Jim Balter

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Apr 16	awarded	Yearling
Nov 9	comment	I can run faster than _____. (1) him (2) he? @dainichi "such a norm makes a lot of sense" -- I never disputed that.
Nov 9	comment	I can run faster than _____. (1) him (2) he? @NeilCoffey You analogy still isn't very good. There is a fact of the matter as to whether the theory of evolution or a big flood is a more adequate account of the development of species. There is no fact of the matter as to which of "than me" or "than I" is correct -- such correctness is normative, a matter of opinion, no matter what sort of sophistry people without hats wish to apply. "the exact date of Noah's flood" is somewhere in between; it would be an empirical question if there had been such a flood, but it's a matter of fact that there wasn't.
Nov 9	comment	I can run faster than _____. (1) him (2) he? @dainichi "... I agree ... I completely disagree ... my book ... make sense to me ..." -- none of that is of the slightest interest to me.
Jul 31	awarded	Caucus
Jul 23	comment	Please, don't - I'm not @ColinFine You're going out of you way to miss and evade the point. Replace "grammar" with "usage". Sheesh. I will not engage you further.
Jul 23	comment	Can you also say “Take you care” or “Take you care, too”? "Don't be so sure" -- I am well advised to be sure that the question is not about "You take care". "my first sentence" -- I was not aware that MustafaJF was your sockpuppet. ""as should not have escaped your notice" -- what has not escaped my notice is that you are very confused.
Jul 23	comment	What does “Has it come to this?” in “Republican leaders quickly voiced horror at these tactics. ‘Has it come to this?’ said John Boehner” mean? "is perfectly find [sic], and so is guessing at the specifics" -- no, it isn't. "since there are clues in the sentance [sic]" -- the clues are not adequate to establish the validity of the guess.
Jul 23	comment	What does “Has it come to this?” in “Republican leaders quickly voiced horror at these tactics. ‘Has it come to this?’ said John Boehner” mean? "Although technically correct, generalizations aren't always the most helpful responses to questions that follow a template of "What does X mean in Y?". " -- It is here. Nice attempt at special pleading, though.
Jul 21	comment	Can you also say “Take you care” or “Take you care, too”? Please re-read the question. It's not about "You take care".
Jul 21	comment	What does “Has it come to this?” in “Republican leaders quickly voiced horror at these tactics. ‘Has it come to this?’ said John Boehner” mean? I assure you that I have no trouble remembering that. The point is that my statement is correct ... in response to your difficulty in thinking of what "it" represents. There is no point in being so specific -- if you were to ask Boehner whether he meant their desperation, he would gladly assent, but he would also do so for numerous other negative attributes. The fact is that "it" here doesn't mean "their desperation", it means "how things are".
Jul 21	comment	Please, don't - I'm not @ColinFine Such editing is perfectly reasonable if there is good reason to believe that the source of poor grammar is the author rather than the character.
Jul 21	comment	What does “Has it come to this?” in “Republican leaders quickly voiced horror at these tactics. ‘Has it come to this?’ said John Boehner” mean? "The Republicans either have to raise taxes for the wealthy" -- poor things. "The statement really speaks to the dirty hand that the Democrats are playing in that they have to either do it or the Democrats will force it to happen." -- that's quite a spin.
Jul 21	comment	What does “Has it come to this?” in “Republican leaders quickly voiced horror at these tactics. ‘Has it come to this?’ said John Boehner” mean? "it" refers generally to state of things, and specifically to that aspect of the state of things that the speaker is disturbed by.
Jul 21	comment	What does “Has it come to this?” in “Republican leaders quickly voiced horror at these tactics. ‘Has it come to this?’ said John Boehner” mean? @YoichiOishi That's not what he meant, and it's not a typo. He isn't asking how, he's asking whether. But he really isn't asking at all. the question is rhetorical.
Jul 21	comment	What does “Has it come to this?” in “Republican leaders quickly voiced horror at these tactics. ‘Has it come to this?’ said John Boehner” mean? "it" is the state of things.
Jun 22	comment	The use of “trespasses” You seem to have repeated reading comprehension problems. I never said ruakh's answer doesn't fit. ruakh wrote 'it seems to mean either "to escort out of" or "to bar from"' -- which fits "86". ruakh is right about the additional implication -- I've added "ban" to my answer.
Jun 22	revised	The use of “trespasses” suggest "ban" as an alternative to "86" ... it's probably more accurate in this instance
Jun 22	revised	The use of “trespasses” added 265 characters in body
Jun 22	comment	The use of “trespasses” Except that I was not commenting on another answer, I responded to the question asked by the OP.