▲ 1636 ▼ You okay babe? (thelemmy.club) submitted 4 months ago by GemAlarm@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 98 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 child) It's not my phrasing, take it up with the OP. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vincentmario@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) You're interpreting a child being the subject of the statement. For this to be true, the original text would need to say 'a child'. Only then would the sentence mean there's a child going about eating paedophiles permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (2 children) No I'm not, I'm interpreting it as the object of the preposition by. The lack of hyphenation means that child is either a noun which is eating pedophiles or an adjective describing pedophiles who are eating. Presumably neither is what the author intended. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Vincentmario@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago (2 children) It says “stolen by child eating pedophiles”. The preposition “by” takes a noun phrase as its object.That noun phrase is “child eating pedophiles”. The head noun is clearly pedophiles. “child eating” is a modifier (a compound/participle phrase) describing those pedophiles Hyphenation would make it clearer, but its absence doesn’t suddenly create a new valid reading where “child” becomes a separate noun or the main object Gamer and yeah permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SeptugenarianSenate@leminal.space 1 point 4 months ago having “a” before “child” is the only way I can interpret the sentence wrong in that way, even without the hyphen permalink fedilink source parent [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) "Child eating" is not a compound modifier, that's what the hyphen does. Without a hyphen, the modifiers "child" and "eating" both independently describe "pedophiles", the hyphen makes "child-eating" into the compound adjective the author was obviously intending to convey. Wikipedia uses the example "heavy-metal detector". Without the hyphen, you have a metal detector that's heavy. If you need a device to detect heavy-metals, your SOL. Absolutely no clue what "gamer and yeah" means 🤷♂️ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vincentmario@feddit.uk 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Hyphens clarify compounds, they don’t create them. Grammatically, ‘child eating’ modifies ‘pedophiles’, the head noun. Reading ‘child’ as its own noun would require ‘a child’ or a different construction, which isn’t what’s written. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* Hyphens clarify compounds Exactly, they clarify multi-word compound adjectives from multi-word non-compound adjectives. Only multi-word compound adjectives in everyday, common use can get away with forgoing the hyphen without creating the kind of confusion exemplified perfectly by the comments above. "Child-eating" is obviously not in everyday, common usage, and thus should be hyphenated. Reading ‘child’ as its own noun would require ‘a child’ or a different construction, which isn’t what’s written. I'm not reading it as its own noun, I'm reading it as a noun adjunct, describing pedophiles. If the pedophiles are children, they're child pedophiles. If those child pedophiles are eating.... Sure it should have a comma, but lord knows no one on the Internet knows how to use them properly. None of this really matters because it was all based on a shitreply to a doom post, who gives a shit? Still don't know what gamer and yeah has to do with anything, but you do you bud 😘 permalink fedilink source parent [–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Wow you put a lot of work into explaining that when you could just ride the grammatical lightning and have fun with it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Wdym, I was having a blast permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vincentmario@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) You're interpreting a child being the subject of the statement. For this to be true, the original text would need to say 'a child'. Only then would the sentence mean there's a child going about eating paedophiles permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (2 children) No I'm not, I'm interpreting it as the object of the preposition by. The lack of hyphenation means that child is either a noun which is eating pedophiles or an adjective describing pedophiles who are eating. Presumably neither is what the author intended. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Vincentmario@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago (2 children) It says “stolen by child eating pedophiles”. The preposition “by” takes a noun phrase as its object.That noun phrase is “child eating pedophiles”. The head noun is clearly pedophiles. “child eating” is a modifier (a compound/participle phrase) describing those pedophiles Hyphenation would make it clearer, but its absence doesn’t suddenly create a new valid reading where “child” becomes a separate noun or the main object Gamer and yeah permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SeptugenarianSenate@leminal.space 1 point 4 months ago having “a” before “child” is the only way I can interpret the sentence wrong in that way, even without the hyphen permalink fedilink source parent [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) "Child eating" is not a compound modifier, that's what the hyphen does. Without a hyphen, the modifiers "child" and "eating" both independently describe "pedophiles", the hyphen makes "child-eating" into the compound adjective the author was obviously intending to convey. Wikipedia uses the example "heavy-metal detector". Without the hyphen, you have a metal detector that's heavy. If you need a device to detect heavy-metals, your SOL. Absolutely no clue what "gamer and yeah" means 🤷♂️ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vincentmario@feddit.uk 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Hyphens clarify compounds, they don’t create them. Grammatically, ‘child eating’ modifies ‘pedophiles’, the head noun. Reading ‘child’ as its own noun would require ‘a child’ or a different construction, which isn’t what’s written. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* Hyphens clarify compounds Exactly, they clarify multi-word compound adjectives from multi-word non-compound adjectives. Only multi-word compound adjectives in everyday, common use can get away with forgoing the hyphen without creating the kind of confusion exemplified perfectly by the comments above. "Child-eating" is obviously not in everyday, common usage, and thus should be hyphenated. Reading ‘child’ as its own noun would require ‘a child’ or a different construction, which isn’t what’s written. I'm not reading it as its own noun, I'm reading it as a noun adjunct, describing pedophiles. If the pedophiles are children, they're child pedophiles. If those child pedophiles are eating.... Sure it should have a comma, but lord knows no one on the Internet knows how to use them properly. None of this really matters because it was all based on a shitreply to a doom post, who gives a shit? Still don't know what gamer and yeah has to do with anything, but you do you bud 😘 permalink fedilink source parent [–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Wow you put a lot of work into explaining that when you could just ride the grammatical lightning and have fun with it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Wdym, I was having a blast permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (2 children) No I'm not, I'm interpreting it as the object of the preposition by. The lack of hyphenation means that child is either a noun which is eating pedophiles or an adjective describing pedophiles who are eating. Presumably neither is what the author intended. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Vincentmario@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago (2 children) It says “stolen by child eating pedophiles”. The preposition “by” takes a noun phrase as its object.That noun phrase is “child eating pedophiles”. The head noun is clearly pedophiles. “child eating” is a modifier (a compound/participle phrase) describing those pedophiles Hyphenation would make it clearer, but its absence doesn’t suddenly create a new valid reading where “child” becomes a separate noun or the main object Gamer and yeah permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SeptugenarianSenate@leminal.space 1 point 4 months ago having “a” before “child” is the only way I can interpret the sentence wrong in that way, even without the hyphen permalink fedilink source parent [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) "Child eating" is not a compound modifier, that's what the hyphen does. Without a hyphen, the modifiers "child" and "eating" both independently describe "pedophiles", the hyphen makes "child-eating" into the compound adjective the author was obviously intending to convey. Wikipedia uses the example "heavy-metal detector". Without the hyphen, you have a metal detector that's heavy. If you need a device to detect heavy-metals, your SOL. Absolutely no clue what "gamer and yeah" means 🤷♂️ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vincentmario@feddit.uk 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Hyphens clarify compounds, they don’t create them. Grammatically, ‘child eating’ modifies ‘pedophiles’, the head noun. Reading ‘child’ as its own noun would require ‘a child’ or a different construction, which isn’t what’s written. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* Hyphens clarify compounds Exactly, they clarify multi-word compound adjectives from multi-word non-compound adjectives. Only multi-word compound adjectives in everyday, common use can get away with forgoing the hyphen without creating the kind of confusion exemplified perfectly by the comments above. "Child-eating" is obviously not in everyday, common usage, and thus should be hyphenated. Reading ‘child’ as its own noun would require ‘a child’ or a different construction, which isn’t what’s written. I'm not reading it as its own noun, I'm reading it as a noun adjunct, describing pedophiles. If the pedophiles are children, they're child pedophiles. If those child pedophiles are eating.... Sure it should have a comma, but lord knows no one on the Internet knows how to use them properly. None of this really matters because it was all based on a shitreply to a doom post, who gives a shit? Still don't know what gamer and yeah has to do with anything, but you do you bud 😘 permalink fedilink source parent [–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Wow you put a lot of work into explaining that when you could just ride the grammatical lightning and have fun with it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Wdym, I was having a blast permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vincentmario@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago (2 children) It says “stolen by child eating pedophiles”. The preposition “by” takes a noun phrase as its object.That noun phrase is “child eating pedophiles”. The head noun is clearly pedophiles. “child eating” is a modifier (a compound/participle phrase) describing those pedophiles Hyphenation would make it clearer, but its absence doesn’t suddenly create a new valid reading where “child” becomes a separate noun or the main object Gamer and yeah permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SeptugenarianSenate@leminal.space 1 point 4 months ago having “a” before “child” is the only way I can interpret the sentence wrong in that way, even without the hyphen permalink fedilink source parent [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) "Child eating" is not a compound modifier, that's what the hyphen does. Without a hyphen, the modifiers "child" and "eating" both independently describe "pedophiles", the hyphen makes "child-eating" into the compound adjective the author was obviously intending to convey. Wikipedia uses the example "heavy-metal detector". Without the hyphen, you have a metal detector that's heavy. If you need a device to detect heavy-metals, your SOL. Absolutely no clue what "gamer and yeah" means 🤷♂️ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vincentmario@feddit.uk 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Hyphens clarify compounds, they don’t create them. Grammatically, ‘child eating’ modifies ‘pedophiles’, the head noun. Reading ‘child’ as its own noun would require ‘a child’ or a different construction, which isn’t what’s written. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* Hyphens clarify compounds Exactly, they clarify multi-word compound adjectives from multi-word non-compound adjectives. Only multi-word compound adjectives in everyday, common use can get away with forgoing the hyphen without creating the kind of confusion exemplified perfectly by the comments above. "Child-eating" is obviously not in everyday, common usage, and thus should be hyphenated. Reading ‘child’ as its own noun would require ‘a child’ or a different construction, which isn’t what’s written. I'm not reading it as its own noun, I'm reading it as a noun adjunct, describing pedophiles. If the pedophiles are children, they're child pedophiles. If those child pedophiles are eating.... Sure it should have a comma, but lord knows no one on the Internet knows how to use them properly. None of this really matters because it was all based on a shitreply to a doom post, who gives a shit? Still don't know what gamer and yeah has to do with anything, but you do you bud 😘 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SeptugenarianSenate@leminal.space 1 point 4 months ago having “a” before “child” is the only way I can interpret the sentence wrong in that way, even without the hyphen permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) "Child eating" is not a compound modifier, that's what the hyphen does. Without a hyphen, the modifiers "child" and "eating" both independently describe "pedophiles", the hyphen makes "child-eating" into the compound adjective the author was obviously intending to convey. Wikipedia uses the example "heavy-metal detector". Without the hyphen, you have a metal detector that's heavy. If you need a device to detect heavy-metals, your SOL. Absolutely no clue what "gamer and yeah" means 🤷♂️ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Vincentmario@feddit.uk 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Hyphens clarify compounds, they don’t create them. Grammatically, ‘child eating’ modifies ‘pedophiles’, the head noun. Reading ‘child’ as its own noun would require ‘a child’ or a different construction, which isn’t what’s written. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* Hyphens clarify compounds Exactly, they clarify multi-word compound adjectives from multi-word non-compound adjectives. Only multi-word compound adjectives in everyday, common use can get away with forgoing the hyphen without creating the kind of confusion exemplified perfectly by the comments above. "Child-eating" is obviously not in everyday, common usage, and thus should be hyphenated. Reading ‘child’ as its own noun would require ‘a child’ or a different construction, which isn’t what’s written. I'm not reading it as its own noun, I'm reading it as a noun adjunct, describing pedophiles. If the pedophiles are children, they're child pedophiles. If those child pedophiles are eating.... Sure it should have a comma, but lord knows no one on the Internet knows how to use them properly. None of this really matters because it was all based on a shitreply to a doom post, who gives a shit? Still don't know what gamer and yeah has to do with anything, but you do you bud 😘 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vincentmario@feddit.uk 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) Hyphens clarify compounds, they don’t create them. Grammatically, ‘child eating’ modifies ‘pedophiles’, the head noun. Reading ‘child’ as its own noun would require ‘a child’ or a different construction, which isn’t what’s written. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* Hyphens clarify compounds Exactly, they clarify multi-word compound adjectives from multi-word non-compound adjectives. Only multi-word compound adjectives in everyday, common use can get away with forgoing the hyphen without creating the kind of confusion exemplified perfectly by the comments above. "Child-eating" is obviously not in everyday, common usage, and thus should be hyphenated. Reading ‘child’ as its own noun would require ‘a child’ or a different construction, which isn’t what’s written. I'm not reading it as its own noun, I'm reading it as a noun adjunct, describing pedophiles. If the pedophiles are children, they're child pedophiles. If those child pedophiles are eating.... Sure it should have a comma, but lord knows no one on the Internet knows how to use them properly. None of this really matters because it was all based on a shitreply to a doom post, who gives a shit? Still don't know what gamer and yeah has to do with anything, but you do you bud 😘 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago* Hyphens clarify compounds Exactly, they clarify multi-word compound adjectives from multi-word non-compound adjectives. Only multi-word compound adjectives in everyday, common use can get away with forgoing the hyphen without creating the kind of confusion exemplified perfectly by the comments above. "Child-eating" is obviously not in everyday, common usage, and thus should be hyphenated. Reading ‘child’ as its own noun would require ‘a child’ or a different construction, which isn’t what’s written. I'm not reading it as its own noun, I'm reading it as a noun adjunct, describing pedophiles. If the pedophiles are children, they're child pedophiles. If those child pedophiles are eating.... Sure it should have a comma, but lord knows no one on the Internet knows how to use them properly. None of this really matters because it was all based on a shitreply to a doom post, who gives a shit? Still don't know what gamer and yeah has to do with anything, but you do you bud 😘 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Wow you put a lot of work into explaining that when you could just ride the grammatical lightning and have fun with it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Wdym, I was having a blast permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Wdym, I was having a blast permalink fedilink source parent
