I don't mean to kick people when they"re down, but..
Today's Space X rocket apparently exploded. The commentator described it as a "rapid unexpected disassembly..." Comparable in my opinion, with Ukraine describing the sinking of the Moskva, as the vessel "joining Russia's underwater fleet."
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I wish I was better with words
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Re: I wish I was better with words
mc2fool wrote:I wish you were better at using the subjunctive.
Is that some sort of eye infection?
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Re: I wish I was better with words
Mike4 wrote:mc2fool wrote:I wish you were better at using the subjunctive.
Is that some sort of eye infection?
Only in Italian.

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Re: I wish I was better with words
NomoneyNohoney wrote:I don't mean to kick people when they"re down, but..
Today's Space X rocket apparently exploded. The commentator described it as a "rapid unexpected disassembly..." Comparable in my opinion, with Ukraine describing the sinking of the Moskva, as the vessel "joining Russia's underwater fleet."
It appears that the term RUD has been in use for quite a while:
https://space.stackexchange.com/questio ... isassembly
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Re: I wish I was better with words
Great link, I had no idea the RUD had a history.
In the explanation, I quite liked, "It seems to have exploded in popularity around 2011"
In the explanation, I quite liked, "It seems to have exploded in popularity around 2011"
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Re: I wish I was better with words
in the wonderful world of business tenancy caselaw, an interpretation question is whether "and' is conjunctive or disjunctive.
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