B Simple mass/scale puzzle

[DaveC426913]

I have never read that story, and hence, have zero knowledge of this 'Shylock' of whom you speak.
And therefore don't understand any of your post.

He was a bad guy.

An essay that about somebody being a bad guy that does not demonstrate how he was a bad guy would surely fail, no?

 

[sophiecentaur]

I have never read that story, and hence, have zero knowledge of this 'Shylock' of whom you speak.

Did you consider doing a Google search on the word Shylock? That would be the normal PF response one would expect for a "don't know and don't want to know" comment. Old writers made wide use of insulting racial stereotypes but they are still worth reading.

PS I see your grammar is fine and you use 'whom' when appropriate - so you're not a bad person. And you still manage to keep me guessing.

 

[DaveC426913]

Did you consider doing a Google search on the word Shylock? That would be the normal PF response

It was a riff off a riff so I wasn't checking homework.

 

[OmCheeto]

Did you consider doing a Google search on the word Shylock? That would be the normal PF response one would expect for a "don't know and don't want to know" comment. Old writers made wide use of insulting racial stereotypes but they are still worth reading.

PS I see your grammar is fine and you use 'whom' when appropriate - so you're not a bad person. And you still manage to keep me guessing.

From the first 6 words in my response, it appears that I did in fact do a google search.

 

[OmCheeto]

He was a bad guy.

An essay that about somebody being a bad guy that does not demonstrate how he was a bad guy would surely fail, no?

Multiple negatives have always confused me.

How my lizard brain saw your sentence:

An essay that about somebody being a [negative] guy that does [negatively] demonstrate how he was a [negative] guy would surely [be a negative], [negative]?​

I apparently filter everything thru my lizard brain prior to dumping such nonsense on my non-lizard brains for further processing.

 

[DaveC426913]

Multiple negatives have always confused me.

Sometimes they're necessary. A double negative is not always synonymous with a positive.

 

[jedishrfu]

Not to be negative, but it seems we've exhausted this thread, and now is a good time to close it with the famous Jimmy Durante quote:

Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.