Anonymous a67b87d775c03d0d471ee6cc08cf113a started this discussion 2 months (2008-10-06 03:13:38 UTC) ago:
This is probably correct English, but to me, as a non-native English speaker, it sounds really weird.
> Just because you are gay doesn't mean you suck every cock you see.
That "gay doesn't" part seems awkward to me grammatically. I would like to put it in this way:
> Just because you are gay, that doesn't mean you suck every cock you see.
Is this grammar silly?
(I don't wanna know how to re-phrase the sentence — it is just an example.)
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Anonymous 66633e88b44deb6c54b7e36469b1a8f4 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-06 04:08:19 UTC) ago, 55 minutes later (#66,645):
Hmm I've never actually thought about that. To me, all that is missing is a comma before doesn't. Whether or not you should use "that doesn't" or something similar is a complete mystery to me..
Anonymous 61adefc5b5c947e79d225f9c454056e6 replied with this 2 months (2008-10-06 18:37:11 UTC) ago, 14 hours later (#66,865):
You are correct; it needs "that".
Anonymous 29b795272248122b9a14bc205b2229fc replied with this 2 months (2008-10-06 19:04:50 UTC) ago, 28 minutes later (#66,870):
@66,865Yep, but give it a decade and the new generation of English professors and other authorities will consider it common enough to be standard usage.
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