As a newspaper reporter, I try my best to eliminate as many unnecessary words of possible, the one I was thinking of was "of," as per your example "I live inside of the internet."
@Justtubed i'd think that you'd want to include more words. aren't you paid more if the article is longer? mwahaha. just kidding, of course. ;-D but i'm sure that struggling to fit a 250; 500; or 1,000 word format is just as difficult as trying 19 minutes of source footage [which is what i had for this video] into something less than four minutes long.
The next time I hear my teacher say that you shouldn't end a sentence in a preposition, I'm going to scream "THAT'S A PREPOSITION" every time she ends one in a sentence. Yeah, that'll go over well.
@bestNameimaginable honestly, i'm not pressed on it until my views reach a certain point. the only reason i'd want to be partnered at this point would be for the custom thumbnails [i've got o.c.d.] and a cool layout with functional links and stuff. oh, and the ability to link outside of youtube in annotations. ;-P
i would absolutely love to be able to do this and be paid for it, but realistically speaking, adsense is almost not worth the trouble [and i hate ads] until videos reach 5k+ views.
hey, this was pretty entertaining, im happy i subbed (smiley face emoticon) ...geez, when I say it like that it sounds like its from the planet cybertron,,,
@fecklessman oh, my friend... i am a time lord... a lord of time... i live in, on, through, during, before, and outside the internet... and i can see it, and all of its wibbly wobbly wimey wimmey glorry...
It's not necessarily a myth; written English is different than spoken English vernacular. Only when writing should you change sentences to eliminate the prepositions from the end, or if you want to sound very proper you might attempt to do it whilst speaking. Of course, if you are writing a story and there is dialogue in the story, you would write the way we would normally speak.
@MsSarita08 thatt's total hogwash, in my opinion. in most cases that people complain about, the preposition functions as an adverbial particle rather than a preposition. the particle is inextricably linked to the verb itself, and to leave it out or shift it around is just illogical.
regardless of the logic, humans tend to be slaves to tradition, and teachers are no exception. you're right about writing, which is why i say 'when in doubt, leave it out.' most of the time redundancy is the prob.
@CarylCake thank you! i learned in hong kong, where they all speak the queen's. ;-P my co-worker was from manchester, so i picked up a bit of that accent when i was working there. it's hard not to, honestly.
strangely enough, though i think many americans would disagree, i find british english accents fairly easy because there are so many dialects to choose from. not a fan of the thick london accent, though... all those months of drilling kids to stop saying 'f' instead of 'th' wasted.
@fecklessman Hahah. I used to struggle with my 'th' when I was little... Literally couldn't distinguish the mouth shapes. Yes, there really are a lot of different accents. I feel I have a very strange one now as I've lived in both rural and urban locations about 100 miles apart from each other. Odd that you should pick up some British English in China. :P I'd love to visit Hong Kong one day.
@CarylCake well, hong kong was actually owned by the u.k. from 1842-1997, so everyone speeks british english. ;-D we're meant to teach as though we were bbc presenters! i watched a couple videos of yours to pick out the accent and i couldn't place it either. hahaha! i'm partial to manchester, in terms of accents, but that may be because i support man u. ;-P
@fecklessman Well, yes. I was alive then and remember it on the news when I was little. I thought it made perfect sense to let China have that big back since it was attached and everything. :P BBC presenter English, eh? My husband was really popular when he studied out in Japan because they recognised his accent was British and not American. Nations in the Far East seem to prefer learning it for some reason. Maybe because it's not as connected to popular entertainment?
@fecklessman I like to think of my accent as 'general Northern with a hint of Brummy'. Also, if you're going to support a football team, Man U is a pretty decent route to take. Football-wise I'm a bit of a Steeler's fan. ;)
@CarylCake 3. in hong kong, it seems it's either man u, chelsea, or arsenal. those are pretty much the only shirts/posters i ever saw there. ;-D
4. boo, steelers! and yeah, it's steelers. watch my video on apostrophes if you want to specifically know why. hahaha. i'm a chargers fan, but that's mainly because i'm from san diego [california]. my second team is the baltimore ravens [i live near baltimore], and they are rivals to the steelers. hahaha.
