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[RobGMN Premium Member]

Do you take pride in being willfully ignorant?

word-for-word in British English​

(ˌwɜːdfəˈwɜːd View attachment 65033 )

adjective
1.
using one word in a new text for each corresponding word in the original, rather than expressing the general sense

2.
reproducing every word of the original

Please show me the "AND" part of the definition that says both of those must be met for a quote to be verbatim.
it can be from another dictionary, since it obviously is not in this one.

If Trump is doing ILLEGAL deportations tell us how Obama did them. Should be easy as hell.

He did them legally.
That WAS easy as hell.

Republicans. You guys and your TDS.

You and your TSS.

Sure did recover pretty damn quickly.

Withg TRILLIONS lost.
MAGA winning!

Absolutely she lied.

That's your comeback?

Ironic.

I am not saying anything basically Rob. I am saying the left wanted to smear Trump, she got money to lie. The judge is crooked. Period.

Good conspiracy fantasy. Supported by nothing.

Again, do you feel like you won something by making up saying, claiming the other person said it and then running with it? You don't feel ANY shame for doing that shit?

You're rambling. Low blood sugar? High BAC? Gummies?

I am more educated than you secretary man.

Guess you skipped all the grades where they taught English, the US COTUS, basic mathematics, science.
You should take some online courses. It's really handy for conversation, and not looking like a dimbulb when you post.

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

Please show me the "AND" part of the definition that says both of those must be met for a quote to be verbatim.
it can be from another dictionary, since it obviously is not in this one.

So the whole time you claim I think I know better than the people who write the dictionaries... you appear to be so ignorant that you are actually the one who thinks he knows better.

He did them legally.
That WAS easy as hell.

"Trust me bro"

You and your TSS.

lol

Withg TRILLIONS lost.
MAGA winning!

Yeah, just vanished huh?

Ironic.

You have no sense of the word.

Good conspiracy fantasy. Supported by nothing.

No need.

You're rambling. Low blood sugar? High BAC? Gummies?

Nope, just speaking with a person so mentally warped with TDS that it makes me dizzy.

Guess you skipped all the grades where they taught English, the US COTUS, basic mathematics, science.
You should take some online courses. It's really handy for conversation, and not looking like a dimbulb when you post.

Mhmm.

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

word for word​

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word for word​

adv.
In exactly the same words; verbatim.

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word′-for-word′ adj.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

word′ for word′​

adv.
1. in exactly the same words; verbatim.

2. one word at a time, without regard for the sense of the whole.

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

Rob's interpretation of "word for word" verbatim quote.
The orange cat ate several birds from the yard. - Original
"The cat ate several birds" - Rob's verbatim quote.

 

[RobGMN Premium Member]

word for word​

Also found in: Thesaurus, Legal, Financial, Idioms, Encyclopedia.

word for word​

adv.
In exactly the same words; verbatim.

---

word′-for-word′ adj.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

word′ for word′​

adv.
1. in exactly the same words; verbatim.

2. one word at a time, without regard for the sense of the whole.

Rob's interpretation of "word for word" verbatim quote.
The orange cat ate several birds from the yard. - Original
"The cat ate several birds" - Rob's verbatim quote.

You really want to die on this hill all over again?
Sure, let's do it.

1. Show ONE quote I have made ANYWHERE on this forum that altered the words or the order of words of the things I am quoting. Just ONE instance is all you need to prove your claim.

2. YOU decided to bring up the VERBATIM quote of your words that is in my sign line. Now, look at the quote, and look at the original post it came from. Show me ONE instance in my quote where I changed the words or the order of the words from your original post. Just ONE instance is all you need to prove your claim.

Here they are, to make it easy for you to see both at the same time:

Oh, and your bird example is a paraphrase. But it's improperly written. You shouldn't put quotation marks around a paraphrase.
English 101

 

[RobGMN Premium Member]

So the whole time you claim I think I know better than the people who write the dictionaries... you appear to be so ignorant that you are actually the one who thinks he knows better.

YOU are the one claiming you know better than FIVE different dictionary sources.
Same stupidity you pulled with claiming all of medical science doesn't know what "in" means when they describe nerves as being in bones.

"Trust me bro"

No need to trust me. You obviously have proof otherwise. Go ahead and share proof of all the illegal deportations under Obama.

lol

Yeah, just vanished huh?

Shit. Now I have to explain how money is lost when stocks get sold for less than was paid for them?
And you claim to be educated?

OK: If you sell something for LESS than you paid, then you have LOST money.
Finance 101.

You have no sense of the word.

Much like the stock market, just because YOU don't understand it, doesn't mean the rest of us don't understand it.
Take a class.

No need.

Nope, just speaking with a person so mentally warped with TDS that it makes me dizzy.

Trying to understand how the average family in the US can have 1.9 kids makes you dizzy.
Trying to understand how the gas prices in Kentucky, Ohio, and North Carolina follow the national trend confuses you.
Trying to understand how gasoline can be sold at a rest stop confuses you.
Trying to understand why mono means "one" confuses you.
And that's the tip of the iceberg.

Mhmm.

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

You really want to die on this hill all over again?
Sure, let's do it.

