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Best WGT Player of all Time!

• Robert1893 7,722 Posts

  Tue, Jan 5 2021 3:25 PM

  callaghan159:

  Congrats on being the newest  "Best Player of all time". That makes Henry the 1st place loser.

  😎

• alosso 21,072 Posts

  Tue, Jan 5 2021 9:48 PM

  Robert1893:

  I've never lost a match play round (to any tier) in my life!

  Bravo!

  You certainly own the bragging rights!!

• DodgyPutter 4,690 Posts

  Wed, Jan 6 2021 1:02 AM

  Hmmm, "I've never lost a match play round" isn't all encompassing? 

  I thought you'd go for it giving added emphasis.  Jeez, I really am bored may have to try playing soon. 

• craigswan 31,832 Posts

  Wed, Jan 6 2021 2:35 AM

  

• Robert1893 7,722 Posts

  Wed, Jan 6 2021 6:24 AM

  DodgyPutter:

  Hmmm, "I've never lost a match play round" isn't all encompassing? 

  I thought you'd go for it giving added emphasis.  Jeez, I really am bored may have to try playing soon. 

  Hey, I'm always up for a good, pedantic discussion (as opposed to a bad, pedantic discussion). 😉

  Besides, this helps me get prepared for the semester starting next week and conversations with colleagues. In one meeting a few years ago, we had a 20-minute discussion about the use of a semicolon. Thankfully, someone finally suggested inserting a parenthetical and resolved the dispute.

  During the discussion, the faculty member sitting next to me leaned over and whispered, "This is why I became a mathematician."

  Academia (and WGT): The fights are so fierce because the stakes are so small. 😀

• craigswan 31,832 Posts

  Wed, Jan 6 2021 7:51 AM

  TOP GRAMMAR TIP: As these are two separate sentences, they need a semicolon to separate them as a comma would not be sufficient. Using a comma in place of a semicolon is one of the most common mistakes in English grammar, as this unfortunate democrat billboard illustrates! Unlike a colon, a semicolon may also be used to join two separate sentences if an introductory word like however, therefore or for example is used. These words are sometimes called connectives. TOP GRAMMAR TIP:In these cases, the semicolon directly precedes the introductory word, which must then be followed by a comma. For example: I hate sweet things; however, I do enjoy the occasional ice cream.

• Robert1893 7,722 Posts

  Wed, Jan 6 2021 8:01 AM

  Fun fact: International Caps Lock Day is observed semiannually (June 28 and October 22). 

• HenryKawa 1,725 Posts

  Wed, Jan 6 2021 11:53 AM

  alosso:

  Robert1893:

  I've never lost a match play round (to any tier) in my life!

  Bravo!

  You certainly own the bragging rights!!

  LOL.  Robert, that is an impressive record.   You also have never won a match play round in your life.   You are funny.  That's why I like you.  This WGT is supposed to be a fun and entertaining place to come to and sir you have embraced that.  Congratulations Robert.  I would like to challenge you to a match play round.  You are a very good player and will beat me, I am sure.  But I'm willing to spoil my record to play you.   As you know, until the new version I had a 94% win record in Match Play, but with the new version, I have not been doing as well.  My putting - bites!  Let me know if you would like to play.   

• DodgyPutter 4,690 Posts

  Wed, Jan 6 2021 12:36 PM

  The thing I have with grammer is there are rules and if they're followed what's written is, I suppose, grammatically correct.  Sometimes though the grammer makes something an awful read.  Take the site Craig quotes, in the opening paragraph there are three unneeded exclamation marks, too many comma's in the central part and I generally found it a stilted read.

  The reason I went looking was I wanted to see the billboard "Using a comma in place of a semicolon is one of the most common mistakes in English grammar, as this unfortunate democrat billboard illustrates!" but it isn't there.  So I'm left wondering.......does the lower case d mean someone that is democatic rather than a party member or supporter (perhaps rushing towards a polling station that has a closed sign and a clock showing a minute past, suggesting people make sure to vote in time). Perhaps it is a party member/supporter, dressed in democratic party gear and getting off a bus somewhere in Wyoming or something like that.  Or maybe it's just a democratic party billboard with a spelling mistake. 

• Robert1893 7,722 Posts

  Wed, Jan 6 2021 12:57 PM

  DodgyPutter:

  does the lower case d mean someone that is democatic rather than a party member or supporter

  Yes.

  democrat = someone who embraces democratic theory 

  Democrat = someone who is a member of or identifies with the political party

  By the way, the same is true for the word "republican."