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[midwestyankee]

Nah, it's in again.

We're on repeat, everyone.

Are you sure? I specifically remember a rather American style of discourse and a very American range of vocabulary. "Bugger off" strikes me as being more of Liverpool than Milwaukee.

 

[Kajira Callista]

Are you sure? I specifically remember a rather American style of discourse and a very American range of vocabulary. "Bugger off" strikes me as being more of Liverpool than Milwaukee.

*typical* Liverpool


*sits quietly in the corner*

 

[JMohegan]

Wait, isn't it a noun and a verb?

I can never remember what it's called when you use an adjective for a noun. I was playing dungeons and dragons during the parts of speech unit in 8grade.

I was probably trying to pay attention, in an effort to cover my deficit in the poetry part of the class. It wasn't exactly yesterday, though.

Where's an English major when we need one?

 

[BiBunny]

I was probably trying to pay attention, in an effort to cover my deficit in the poetry part of the class. It wasn't exactly yesterday, though.

Where's an English major when we need one?

*Raises hand*

I'm honestly not sure what y'all are talking about, though.

 

[midwestyankee]

I was probably trying to pay attention, in an effort to cover my deficit in the poetry part of the class. It wasn't exactly yesterday, though.

Where's an English major when we need one?

The technical term for using an adjective as a noun is fuckup.

Actually, I'm not sure that I've ever seen a grammatical term for an adjective used as a noun, though it's not uncommon. Example: "The meek shall inherit the earth." In this case, "meek" stands in for "meek persons" and so the adjective functions as the entire noun phrase complete with the modifying adjective.

 

[BiBunny]

The technical term for using an adjective as a noun is fuckup.

Actually, I'm not sure that I've ever seen a grammatical term for an adjective used as a noun, though it's not uncommon. Example: "The meek shall inherit the earth." In this case, "meek" stands in for "meek persons" and so the adjective functions as the entire noun phrase complete with the modifying adjective.

I this explanation.

 

[midwestyankee]

I this explanation.

Thanks. When you're done polishing that apple, I can think of something else that might stand for some polishing.

 

[JMohegan]

*Raises hand*

I'm honestly not sure what y'all are talking about, though.

The OP wrote: "My advice is for those of the dominate persuasion only!"

The verb "dominate" is clearly incorrect here, right?

The question is, should "dominate" be replaced by "dominant" the adjective or "dominant" the noun?

 

[clock1]

Alright, I see I left myself open to the hijacking so I might as well be a sport about it and answer the questions in order:

#1 I am a lifestyle dom from southern London

#2 No

#3 No

#4 An adjective modifies a noun or pronoun and a verb signifies action

#5 A subordinate clause is essentially an incomplete thought, much like the one that possessed me to create this thread

#6 African or European?

#7 Of course, but then I don't often listen

#8,9 Just unplug your computer.

1) I was in southern London once.
2) Can you change your mind?
3) What were questions 2 and 3?
4) or another adjective
5) I thought you were not addressing subs clausal or otherwise
6) Is Asian in the mix?
7) I have no sound so I read the screen
8-9) the computer crashes often enough that unplugging would be cruel and unusual punishment which brings us back to the lifestlye Domme who has no alms for for subs (greedy or otherwise)

 

[midwestyankee]

The OP wrote: "My advice is for those of the dominate persuasion only!"

The verb "dominate" is clearly incorrect here, right?

The question is, should "dominate" be replaced by "dominant" the adjective or "dominant" the noun?

As the word "persuasion" in this case is a predicate nominative, the use of "dominant" to modify it (i.e. to clarify what sort of persuasion is under discussion) means that it's the adjectival form of "dominant" that is required.

 

[Netzach]

Thanks. When you're done polishing that apple, I can think of something else that might stand for some polishing.

hey, isn't it a gerund or is that something else I was tortured with?

 

[BiBunny]

Thanks. When you're done polishing that apple, I can think of something else that might stand for some polishing.

Oh, one can dream....

The OP wrote: "My advice is for those of the dominate persuasion only!"

The verb "dominate" is clearly incorrect here, right?

The question is, should "dominate" be replaced by "dominant" the adjective or "dominant" the noun?

Ok, gotcha.

"Dominant" the noun is actually just a misuse of the adjective, like MWY said. If we were being *truly* grammatically sound here, we'd say, "My advice is for those of the dominant persuasion only" or "My advice is only for dominant people."

"Dominant" is an adjective, and "persuasion" is a noun in the first sentence. "Dominant" is still an adjective in the second, while "people" is a noun.

That was a really long way of saying that we essentially misuse words like "dominant" and "submissive" here when we turn them into adjectives. I'm not anal enough about that to care much, though, since we all know what we mean, and the primary goal of grammar--believe it or not--is clarity.

Now I feel like a HUGE dork.

ETA: MWY did a better job of explaining than I did.

 

[midwestyankee]

Oh, one can dream....



Ok, gotcha.

"Dominant" the noun is actually just a misuse of the adjective, like MWY said. If we were being *truly* grammatically sound here, we'd say, "My advice is for those of the dominant persuasion only" or "My advice is only for dominant people."

"Dominant" is an adjective, and "persuasion" is a noun in the first sentence. "Dominant" is still an adjective in the second, while "people" is a noun.

That was a really long way of saying that we essentially misuse words like "dominant" and "submissive" here when we turn them into adjectives. I'm not anal enough about that to care much, though, since we all know what we mean, and the primary goal of grammar--believe it or not--is clarity.

Now I feel like a HUGE dork.

ETA: MWY did a better job of explaining than I did.

In truth, I should have seen this usage for my earlier post. As we tend to use them, the words "dominant" and "submissive" are, indeed, adjectives being used as nouns.

 

[midwestyankee]

hey, isn't it a gerund or is that something else I was tortured with?

A gerund is the present participle of a verb (i.e., running, dancing, fucking) being used as a noun.

Example: Running is one of my favorite forms of exercise. Fucking is my most favorite.

 

[JMohegan]

As we tend to use them, the words "dominant" and "submissive" are, indeed, adjectives being used as nouns.

Wait, what about 2c at this link?

dominant, n., = "a dominant individual in a social hierarchy"

 

[JMohegan]

As the word "persuasion" in this case is a predicate nominative, the use of "dominant" to modify it (i.e. to clarify what sort of persuasion is under discussion) means that it's the adjectival form of "dominant" that is required.

A gerund is the present participle of a verb (i.e., running, dancing, fucking) being used as a noun.

Example: Running is one of my favorite forms of exercise. Fucking is my most favorite.

Oh my god, you're an English professor.

*makes cross with fingers*

Am I right?

 

[JMohegan]

As the word "persuasion" in this case is a predicate nominative, the use of "dominant" to modify it (i.e. to clarify what sort of persuasion is under discussion) means that it's the adjectival form of "dominant" that is required.

Ok, gotcha.

"Dominant" the noun is actually just a misuse of the adjective, like MWY said. If we were being *truly* grammatically sound here, we'd say, "My advice is for those of the dominant persuasion only" or "My advice is only for dominant people."

"Dominant" is an adjective, and "persuasion" is a noun in the first sentence. "Dominant" is still an adjective in the second, while "people" is a noun.

That was a really long way of saying that we essentially misuse words like "dominant" and "submissive" here when we turn them into adjectives. I'm not anal enough about that to care much, though, since we all know what we mean, and the primary goal of grammar--believe it or not--is clarity.

Now I feel like a HUGE dork.

Thank you both for the responses.

Bunny - don't criticize yourself for knowing this stuff.

Goodnight all.

 

[Netzach]

A gerund is the present participle of a verb (i.e., running, dancing, fucking) being used as a noun.

Example: Running is one of my favorite forms of exercise. Fucking is my most favorite.

Oh yeah, that's right.

 

[Daddyslilpet]

I honestly don't care, Daddyslilpet. I have my beliefs and you have yours. My view of subs are that of a slave; they exist for my pleasure and little else. Many would not agree with my methods, but then, I don't have to deal with them If I so choose.

I mean no disrespect, but I offer my services to those that will receive it, bugger off!

Better trolls than you have tried to run me off this site asshole. Won't be happening. You "bugger off"!

 

[midwestyankee]

Oh my god, you're an English professor.

*makes cross with fingers*

Am I right?

No, I just play one on the Internet to lure pretty young things into my office after hours.

I did, however, spend an inordinately long time in school studying the workings of language. And I cheerfully admit that I was the only member of my junior high class who enjoyed learning the Reed-Kellogg system of diagramming sentences.

 

[midwestyankee]

Wait, what about 2c at this link?

dominant, n., = "a dominant individual in a social hierarchy"

The Oxford English Dictionary (Compact Edition) that I use does not list "dominant" as a noun, nor does the online version of the same. It's easy to surmise that the noun form derived from the adjective, which first appeared in English in 1532, primarily in common speech and has entered the lexicon in recent years.

It would not surprise me if publications from the bdsm community have had an influence, though not an exclusive one, in moving "dominant" into the language as a noun. Americans in particular have been on a grammatical bender for a couple of decades now, turning words from one part of speech into another almost as often as we elect a new sexiest man alive. Think impact, which was always a noun until some lazy middle manager tossed it into a memo as a verb. Think conference, which suffered a similar fate, though I'm inclined to blame advertising and marketing folk for this minor sin.

And just to underscore a point well made many times before, no dictionary in existence lists "dominate" as an adjective.

 

[Noor]

I am probably just too sleepy, hmm Wiki... says Dominatrix. It is culturally specific?

 

[00Syd]

Only this usual gang of idiots (Don't get insulted, its a MAD Mag refrence) could turn a thread about domination into a thread about proper grammer and sentence structure.

Love it.

 

[Etoile]

I have a question.

How long will it take my hypothetical little brother to die if I were to hypothetically sit on his face with my butt?

 

[Daddyslilpet]

I have a question.

How long will it take my hypothetical little brother to die if I were to hypothetically sit on his face with my butt?

LMAO... You ROCK!!!!