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Post subject: Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Fri January 25, 2019 2:08 am
I Have A Third Nipple
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19743 Location: Cumberland, RI
I return to this thread with hat in hand: I had always assumed that "than" is functioning as a preposition in that sort of sentence (not a conjunction), when, in fact, some quick research reveals that it can go either way; it's really up to the speaker/writer, as "than" can be both a conjunction and a preposition.
I should have taken my own advice into account and considered Joey's perspective. You see? Growth is possible!
Post subject: Re: HBO: Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
Posted: Fri January 25, 2019 2:14 am
The Master
Joined: Sun May 25, 2014 9:32 pm Posts: 31614 Location: Garbage Dump
It’s funny, reading through Joey’s arguments, I hear what I likely would have said a few years ago. But I’ve changed my mind quite a bit on stuff like this.
In other words: I would much rather boring exposition be delivered during a stupid, gratuitous sex scene than...well, be delivered by two people standing in a room. I have zero problem with pointless titillation. Also, HBO has been in the cheap titillation game for years. It’s kind of their business model.
Maybe it’s all the exploitation and giallo I’ve been watching lately.
I return to this thread with hat in hand: I had always assumed that "than" is functioning as a preposition in that sort of sentence (not a conjunction), when, in fact, some quick research reveals that it can go either way; it's really up to the speaker/writer, as "than" can be both a conjunction and a preposition.
I should have taken my own advice into account and considered Joey's perspective. You see? Growth is possible!
It’s funny, reading through Joey’s arguments, I hear what I likely would have said a few years ago. But I’ve changed my mind quite a bit on stuff like this.
In other words: I would much rather boring exposition be delivered during a stupid, gratuitous sex scene than...well, be delivered by two people standing in a room. I have zero problem with pointless titillation. Also, HBO has been in the cheap titillation game for years. It’s kind of their business model.
Maybe it’s all the exploitation and giallo I’ve been watching lately.
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