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 tyrannosaurus wrote:

hobojebus wrote:


Hyperbole (/haɪˈpɜrbəliː/ hy-pur-bə-lee;[1] Greek: ὑπερβολή hyperbolē, "exaggeration") is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally. (from Wikipedia because i'm too lazy to write it myself)

Being in uni i would of thought you'd of been familiar with hyperbole, of course there are more expensive books such as The First Book of Urizen, William Blake which sold for millions, or the Gutenberg bible.
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It's 'have', not 'of'. Also, 'I' should be a capital. Personally I wouldn't mention language techniques without making sure my post was grammatically correct..

If we're going down that route...

colloquialism
kəˈləʊkwɪəlɪz(ə)m/
noun
noun: colloquialism; plural noun: colloquialisms a word or phrase that is not formal or literary and is used in ordinary or familiar conversation.



The " -'ve" conjunction when used orally sounds a lot like "of" and had crept its way into written language too. Whilst it is unacceptable in formal writing it is simply due to the similar sounds that the contraction is accepted in oral and/or non formal language due to similar sounds. However, you must know the difference in formal settings.

The number of people willing to talk themselves into helping GW fluff its EOTY sales figures by re-buying all the crap supplements they nickel-and-dimed you with over the past year as long as they're in the form of a pretty new book is astonishing.

Edit: also, to the guy above me, no. Being colloquial has nothing at all to do with written misuse of a word. "There" is not an acceptable written substitute for "their" just because a lot of people use it incorrectly.

 Ailaros wrote:

Yodhrin wrote:I already explained why your argument is bunk in the post you selectively quoted from, so how about you do me the basic courtesy of actually addressing that counterpoint rather than just making the same assertion over again?

I didn't address it because it does nothing of the sort.

Your claim is that you haven't gotten your money's worth, and thus 40k is a bad value. You're the one extrapolating from personal experience and claiming it's objective reality. Meanwhile, however much value one gets, it is certainly possible to get a lot more value out of 40k than a lot of other things, something which you don't seem to understand, so you're throwing away a reasonable argument by incorrectly calling it a mere assertion.

If it looks like I was dismissing your comment, it's because I was. Because your comment boils down to nothing more than "it's expensive for me, thus it can't be a good value to you".

 Seaward wrote:

Edit: also, to the guy above me, no. Being colloquial has nothing at all to do with written misuse of a word. "There" is not an acceptable written substitute for "their" just because a lot of people use it incorrectly.

Note how I said oral language, not written. They're homophones, just like your there/they're/their example. Mixing those up in written language is a cat ass trophy.

But we're going OT...




Back OT- Now matter how much you play the 40k rulebook is overpriced. Compared to every other product out there is it overpriced and poorly edited and looks somewhat like amateur hour by comparison IMO.

 loki old fart wrote:

 Ailaros wrote:

Yodhrin wrote:I already explained why your argument is bunk in the post you selectively quoted from, so how about you do me the basic courtesy of actually addressing that counterpoint rather than just making the same assertion over again?

I didn't address it because it does nothing of the sort.

Your claim is that you haven't gotten your money's worth, and thus 40k is a bad value. You're the one extrapolating from personal experience and claiming it's objective reality. Meanwhile, however much value one gets, it is certainly possible to get a lot more value out of 40k than a lot of other things, something which you don't seem to understand, so you're throwing away a reasonable argument by incorrectly calling it a mere assertion.

If it looks like I was dismissing your comment, it's because I was. Because your comment boils down to nothing more than "it's expensive for me, thus it can't be a good value to you".

Where as yours is far more valid, It's cheap for me so it must be for you.

 Jaceevoke wrote:

 loki old fart wrote:

 Ailaros wrote:

Yodhrin wrote:I already explained why your argument is bunk in the post you selectively quoted from, so how about you do me the basic courtesy of actually addressing that counterpoint rather than just making the same assertion over again?

I didn't address it because it does nothing of the sort.

Your claim is that you haven't gotten your money's worth, and thus 40k is a bad value. You're the one extrapolating from personal experience and claiming it's objective reality. Meanwhile, however much value one gets, it is certainly possible to get a lot more value out of 40k than a lot of other things, something which you don't seem to understand, so you're throwing away a reasonable argument by incorrectly calling it a mere assertion.

If it looks like I was dismissing your comment, it's because I was. Because your comment boils down to nothing more than "it's expensive for me, thus it can't be a good value to you".

Where as yours is far more valid, It's cheap for me so it must be for you.

Ailaros makes a good point actually, there is plenty of value to be had with the BRB even if it is outdated. Even if 7th edition drops then you can still use your old BRB, it doesn't just spontaneously combust when the new one is released. But I must question the logic behind starting an incredibly expensive hobby, and then finding the cheapest part of said hobby to expensive.

Maybe it wasn't that expensive,, when he started

When a £50 rulebook is considered the cheapest part of the GW HHHobby you know there's something wrong...

 loki old fart wrote:

 Jaceevoke wrote:

 loki old fart wrote:

 Ailaros wrote:

Yodhrin wrote:I already explained why your argument is bunk in the post you selectively quoted from, so how about you do me the basic courtesy of actually addressing that counterpoint rather than just making the same assertion over again?

I didn't address it because it does nothing of the sort.

Your claim is that you haven't gotten your money's worth, and thus 40k is a bad value. You're the one extrapolating from personal experience and claiming it's objective reality. Meanwhile, however much value one gets, it is certainly possible to get a lot more value out of 40k than a lot of other things, something which you don't seem to understand, so you're throwing away a reasonable argument by incorrectly calling it a mere assertion.

If it looks like I was dismissing your comment, it's because I was. Because your comment boils down to nothing more than "it's expensive for me, thus it can't be a good value to you".

Where as yours is far more valid, It's cheap for me so it must be for you.

Ailaros makes a good point actually, there is plenty of value to be had with the BRB even if it is outdated. Even if 7th edition drops then you can still use your old BRB, it doesn't just spontaneously combust when the new one is released. But I must question the logic behind starting an incredibly expensive hobby, and then finding the cheapest part of said hobby to expensive.

Maybe it wasn't that expensive,, when he started

A favorite saying of mine "You can never go back", anyway if that is the case then you always have the other less scrupulous option.