grammar question

opus
opus Posts: 1,252
edited November 2009 in The Clubhouse
Settle a debate for us please.

Is this phrase correct / is the word skeptical being used properly?......


"The play calling at the end of the game was skeptical"
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2009
    That is incorrect. You can be skeptical OF the play calling, but the play calling being skeptical would imply some sort of sentience or conscious thought on the part of the play calling.
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited November 2009
    No... skeptical is not being used properly.

    Being used in the right manner:

    "I am skeptical of the correct usage of that word in your sentence."
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,150
    edited November 2009
    opus wrote: »
    "The play calling at the end of the game was discombobulated"
    There ya' go.

    F'd up would work as well but it wouldn't be politically correct. :D
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,919
    edited November 2009
    "sketchy" is the term you seek ;-)
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited November 2009
    treitz3 wrote: »
    There ya' go.

    F'd up would work as well but it wouldn't be politically correct. :D

    HAHAHA, Agreed
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  • opus
    opus Posts: 1,252
    edited November 2009
    Hey thanks, As always I was right.:rolleyes:

    I tried to argue using the Bobman logic but bobman was much more convincing;)
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  • wayne3burk
    wayne3burk Posts: 939
    edited November 2009
    "The play calling at the end of the game was questionable"
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  • packetjones
    packetjones Posts: 1,059
    edited November 2009
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    That is incorrect. You can be skeptical OF the play calling, but the play calling being skeptical would imply some sort of sentience or conscious thought on the part of the play calling.

    +1

    this is correct. lol
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited November 2009
    +1 Awkward and inappropriate usage...sounds like some of my students over here...Sentences written by non-native English Speakers!!

    In Audio lingo...'it reads like a Denon manual'...ha...ha!!

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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited November 2009
    cnh wrote: »
    In Audio lingo...'it reads like a Denon manual'...ha...ha!!

    cnh

    Gotta agrees with ya!

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  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited November 2009
    One could argue that this forum is the last place to look for advice on grammar or spelling. ;)
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited November 2009
    Substitute sceptical for Bullsh*t, and you have a winner ;)
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  • opus
    opus Posts: 1,252
    edited November 2009
    cnh wrote: »

    In Audio lingo...'it reads like a Denon manual'...ha...ha!!

    cnh







    +2:D

    Thanks again you guys were convincing. Even my wife now agrees;)
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited November 2009
    The play calls made late in the game may be cause for contract termination.:rolleyes:
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