In English Class, we are not supposed to use "You" in essays, so we are having a funeral. We are going to say that you got "word flu" (bird flu) but what else can we do??
2006-11-07 14:06:58 · 10 answers · asked by xsnicklexfritzx 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
You passed away? omg, the person asking this question of me has ruined my day. R.I.P You
2006-11-07 14:10:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, this is very important, because we sometimes use "you" in a general sense: "if you spend too much money, you will go bankrupt" -- meaning anyone who spends too much money will go bankrupt. But I've noticed a lot of internet fights starts when someone takes the general "you" personally. So, it's better to nix the you.
An old-fashioned replacement for "you" is "one." "If one spends too much money, one will go bankrupt."
A more modern (but kind of awkward) replacement is third-person singular or plural. "If a person spends too much money, s/he will go bankrupt." "If people spend too much money, they go bankrupt."
And even more modern, but slightly controversial, is something like this: "If anyone spends too much money, they will go broke." Oh, the grammar teachers are rolling in their graves! But it is supported by diverse experts such as Bill Walsh and Steven Pinker. (Bill Walsh is a copyeditor with a website called The Slot, and Steven Pinker is a brain scientist who studies how we process words.)
Hope that helps. The "we" thing you are doing works fine, too.
2006-11-07 14:22:23 · answer #2 · answered by Madame M 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
say that it could have survived the word flu if we hadn't put it into our essays so much. then fake some tears.
2006-11-07 14:09:31 · answer #3 · answered by Kashmir 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No Madame M! You are going to turn her to the dark side!
Grammar teachers are rolling in their graves because that is bad grammar!
2006-11-07 14:52:25 · answer #4 · answered by Mariposa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like junglekit's idea; but in the meanwhile thee must adopt the first person outlook in all thee write.
2006-11-07 14:21:30 · answer #5 · answered by fata minerva 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
write a dr sueuss inspired "you"logy rhyming "you" with as many words as possible
2006-11-07 14:14:34 · answer #6 · answered by junglekitty187 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
aww poor old (you)
So now it got the flu...
Boo Hoo!
2006-11-07 14:10:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can.. er I mean it's completely possible to have a wake for "You", where you.. er I mean someone can read an eulogy. The eulogy can't have "you" in it, because it's already dead. :)
2006-11-07 15:47:41 · answer #8 · answered by One 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Say good-bye to the you that used to be.
2006-11-07 15:00:33 · answer #9 · answered by joeandhowie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You died from a spell of the ague
2006-11-07 14:12:41 · answer #10 · answered by Agnon L 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