@fecklessman Put it this way - we have Patriots, Steelers and Seahawks jerseys in our house. I'm sure that would border on blasphemy in the US, but people here just think we're weird for liking 'the other football.' :P Ah.. culture...
I can't say I understood much of the politics of it at the time as I was still in 'little school'. I am inspired to research Hong Kong now...
@CarylCake that is quite bizarre. i think that football is kind of like a giant chess game with padded human monsters. ;-P people who say that they prefer rugby because it's more dangerous or manly probably just don't understand the sport. hahaha.
@CarylCake 1. i disagree with the way the handover went down, and since i don't support communism, i obviously have some serious animosity toward the way hk has been run the past 12 years. ;-P but yeah, it does make sense to give it up.
2. actually, most chinese i knew were fascinated with american popular entertainment. they loved learning american slang. i think they prefer british english because it's viewed as more 'refined,' which is really only true if you're using r.p.
@laurenmishele thank you! i've yet to ask any of my english friends if it's close enough... i was passable in hong kong, but only because i had to teach british english phonics. ;-P
With whom shall I share this video? Perhaps with peers, perhaps professors. For whom was this video produced? Your lovely audience? I think so. And to whom do we listen when it comes to English? Fecklessman of course ;)
@fecklessman Ah! How silly of me. Heehee. I won't lie, I do quite often say things like "with whom did you go to lunch." But, I am a a wee-bit strange, I suppose ;)
@halosandbagels Actually, now that I think about it.....that breaks the rule of writing of leaving out the preposition because it's not necessary. Now I'm questioning if my uses of "of" in the previous sentence breaks that rule too. Now I'm just questioning everything I write.........thanks. xD.
@halosandbagels i aim to please. and yep, they were both unnecessary! generally speaking, if you ever end a sentence with 'to' where 'to' acts as a preposition to an infinitive [breaking two fake rules in one sentence! kudos], it's probably wrong.
From where did you come?
espiegel97 3 months ago
@espiegel97 no one talks like that.
fecklessman 3 months ago
Nice! Well this is good to know. All those years of being lied to, just terrible. This was a fun week! =)
I am very behind on watching YouTube, expect a flurry of comments.
Book5204 1 year ago
As a newspaper reporter, I try my best to eliminate as many unnecessary words of possible, the one I was thinking of was "of," as per your example "I live inside of the internet."
Justtubed 1 year ago
@Justtubed i'd think that you'd want to include more words. aren't you paid more if the article is longer? mwahaha. just kidding, of course. ;-D but i'm sure that struggling to fit a 250; 500; or 1,000 word format is just as difficult as trying 19 minutes of source footage [which is what i had for this video] into something less than four minutes long.
fecklessman 1 year ago
@fecklessman nah, I don't get paid by the word. I'm a full time employee, not a freelancer.
Justtubed 1 year ago
@Justtubed that's awesome, man. we should talk more. let's be friends! *sings fizzylimon*
fecklessman 1 year ago
The next time I hear my teacher say that you shouldn't end a sentence in a preposition, I'm going to scream "THAT'S A PREPOSITION" every time she ends one in a sentence. Yeah, that'll go over well.
Flameclaw123 1 year ago
@Flameclaw123 do it. and please, please, please get it on video.
fecklessman 1 year ago
"more awkward than a hopeonatenspeed video" LOVE IT!
ckXcore 1 year ago
@ckXcore like i said to paige, she earned her position as the benchmark for awkwardness. ryan [emmfan09] is getting up there, though.
fecklessman 1 year ago
you an english teacher haha
SketchPalace 1 year ago
@SketchPalace this comment is so lexically ambiguous, i don't even know how to respond to it!
fecklessman 1 year ago
When are you going to get partnered? I mean, It's bound to happen. Why not make it happen sooner than later?
bestNameimaginable 1 year ago
@bestNameimaginable honestly, i'm not pressed on it until my views reach a certain point. the only reason i'd want to be partnered at this point would be for the custom thumbnails [i've got o.c.d.] and a cool layout with functional links and stuff. oh, and the ability to link outside of youtube in annotations. ;-P
i would absolutely love to be able to do this and be paid for it, but realistically speaking, adsense is almost not worth the trouble [and i hate ads] until videos reach 5k+ views.
fecklessman 1 year ago
hey, this was pretty entertaining, im happy i subbed (smiley face emoticon) ...geez, when I say it like that it sounds like its from the planet cybertron,,,
,,,yeah im just THAT level of dorkey!
