Timeline for Can you "do" Science? [closed]
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May 19, 2017 at 17:38 | history | edited | herisson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
This doesn't seem to be about passive voice. Changed double hyphens to dashes
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Mar 29, 2016 at 20:06 | comment | added | RegDwigнt | I am closing this for the time being, as 1) in its current form it doesn't really make sense and 2) you don't seem to be willing to take a no for an answer, no matter what. If you can address these issues, the question can be reopened. You are welcome to edit it to remove any mention of grammar, and focus on semantics, since that is your only beef here. After that, you will have to make a strong case 1) why you think "do" somehow implies completion (it does not) and 2) why a word cannot just go ahead and stop implying something (it can, happens all the time). Thanks. | |
Mar 29, 2016 at 20:01 | history | closed |
Drew Mazura RegDwigнt |
Needs details or clarity | |
Mar 29, 2016 at 20:00 | comment | added | RegDwigнt | Mikhail, perhaps you should start by reading up on what grammar means. As far as grammar is concerned, you can do any noun at all. You can do science. You can do dishes. You can do space. You can do egg. You can do car. You can do grammar. You can do can. These are all 100% grammatical. Impeccable English. Case closed. | |
Mar 29, 2016 at 18:56 | answer | added | Chris H | timeline score: 3 | |
Mar 29, 2016 at 18:00 | comment | added | Hot Licks | @MikhailT. -- I dunno. Seems to me like the laundry's never done. | |
Mar 29, 2016 at 17:45 | history | protected | Mari-Lou A | ||
Mar 28, 2016 at 15:10 | comment | added | Mikhail T. | Floors, dishes and other chores can be completed (done). Science can not be... That seems like a reason to me. | |
Mar 28, 2016 at 1:57 | comment | added | Hot Licks | You can do floors, walls, dishes, laundry, knitting, and math. There's absolutely no reason why you cannot do "science" as well. | |
Mar 28, 2016 at 1:10 | comment | added | Mazura | Possible duplicate of A science-verb? Sciencing? | |
Mar 27, 2016 at 20:03 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | It's best to reply to comments with comments, i.e. the last four bullet points and then clarify your question. If Peter Shors etc.comments are deleted, your edit will make little sense to future visitors. Believe me, users can and do delete their comments, or sometimes comments are flagged (for whatever reason) and then may be deleted by the mods. | |
Mar 27, 2016 at 19:15 | history | edited | Mikhail T. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Correct Peter's lastname
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Mar 27, 2016 at 19:08 | history | edited | Mikhail T. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Elaborate and answer questions asked in comments and answers
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Mar 27, 2016 at 1:30 | comment | added | krs013 | "I will do science to it" dresdencodak.com/2008/05/02/copan and no I'm not being serious | |
Mar 26, 2016 at 20:56 | comment | added | Kyle Strand | As for The Martian, part of why intended humor of the sentence comes from the "improper" use of the word "science". | |
Mar 26, 2016 at 20:53 | comment | added | Kyle Strand | My problem with your child's use of the phrase is that I think of "doing science" as an imprecise/colloquial way of saying "making scientific discoveries", i.e. performing scientific research. This is presumably not what your child is talking about. (Also, it's questionable how "wrong" a colloquialism can be.) | |
Mar 26, 2016 at 18:36 | comment | added | Lambie | Yes, you do science, play or do sports, make music, cause mayhem but farm, surf and drink....broad categories. | |
Mar 26, 2016 at 18:11 | comment | added | WhatRoughBeast | I second Peter Shor. What's the alternative? "Science" is an extremely broad subject, so an imprecise verb like "do" would seem to be entirely appropriate. | |
Mar 26, 2016 at 17:34 | answer | added | Prahlad Yeri | timeline score: 4 | |
Mar 26, 2016 at 17:31 | review | Close votes | |||
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Mar 26, 2016 at 17:30 | comment | added | Anonym | I would only do science if the phrase were short for doing science schoolwork. | |
Mar 26, 2016 at 17:23 | answer | added | JTP - Apologise to Monica | timeline score: 2 | |
Mar 26, 2016 at 17:06 | comment | added | NVZ♦ | Related: “To science the shit out of something” and “(Noun) the shit out of this” | |
Mar 26, 2016 at 16:52 | comment | added | Peter Shor | What would you call "doing science"? | |
Mar 26, 2016 at 15:52 | answer | added | Edwin Ashworth | timeline score: 13 | |
Mar 26, 2016 at 15:43 | answer | added | Snoop | timeline score: 0 | |
Mar 26, 2016 at 15:34 | history | asked | Mikhail T. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |