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Sentence continuation game

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 1:17 pm
by dontbelievethehype1970
Put the next word in the sentence.

sentence starts:

I

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:49 pm
by dontbelievethehype1970
was

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:41 pm
by dontbelievethehype1970
wondering

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:40 pm
by TonyGosling
how

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:48 pm
by Disco_Destroyer
many

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:49 pm
by paul wright
more

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:50 pm
by Emmanuel
intriguing

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:12 am
by dontbelievethehype1970
questions

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:13 am
by marky 54
we

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:25 am
by Emmanuel
could

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:29 am
by karlos
comfortably

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:06 am
by marky 54
ask

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:13 am
by Disco_Destroyer
the

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:36 pm
by Stefan
reason

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:02 pm
by dontbelievethehype1970
pertaining

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:15 am
by paul wright
to

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:38 pm
by Harassed
mass

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:18 pm
by Emmanuel
apathy

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:49 pm
by dontbelievethehype1970
, so

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:52 pm
by TonyGosling
set

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:57 pm
by Stefan
up

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:00 am
by paul wright
your (almost yours)

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:21 am
by Emmanuel
often

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:17 pm
by dontbelievethehype1970
harried

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:49 pm
by fish5133
but

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:19 am
by paul wright
positive

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:38 am
by Emmanuel
thankfully.

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:05 am
by dontbelievethehype1970
Emmanuel,

Your word has been referred to the adjudication panel. The panel has met and have adjudicated your word is not valid in the context of this sentence.
The panel found that, in the context of this sentence:
An adverb may not follow an adjective. The sentence should not end, as indicated by the full stop e.g. "thankfully."

Therefore, please consider and revise your posting.

The full text of the adjudication can be found:
http://www.adjudicationpanel.org?case=s ... ontin-game

See also:
http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/sentencetext.htm
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=thankfully
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=positive

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:01 am
by Emmanuel
Sorry guv.
I meant 'Positive' as a noun rather than an adjective.
I thought there were some unfitting words before that too, but hey. ignore that last one.

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:59 pm
by dontbelievethehype1970
oh ok, perhaps i was being over zealous, it was the full stop. that threw me.