Dinomy199185 1 year ago
@Dinomy199185 i aim to please! perhaps you live in the internet?
fecklessman 1 year ago
@fecklessman oh, my friend... i am a time lord... a lord of time... i live in, on, through, during, before, and outside the internet... and i can see it, and all of its wibbly wobbly wimey wimmey glorry...
Dinomy199185 1 year ago
@Dinomy199185 freakin' time lords.
fecklessman 1 year ago
@fecklessman your not trash talkin gallefray are you?
Dinomy199185 1 year ago
@Dinomy199185 EXTERMINATE!
fecklessman 1 year ago
@fecklessman oh... a dalek!
Dinomy199185 1 year ago
Your English accent was fairly well executed, I'm impressed! Also, the video was fab :D
sarriosity 1 year ago
@sarriosity thank you, sarah! i appreciate it muchly.
fecklessman 1 year ago
It's not necessarily a myth; written English is different than spoken English vernacular. Only when writing should you change sentences to eliminate the prepositions from the end, or if you want to sound very proper you might attempt to do it whilst speaking. Of course, if you are writing a story and there is dialogue in the story, you would write the way we would normally speak.
MsSarita08 1 year ago
@MsSarita08 thatt's total hogwash, in my opinion. in most cases that people complain about, the preposition functions as an adverbial particle rather than a preposition. the particle is inextricably linked to the verb itself, and to leave it out or shift it around is just illogical.
regardless of the logic, humans tend to be slaves to tradition, and teachers are no exception. you're right about writing, which is why i say 'when in doubt, leave it out.' most of the time redundancy is the prob.
fecklessman 1 year ago
Heeeee. I'm happy to hear a British English phrase executed properly. :D
CarylCake 1 year ago
@CarylCake thank you! i learned in hong kong, where they all speak the queen's. ;-P my co-worker was from manchester, so i picked up a bit of that accent when i was working there. it's hard not to, honestly.
strangely enough, though i think many americans would disagree, i find british english accents fairly easy because there are so many dialects to choose from. not a fan of the thick london accent, though... all those months of drilling kids to stop saying 'f' instead of 'th' wasted.
fecklessman 1 year ago
@fecklessman Hahah. I used to struggle with my 'th' when I was little... Literally couldn't distinguish the mouth shapes. Yes, there really are a lot of different accents. I feel I have a very strange one now as I've lived in both rural and urban locations about 100 miles apart from each other. Odd that you should pick up some British English in China. :P I'd love to visit Hong Kong one day.
CarylCake 1 year ago
@CarylCake well, hong kong was actually owned by the u.k. from 1842-1997, so everyone speeks british english. ;-D we're meant to teach as though we were bbc presenters! i watched a couple videos of yours to pick out the accent and i couldn't place it either. hahaha! i'm partial to manchester, in terms of accents, but that may be because i support man u. ;-P
fecklessman 1 year ago
@fecklessman Well, yes. I was alive then and remember it on the news when I was little. I thought it made perfect sense to let China have that big back since it was attached and everything. :P BBC presenter English, eh? My husband was really popular when he studied out in Japan because they recognised his accent was British and not American. Nations in the Far East seem to prefer learning it for some reason. Maybe because it's not as connected to popular entertainment?
