butterfly: (With Age -- Jack)
butterfly ([personal profile] butterfly) wrote2005-01-08 05:36 pm

Neither... or?

'Neither SG-1 or Stargate Command will never be the same when a new member joins the team.'
(their sentence about season nine -- emphasis mine)

Sorry, what? That's not only a double negative, it's also just plain bad writing. Question -- is it worth it to write into Gateworld and mention something like that?

Alternatives that make more sense:
SG-1 and Stargate Command will never be the same after a new member joins the team.

Neither SG-1 nor Stargate Command will ever be the same after a new member joins the team.

After a new member joins the team, SG-1 and Stargate Command will never be the same.

A new member joins the team; SG-1 and Stargate Command will never be the same.

[identity profile] not-fledged-yet.livejournal.com 2005-01-09 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
*reads through several times*

At first I thought that said "Neither SG-1 or Stargate Command will ever be the same when a new member joins the team." which, as a descriptivist, I was willing to forgive. But "neither...or...never" is going a bit far.
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[personal profile] jic 2005-01-09 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
*nods emphatically*
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[personal profile] deifire 2005-01-09 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
*reads sentence*

Ow.

That's so bad it's painful. At the very least, someone should be notified that an 'n' has wandered away from home and is now hanging out with the wrong word.
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[personal profile] luminosity 2005-01-09 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
So. The team's getting a new member then? And things are gonna change?

:)

[identity profile] falchionofseals.livejournal.com 2005-01-09 11:00 am (UTC)(link)
DRIZZT DO'URDEN RULES!!!
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[identity profile] elz.livejournal.com 2005-01-10 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
The grammar, it pains me.