How many edits does it take to get to the tootsie roll center..

[9th]

Lets find out...

[Starjumper]

For me, sometimes one, sometimes ten, often more than once; because I don't use the preview button. But I'm not editing this one, I hope.

[NeiChuan]

But I'm not editing this one, I hope.

 

It's frowned upon to start a sentence with "but", better fix that.

[Mal]

It's frowned upon to start a sentence with "but", better fix that.

 

And I was taught the same thing

[Starjumper]

And I was taught the same thing

 

Me too, but now there's a new grammar rule in Englitch.

[Marblehead]

Me too, but now there's a new grammar rule in Englitch.

 

I fixed that problem by using 'however'.

[King Kabalabhati]

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Edited January 16, 2011 by King Kabalabhati

[NeiChuan]

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I lol'd

[TaoBee]

I lol'd

 

 

Me too!!

[de_paradise]

It's frowned upon to start a sentence with "but", better fix that.

 

Grade school grammar rules went out in the 1960's you know. And if you read Hemmingway, you'll see he often started sentences with conjuctions. To keep a kind of natural and easy conversational flow of reading. But as with anything, you have to have already mastered the rules to know how to bend them.

[devoid]

...uhm, Tootsie Roll...

[strawdog65]

so true...

[Taomeow]

as with anything, you have to have already mastered the rules to know how to bend them.

 

Therefore the sage

learns to swim before she surfs,

learns to ride a bike before she heads for the highway,

learns to talk with her neighbors before addressing the gods,

learns to use grammar before style, style before freedom, freedom before power.

Therefore ten thousand hollows sing her words,

ten thousand peaks shake off their caps of snow to bow to her,

ten thousand stars celebrate her speech with eternal fireworks in the sky.

[phore]

Therefore the sage

learns to swim before she surfs,

learns to ride a bike before she heads for the highway,

learns to talk with her neighbors before addressing the gods,

learns to use grammar before style, style before freedom, freedom before power.

Therefore ten thousand hollows sing her words,

ten thousand peaks shake off their caps of snow to bow to her,

ten thousand stars celebrate her speech with eternal fireworks in the sky.

Chapter 82 of the tao te ching

[Dainin]

42!

[9th]

[Everything]

Hahaha!

That one deserves an entire virtual audience, here it goes(emoticons limit):

 

 

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Edited January 17, 2011 by Everything