CarylCake 1 year ago
@fecklessman I like to think of my accent as 'general Northern with a hint of Brummy'. Also, if you're going to support a football team, Man U is a pretty decent route to take. Football-wise I'm a bit of a Steeler's fan. ;)
CarylCake 1 year ago
@CarylCake 3. in hong kong, it seems it's either man u, chelsea, or arsenal. those are pretty much the only shirts/posters i ever saw there. ;-D
4. boo, steelers! and yeah, it's steelers. watch my video on apostrophes if you want to specifically know why. hahaha. i'm a chargers fan, but that's mainly because i'm from san diego [california]. my second team is the baltimore ravens [i live near baltimore], and they are rivals to the steelers. hahaha.
fecklessman 1 year ago
@fecklessman Put it this way - we have Patriots, Steelers and Seahawks jerseys in our house. I'm sure that would border on blasphemy in the US, but people here just think we're weird for liking 'the other football.' :P Ah.. culture...
I can't say I understood much of the politics of it at the time as I was still in 'little school'. I am inspired to research Hong Kong now...
CarylCake 1 year ago
@CarylCake that is quite bizarre. i think that football is kind of like a giant chess game with padded human monsters. ;-P people who say that they prefer rugby because it's more dangerous or manly probably just don't understand the sport. hahaha.
fecklessman 1 year ago
@fecklessman Or is it just Steelers..? *late night punctuation fail*
CarylCake 1 year ago
@CarylCake 1. i disagree with the way the handover went down, and since i don't support communism, i obviously have some serious animosity toward the way hk has been run the past 12 years. ;-P but yeah, it does make sense to give it up.
2. actually, most chinese i knew were fascinated with american popular entertainment. they loved learning american slang. i think they prefer british english because it's viewed as more 'refined,' which is really only true if you're using r.p.
fecklessman 1 year ago
@CarylCake p.s. you should totes visit hong kong, because it's the greatest city on the planet.
fecklessman 1 year ago
I am really glad that there's someone out there tearing down these dumb rules. And doing so well.
thomasmdickinson 1 year ago
@thomasmdickinson thank you! i appreciate it, i really do.
fecklessman 1 year ago
hahahahahahaha.
hahahahaha
hahahahahahahaha
i am in love with the fact that i'm the benchmark for awkward.
hopeonatenspeed 1 year ago
@hopeonatenspeed you've earned it, sister.
fecklessman 1 year ago
Two things.
I'm glad I chanced upon you.
Mmhmm. More english accent please.
laurenmishele 1 year ago
@laurenmishele thank you! i've yet to ask any of my english friends if it's close enough... i was passable in hong kong, but only because i had to teach british english phonics. ;-P
fecklessman 1 year ago
@laurenmishele p.s. friday's video had more english accent in it. check out 'to boldly split' if you haven't yet. ;-D
fecklessman 1 year ago
With whom shall I share this video? Perhaps with peers, perhaps professors. For whom was this video produced? Your lovely audience? I think so. And to whom do we listen when it comes to English? Fecklessman of course ;)
Sionnix 1 year ago
@Sionnix brilliantly produced! the only caveat is that you left out a comma in the last sentence. ;-D
fecklessman 1 year ago
@fecklessman Ah! How silly of me. Heehee. I won't lie, I do quite often say things like "with whom did you go to lunch." But, I am a a wee-bit strange, I suppose ;)
Sionnix 1 year ago
@Sionnix you're not strange, you're eccentric!
fecklessman 1 year ago
YO MOMMA! (In response to your first question), and I'll end my sentences with whatever prepositions I want to!
halosandbagels 1 year ago
@halosandbagels Actually, now that I think about it.....that breaks the rule of writing of leaving out the preposition because it's not necessary. Now I'm questioning if my uses of "of" in the previous sentence breaks that rule too. Now I'm just questioning everything I write.........thanks. xD.
halosandbagels 1 year ago
@halosandbagels i aim to please. and yep, they were both unnecessary! generally speaking, if you ever end a sentence with 'to' where 'to' acts as a preposition to an infinitive [breaking two fake rules in one sentence! kudos], it's probably wrong.
fecklessman 1 year ago
@halosandbagels bwahahahaha! wait, what was my first question? i forgot already. don't make me watch my own video.
fecklessman 1 year ago