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Postby Ginny Malfoy » Tuesday 27 January 2004 2:24:15am

violet high wrote:We've hardly had any new members joining slytherin recently either. all the houses seem to have a dry spell every now and then, i'm sure that hufflepuff will get some new members soon :D


We may be small in number, but we have some fun and funny individuals in there :razz: ...Mint and Devinci to name two! :lol:
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Postby Paul » Tuesday 27 January 2004 2:33:40am

Yes, the really good thing is that there are some really spectacular members in each of the 4 Houses. And even members who don't post much still make a big difference and a positive impact in their House.

Hee hee - good luck with the newbie bait, Sonkem. :)
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Postby hagrid_fang » Tuesday 3 February 2004 12:36:18am

Hi Paul, can i please be in gryffindor! many thanks!!
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Postby Paul » Tuesday 3 February 2004 1:39:29am

For sure hagrid_fang. Happy to say the Fat lady will now let you pass. :) Have a great time in Gryffindor!
:double jump: :drums: :double jump:
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Postby Sacred Guardian » Tuesday 3 February 2004 3:41:50am

goes to help sonkem with bait
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Postby choki » Tuesday 3 February 2004 10:18:28am

Ah hagrid_fang has finally been sorted to Gryffindor!
Welcome :grin:

*goes off to the stairs leading to the Great Hall and place Hufflepuff flags and banners*

If you think that's all...you haven't heard enough of me!

*enchants the three-eyed sphinx statue so that it yells Hufflepuff everytime a student walks past*
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Postby Seraphine » Tuesday 3 February 2004 6:20:02pm

You know, I thought about it and I concluded that I wanna be in.......GRYFFINDOR!!!
No one wants to be baddie, huh?
I won't be a stranger!

PS.The query for English-speakers:how's the question tag for my question(No one wants to be baddie...)
Please, answer, 'cause I'm having linguistic tortures here!
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Postby Gwared » Tuesday 3 February 2004 8:19:01pm

Seraphine wrote:You know, I thought about it and I concluded that I wanna be in.......GRYFFINDOR!!!
No one wants to be baddie, huh?
I won't be a stranger!

PS.The query for English-speakers:how's the question tag for my question(No one wants to be baddie...)
Please, answer, 'cause I'm having linguistic tortures here!


If you're asking whether the question mark (?) is correctly placed in the sentence then yes...it's perfect! :D

Technically, however you cannot be sorted until you have posted one more time! :-? So when you do PM me, choki, HW or Gower (the Gryffindor prefects), or Paul, and we can sort you out with the password for the Fat Lady!! :grin:

~ Gwared :o
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Postby Seraphine » Tuesday 3 February 2004 8:48:38pm

No, not mark but tag. It's like "he likes her, doesn't he?
And than "no one wants to be baddie, does he(she)?
I think that's incorrect and don't know how it should be...
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Postby Scellanis » Tuesday 3 February 2004 8:59:05pm

I think it looks right, but don't listen to me, I'm rubbish at english...lol as you can see from my post I imagine...
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Postby Paul » Tuesday 3 February 2004 9:44:59pm

Yikes, Seraphine, you've just mentioned something that may well be way more complicated than I had ever thought. :)

"he likes her, doesn't he?" is definitely right.

I originally thought "no one wants to be baddie, does he(she)?" should definitely be "no one wants to be baddie, do they?" but then I thought it may depend on whether "no-one" would be plural or singular - according to dictionary.com "no-one" is a pronoun so I'm at a loss about if it's singular or plural. In addition there are usage notes on "they" and "he" which indicate there are grammatical problems in deciding what to use. In general, I think "do they" would be the best choice (see "2. usage problem") at http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=they but whether it's absolutely grammatically correct could be doubtful.

Is anyone an English teacher here - my brain hurts. :-)

Before I collapse in confusion...congratulations, Seraphine, you're now a brave Gryffindor! The Fat Lady will now let you pass. :)

[Edited to add: Apparently "no one" is an indefinite pronoun and is singular. There is some good information on this at http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/pronouns.htm which also mentions the grammatical problem]
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Postby Seraphine » Tuesday 3 February 2004 9:54:35pm

Thank you a lot! *kiss*

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Postby Gwared » Tuesday 3 February 2004 11:24:17pm

Sonkem wrote:I think it looks right, but don't listen to me, I'm rubbish at english...lol as you can see from my post I imagine...


That's because you're Scottish :P

Never knew it could be so hard!!! :???:
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Postby Scellanis » Tuesday 3 February 2004 11:50:31pm

lol, don't speak scottish though, I speak and was taught english...just hopeless at it
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Postby Hermione Weasley » Wednesday 4 February 2004 3:52:57am

yea i am horrible at english but its wierd bc its my native language i even have to go to tutoring for grammar and anyway i think its stupid to have grammar at the 11th grade bc i graduate next year!!!sorry i get overly excited about that any way welcome to hagrid _fang and seraphine can't wait to see y'all in the the common room!
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