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just to be nice
HAPPY FAKE BIRTHDAY...
hope you are of drinking age...
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Both birthdays put me well above drinking age.
!Salud!
My current libation of choice is Traverse City (Michigan) Cherry Whiskey. Faintest hint of cherry. No tanins.
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That is of course the reason for a fake birthday - to give it out.
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I am afraid I will receive more pharmaceutical advertising if they have either.😊
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ubisoft is giving "assessins creed syndicate" for free by 6th of December
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And "Jitsu Squad" is on offer for free in the Epic Games Store at the moment 
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they do always have a free game changing it every 10 to 14 days, that's why I stopped saying it, one can check periodically.
Ubisoft doesn't do it, that's why I did tell it. That's an exception, not the rule
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You are welcome.
About the game at Epic... There is always one or two (this week there actually are two) for free, every two weeks.
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I'm not so much into gaming that I'll check all gaming stores from all publishers periodically (Steam, Epic, Ubisoft, etc), but I do add some of those to my library when I find something that looks interesting enough. That's not to say I'll install everything, but I do appreciate the heads-up.
So if you feel like posting about anything that looks fun...I'd rather see those notices than, uh, people's daily Wordle or CCC updates.
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The only one that really makes periodic give aways is EpicGames with one or two for free each 2 weeks more or less.
The rest are sporadic.
I will probably not post about the epic ones, but I will with the others.
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You do what you think makes the most sense. I figured most stores did it periodically, but was not aware Epic was the only one who did it in a more predictable fashion.
Too little time to play games these days to pay much attention to what's going on, I'm afraid.
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Did that sound right to you? It does to me.
As a native (U.S.) English speaker, I was of course not taught that there is a rule guideline to how we order adjectives -- but ESL students are taught a rule.
As I was lay awake this morning I thought about this. I think the above is in accordance with the rule.
But what if I drop the "large" -- I would describe it as a "fluffy, red sweater" rather than a "red, fluffy sweater".
I know there are many highly fluent non-native English speakers in the room -- what does your experience tell you?
Can both be "correct"? Is there a nuance to the rule which swaps these? If both size and color are specified, do they gravitate together?
(And don't get me started on separating adjectives with COMMAs.)
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Does it have the answer? If so, please post a quote of it.
Nothing I've seen online so far has resolved my curiosity.
I.e. I ain't clicking that.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: I ain't clicking that.
Your loss. It's a nice little piece and it's safe (AFAIK BBC doesn't harbour dangerous stuff).
Fluffy read sweater it is 
Quote: The order of adjectives, according to the book's author Mark Forsyth, has to be: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose.
Mircea
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Mircea Neacsu wrote: Mark Forsyth
Then I've already read it. And it does not answer my question.
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Quote: The order of adjectives, according to the book's author Mark Forsyth, has to be: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose.
So does "fluffy" count as opinion ("fluffy large red sweater" / "fluffy red sweater") or material ("large red fluffy sweater" / "red fluffy sweater")? 
"Fluffy large red" feels wrong to me. But "fluffy red" feels more righterish than "red fluffy".
Sometimes I think 90% of the English language was invented to torture ESL students! 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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My vote goes to 'fluffy large red sweater' but my vote doesn't count as I'm not a native and, no matter how much I enjoy learning the intricacies of this million-word mastodon, I'll never have a native's feeling (or accent) for it
Richard Deeming wrote: Sometimes I think 90% of the English language was invented to torture ESL students!
As I've said in a previous message, not long ago, English doesn't properly have a grammar: more a collection of use cases and exceptions
Mircea
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Mircea Neacsu wrote: use cases and exceptions
Mostly exceptions. 
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Mircea Neacsu wrote: a collection of use cases and exceptions
On that, we agree.
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Don't think of them as exceptions. Think of them as corner cases
"A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants"
Chuckles the clown
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Mircea Neacsu wrote: more a collection of use cases and A LOT OF exceptions
FTFY
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Even if so, why does it seem (to me at least) that they should swap positions in this case? </rhetorical>
I don't see "fluffy" as opinion or material. Where does texture go in the order?
Richard Deeming wrote: "Fluffy large red" feels wrong to me. But "fluffy red" feels more righterish than "red fluffy"
So I guess I'm not alone anyway.
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