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Syt

#765
June 28, 2020, 02:38:36 AM Last Edit: June 28, 2020, 02:42:09 AM by Syt
He looks like the older brother of Alan Moore. :D

Meanwhile: children's choir singing Iron Maiden's Wasted Years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC8t9DSlrgk :wub:

Also, this kid sings Number of the Beast better than probably any of us. :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP0JFPZT0x4
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Berkut

#766
June 28, 2020, 08:43:35 AM
Quote from: Syt on June 28, 2020, 02:38:36 AM
He looks like the older brother of Alan Moore. :D

Meanwhile: children's choir singing Iron Maiden's Wasted Years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC8t9DSlrgk :wub:

Also, this kid sings Number of the Beast better than probably any of us. :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP0JFPZT0x4

That last one was incredible. Although you set them a very low bar.
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Syt

#767
June 28, 2020, 09:02:40 AM
Quote from: Berkut on June 28, 2020, 08:43:35 AM
Quote from: Syt on June 28, 2020, 02:38:36 AM
He looks like the older brother of Alan Moore. :D

Meanwhile: children's choir singing Iron Maiden's Wasted Years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC8t9DSlrgk :wub:

Also, this kid sings Number of the Beast better than probably any of us. :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP0JFPZT0x4

That last one was incredible. Although you set them a very low bar.

:lol:

I think the best cover on their channel is Dream Theater's Pull Me Under, as sung by an 11 year old girl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqiotc_fKQ4

I think she went on to sing in a small indie band.
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PDH

#768
June 28, 2020, 11:07:29 AM
The group that covered 46 and 2 was also quite good.
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Admiral Yi

#769
June 28, 2020, 03:54:25 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXFhTXSLjco

Brothers prank sister zonked on anesthetics with zombie apocalypse.  Which pet to take is best part. :lol:

Berkut

#770
June 28, 2020, 08:55:29 PM
Quote from: PDH on June 28, 2020, 11:07:29 AM
The group that covered 46 and 2 was also quite good.

The vocals on this one are astounding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf8XEtR5524&list=RDPKIJpFxlHck&index=6
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Tonitrus

#772
June 29, 2020, 07:21:12 PM
I've never understood the hate against passive voice.  All the arguments against it always seemed no more logical than "well...because!"

Admiral Yi

#773
June 29, 2020, 07:45:15 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 29, 2020, 07:21:12 PM
I've never understood the hate against passive voice.  All the arguments against it always seemed no more logical than "well...because!"

Politically it's used to duck blame.  "Mistakes were made."

crazy canuck

#774
June 29, 2020, 07:50:51 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 29, 2020, 07:21:12 PM
I've never understood the hate against passive voice.  All the arguments against it always seemed no more logical than "well...because!"

Passive sentences can be terribly confusing when you are waiting to find out what or who the actor in the sentence is.   His examples, are a good reminder that active voice can also be confusing when trying to communicate a narrative.

Eddie Teach

#775
June 29, 2020, 08:05:45 PM
That dude looks like he's wearing a powdered wig.
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grumbler

#776
June 29, 2020, 09:08:23 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on June 29, 2020, 07:21:12 PM
I've never understood the hate against passive voice.  All the arguments against it always seemed no more logical than "well...because!"

Passive voices isn't hated, it is simply warned against.  Passive voice places the emphasis on the actor, not the action or object.  That's okay when the author wants to convey that: "the murderer was Nero" places the emphasis on Nero, not murderer.  We already knew that there was a murder, we just didn't know who it was.  Passive voice is inappropriate when the emphasis isn't on the actor, and can allow the actor to be skipped entirely.  "Nero fled and was immediately pursued" doesn't say anything about the pursuit, which is what the reader would want to know about; the reader already knows that Nero is a murderer and so presumably would be pursued.
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Syt

#777
June 30, 2020, 12:45:38 AM
My grammar lessons are a bit rusty, but I think "a murderer was Nero" is not passive voice, but just reversing the order of subject and object without changing their grammatical role? And passive voice would be "Nero was murdered"? :unsure:
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Valmy

#778
July 02, 2020, 01:22:57 PM
Atun-Shei talks about the Film Gettysburg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAL9J4VCt84

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJtMa73kiyg

Third day coming soon.

The last few minutes of the second video are hilarious to anybody who is familiar with this film and Gods and Generals.
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grumbler

#779
July 03, 2020, 10:06:29 AM
Quote from: Syt on June 30, 2020, 12:45:38 AM
My grammar lessons are a bit rusty, but I think "a murderer was Nero" is not passive voice, but just reversing the order of subject and object without changing their grammatical role? And passive voice would be "Nero was murdered"? :unsure:

You are correct.  I originally had someone getting killed by Nero, but the changed it to murdered and botched the whole thing in the process.  "Don't talk grammar when tired" was the takeaway for me.
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