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Huh? Possibly way OT - but as English isn't my first language, please bear with me - I'd love to better my English... Now, I may be the idiot here, but surely this is passive voice? I would say "a company run by an idiot" (he is still running it to this day) or "a company ran by an idiot" (he was, but thankfully, he's been fired). Am I wrong?

I knew 'ran' didn't look right in that context and after a quick search as to why (and to make sure I didn't look a fool!) now I know. The passive voice in English uses the past participle, not the simple past. In other words 'the company run by an idiot'. But even though that's grammatically correct, it is ambiguous because it's the same sentence whether he's still there or not so I'd say 'the company that used to be run by an idiot'.

Ah, thank you. :-) Yes, I know that the passive voice uses the past participle. So: 'run' in either case (past or present), as 'ran' is simple past. Probably some Americanism or straight-out Norwenglish I'll have to forget. I've been working with several born-and-bred Brits in the past, though, that would just use the simple past and skip the auxiliary verb. (Edit - damn Norwegian spellchecker on the Galaxy wreaking havoc)

Ok. Definitely way off topic, then. Ask a silly question...

 

 

Christmas adverts, but not for the fact that its November 12th and they're on, but just the notion that they think we need to be reminded that its nearly time to stock up on cheap frozen party food (Iceland) or that time is running out to buy a sofa with interest free credit (dfs, sale ends Christmas eve btw) & the worst is these fecking story cartoon ones. **** you John lewis

 

 

Did anyone watch that bbc thing about Iceland a company ran by an Idiot  .

 

 

runned by an idiot, idiot

 

Huh? Possibly way OT - but as English isn't my first language, please bear with me - I'd love to better my English... Now, I may be the idiot here, but surely this is passive voice? I would say "a company run by an idiot" (he is still running it to this day) or "a company ran by an idiot" (he was, but thankfully, he's been fired). Am I wrong?

I actually think that our next set of games around about 6-7 are going to be very tough. I think Hull, spurs, Everton, cardiff or west brom can beat any team at the moment.

Possibly. Then again, so can we.

 

Brand new ThinkTank photobag suddenly staring at me...

 

And another shot taken on the same day.... late July, Lofoten Islands, Norway.

 

Nikon D5100 / Nikon 70-300 VR f/4.5-5.6G

Where is Westwood?

cup tied.

Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know. And if one looks throughout the history of our club, it is the latter category that tend to be the difficult ones.

You could also extrapolate this to include a fourth category - the unknown knowns - which is to say things we don't know that we know - or, as some have preferred to explain it: things we refuse to acknowledge that we know... the latter also relevant for football fans (in general), I believe :-)

As many as 30 may be killed or heavy injured at Utøya, as bodies are recovered around the island. The person taken into custody for the killings is a Norwegian citizen, also ethnically. Surprising, I must say. The dude has definitely made a good case for being Norway's most hated person. **** me.

Not that surprising, I'd say. Remember the Oklahoma City bombings in '95. We Norwegians surely have our fair share of lunatics, too. Personally, I began to wonder when the reports about the Utøya shootings came in - a political youth gathering would hardly be a target for international terror groups.

The police link the guy they've apprehended with both the Utøya shootings and the Oslo bombing. Seven confirmed dead in Oslo, ten confirmed dead at Utøya, police say the death count will rise. Undetonated explosives found at Utøya.

I consider it an act of public outrage towards such awful civic architecture.

Having spent most of the afternoon and the evening on the phone, making sure that friends and family back home in Oslo are ok after an explosion that destroyed windows in a 1000 m radius, I must say I fail to see the humour.

At another time, I certainly would agree to your criticism of the architecture, but there's a time and a place for everything.