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Reply 5980

The West Wing

18

I HATE Part I PPSIS so much :frown:

Reply 5981

minimo

15

Thanks everyone. :smile:

Reply 5982

ukebert

13

FadedJade

What comes after the end?

Depends what you believe will happen.

/pratchett

Craghyrax

I'm trying to work out whether prodding him again would be a bad idea :s-smilie:

I spent my entire work placement emailing people and then asking myself that very question :p:

Wow, 4 electronics questions in 90 minutes, that has to be a record. I understood 50% of what I was doing as well :biggrin:

Supervision in an hour and I am actually more or less prepared. Plus my work is more or less up to date for the next week, assuming that I do a bit of fluids and computing tomorrow and the day after. I am feeling optimisitic :smile:

Reply 5983

minimo

15

I need to buy a postcard to send with my ox application (which they'll return as a confirmation of application receipt). I plan on buying a funny one and giving the admissions secretary some lolz :p:

/lame

Reply 5984

Apagg

13

Woops, we're supposed to do that?

Reply 5985

FadedJade

15

Sounds good min, I bet they get loads of really boring ones.

:love:

to craggy for going to sainsburys and getting me stuff :love:

Reply 5986

minimo

15

Apagg

Woops, we're supposed to do that?

paper application to oxford if you want a confirmation of receipt.

Ah. Oh well

Why is this annoying idiot back again?

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=16675650&postcount=34

I thought he was permanently banned before :confused:

?

Reply 5989

Zhen Lin

12

The thread has been removed now... which was it?

Reply 5990

Y__

13

The post was "I am an Alpha male" by Seven-Three.

Reply 5991

Tom

15

Re: tempered

Depends on what you're trying to say, no?

E.g. "he tempered his writing with a sprinkling of wit" - he's the one actively doing the tempering
or "his writing is tempered by a sprinkling of wit" - the wit is the thing doing the tempering

That's what makes sense to me, anyways :p:

Reply 5992

brimstone

7

Craghyrax

Thanks

I just found your birthday card on my desk :eek:

I can't believe I forgot to drop it off! :sad:

I will do so tomorrow after lectures :biggrin:

Reply 5993

Craghyrax

OP

17

brimstone

I just found your birthday card on my desk :eek:

I can't believe I forgot to drop it off! :sad:

I will do so tomorrow after lectures :biggrin:

Thanks!

Reply 5994

The West Wing

18

Craghyrax

Thanks!

I'm coming to drop off some chocolates after lectures tomorrow too :smile:

Reply 5995

Supergrunch

10

Tom

Re: tempered

Depends on what you're trying to say, no?

E.g. "he tempered his writing with a sprinkling of wit" - he's the one actively doing the tempering
or "his writing is tempered by a sprinkling of wit" - the wit is the thing doing the tempering

That's what makes sense to me, anyways :p:

But you've passivized the second one of those, so that's not a fair comparison - his is in the accusative, so you can tell loads of stuff has changed round. How about:

He tempered his writing with a sprinkling of wit.
He tempered his writing by a sprinkling of wit. (this one is ungrammatical for me, or at least strained)

His writing is/was tempered with a sprinkling of wit.
His writing is/was tempered by a sprinkling of wit.

The "sprinkling of wit" is the is the indirect object in the first two, and the effective subject in the second two. So it's not the "by" per se that makes wit the agent, it's just the fact you passivized it.

Reply 5996

Craghyrax

OP

17

The West Wing

I'm coming to drop off some chocolates after lectures tomorrow too :smile:

Wow

I'm feeling slightly more cheerful now.

Today's been horrible and stressful for a number of reasons, but sleep deprivation being the main thing that's interfered with everything else :hmpf:

And I might have an all nighter waiting.
:frown:

Do you have any Friday lectures btw? I'm very irritated with the Shadowing Scheme because the main focus of the scheme is on the Friday which is supposedly a typical day for the student being shadowed. Hahaha. As if. I don't know if I'll be able to organise a supervision for that day, and I have no lectures. So yeh. Might need to steal one from Part I

Reply 5997

The West Wing

18

Craghyrax

Wow

I'm feeling slightly more cheerful now.

Today's been horrible and stressful for a number of reasons, but sleep deprivation being the main thing that's interfered with everything else :hmpf:

And I might have an all nighter waiting.
:frown:

Do you have any Friday lectures btw? I'm very irritated with the Shadowing Scheme because the main focus of the scheme is on the Friday which is supposedly a typical day for the student being shadowed. Hahaha. As if. I don't know if I'll be able to organise a supervision for that day, and I have no lectures. So yeh. Might need to steal one from Part I