)
Corrrect or incorrect are complete statements. You can be either correct or incorrect, not both, and not any variation on any of them.
The term correct itself excludes the possibility that there can be any other "level" of correct-ness. You can not be partially or slighty correct.
To be even more nerdy: If you say a sentence such as "The moon exists, it is a bright shade of pink with orange stripes"
The sentence is not partly correct, it is incorrect entirely. 0_o
Hope my made up words make sense.
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Numnut
"Look! There's a cow"
Staff
on 15/07/2009 at 3:12:18PM
Total Posts: 69
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I think you can probably be (gramatically correct or not) partly correct.
If you are answering multiple questions and only get one out of two answers right, then surely you are partly correct, or at least the statement or answer is partly correct.
Eg: Today is Wednesday the Month is January.
The statement is partly correct in that it is wednesday, but it is not january, so surely partly correct is fine to use here.
But - Today is Wednesday, the month is July.
This Is correct and cannot be any more correct regardless of how much you try.
So I don't think you can be very correct. Just correct.
Hat well and truly in the ring!
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Sonic Chris
"It's Spelt Jersalem"
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on 15/07/2009 at 5:03:39PM
Edited: 15/7/09 18:07 Total Posts: 969
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*breaks the mould ;D* There is a different degree of what is correct, but there is not a different degree of correct. It's either correct or wrong, and it's down to personal opinion. Interesting discussion though ;D
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Sonic Chris
"It's Spelt Jersalem"
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on 15/07/2009 at 6:10:38PM
Total Posts: 969
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Numnut wrote:
> I think you can probably be (gramatically correct or not) partly
> correct.
>
> If you are answering multiple questions and only get one out of
> two answers right, then surely you are partly correct, or at
> least the statement or answer is partly correct.
>
> Eg: Today is Wednesday the Month is January.
>
> The statement is partly correct in that it is wednesday, but it
> is not january, so surely partly correct is fine to use here.
See, the problem with this is the questions you ask. It's impossible to be partly correct if a question is asked. If someone asks "Is it Wednesday and January?" Then the answer is "No, it's not". So surely if someone says "It's Wednesday and January" the statement as a whole is completely wrong.
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Edgy
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on 16/07/2009 at 7:46:39AM
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Being very correct is like saying something is "more better"...
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Dragonlance
"Bordo della verita"
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on 19/07/2009 at 8:34:58PM
Total Posts: 1475
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Edgy wrote:
> Being very correct is like saying something is "more
> better"...
Correct means correct....there is no 'degree of correctness'. Just like there is no 'degree of wrongness'....ha ha.
A totally 'untheoretical' forum post!!
I suspect that this is the usual 'mis-use' of words prevalent within our society today.
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