1. Show ONE quote I have made ANYWHERE on this forum that altered the words or the order of words of the things I am quoting. Just ONE instance is all you need to prove your claim.

2. YOU decided to bring up the VERBATIM quote of your words that is in my sign line. Now, look at the quote, and look at the original post it came from. Show me ONE instance in my quote where I changed the words or the order of the words from your original post. Just ONE instance is all you need to prove your claim.

Here they are, to make it easy for you to see both at the same time:
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Well it is safe to say I can make the factual statement that you are stupid.

Look at your quote. Where does the quote begin? At the word "average". That is not what I said. I said, "Your average is only useful for lazy people simplifying numbers or for nefarious means."

A verbatim quote is a word for word quote including ALL words as they were written. You have proved you can't comprehend something as simple as that. When you leave off the very first word you have altered the quote. I am done. You cannot be educated.

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

YOU are the one claiming you know better than FIVE different dictionary sources.
Same stupidity you pulled with claiming all of medical science doesn't know what "in" means when they describe nerves as being in bones.

Not all five gave the same incorrect definition. You are claiming you are correct by accepting the incorrect definition. Incorrect because of tinfoil being referred to as aluminum foil is a misnomer.

No need to trust me. You obviously have proof otherwise. Go ahead and share proof of all the illegal deportations under Obama.

Oh here we go!!!! You claim Trump is deporting illegally. Back that up then.

Shit. Now I have to explain how money is lost when stocks get sold for less than was paid for them?
And you claim to be educated?

If it is lost so easily it should come back just as easily when the market rebounds.

OK: If you sell something for LESS than you paid, then you have LOST money.
Finance 101.

People shouldn't freak out causing the market to drop. It wasn't Trump, it was TDS that caused it to drop.

Much like the stock market, just because YOU don't understand it, doesn't mean the rest of us don't understand it.
Take a class.

Eat some man junk.

Trying to understand how the average family in the US can have 1.9 kids makes you dizzy.
Trying to understand how the gas prices in Kentucky, Ohio, and North Carolina follow the national trend confuses you.
Trying to understand how gasoline can be sold at a rest stop confuses you.
Trying to understand why mono means "one" confuses you.
And that's the tip of the iceberg.

All claims YOU make.

 

[Jimi77 Premium Member]

"Twisting language", huh?

You mean like the right turning "woke" into a bad thing?
woke - actively aware of social injustice
Or calling insurrectionists "patriots"?
patriot - a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors

Or calling fetuses "babies"?
***** -an offspring of a human or other mammal in the stages of prenatal development that follow the embryo stage (in humans taken as beginning eight weeks after conception)

Or claiming they are "against socialism", while ******* the government teat more than the left.

Or screaming about how the kids are being "indoctrinated" in school, while also demanding religion be reintroduced to public schools.

Maybe saying that there is no birthright citizenship, even through the 14th Amendment literally says in the FIRST SENTECE: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

THAT kind of twisting of language?

Yeah, alot like that, although I'd say some of your examples are more like irony rather than "twisting" language. And the reason "woke" became a "bad word" isn't because woke people identified social injustices, but the insane solutions the woke crowd has hoisted upon us.

 

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Missouri firefighter paramedic fatally stabbed by patient inside ambulance

Graham Hoffman, 29, was taking a patient to the hospital following a routine medical call from police when he was stabbed in the chest, piercing his heart.

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[RobGMN Premium Member]

Well it is safe to say I can make the factual statement that you are stupid.

Sorry kid, but no matter what mommy and daddy told you, you simply stating something does not mean it is fact.

Look at your quote. Where does the quote begin? At the word "average". That is not what I said. I said, "Your average is only useful for lazy people simplifying numbers or for nefarious means."

It is a verbatim quote of the words you posted.
Until you can show I altered words, or their placement, you cannot deny it is a verbatim quote.

So, go ahead and show where I changed out words, or altered their positions relative to each other.
Second request.

A verbatim quote is a word for word quote including ALL words as they were written. You have proved you can't comprehend something as simple as that. When you leave off the very first word you have altered the quote. I am done. You cannot be educated.

No, it isn't. YOU posted the definition of the word yourself, and now you want to alter that definition to fit your needs.
Sorry, that's not how dictionaries work.

But, feel free to show us all a definition of "verbatim" that says a verbatim quote must include every single word that was spoken or written.
Then, explain how the Cambridge Dictionary creators would use this example "Orlov claimed that Khrushchev had lifted whole paragraphs verbatim from the Russian-language version of his book." when it very obviously indicates PARAGRAPHS were lifted VERBATIM.
If a verbatim quote from a book has to reproduce the entire book, how could a PARAGRAPH be lifted verbatim?

Or Merriam Webster using this example: "Some passages in the book are taken verbatim from the blog …—Publishers Weekly, 13 June 2005"
Hmmm HOW can they say PASSAGES are taken verbatim from the book? I thought a VERBATIM quote had to reproduce the ENTIRE book, each and EVERY word.

"Even though he was blind, he could clear all doubts of his disciples, quoting verbatim passages from scriptures."
PASSAGES? I thought you said verbatim meant he would recite the entire Bible from cover to cover?

Lemme guess: The editors were confused and YOU know better than they do.