+1,088 people with siblings: you have a sibling, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Nope, I've got two.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

wow, really? jerk...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well, "a" means "one." I've got more than one.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

but if someone says do u have a dollar, u wouldn't say no because you have 7 dollars, you would say yes

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That's a different context.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Also, if someone says, "Do you have a dollar?" They're asking for one dollar.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Mostly I would say I don't carry cash. Bums always begging outside my grocery store.

by Anonymous 7 years ago

Saying do you have a sibling means at least one sibling so yes you have a sibling you just have a second one too.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(So yeah): No, that is inaccurate. In the context, saying "you have a sibling" implies one. It's the tense in which it is said.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Your calling him a jerk, while you made a post thats basically saying, "Hey! Over here! I'm DESPERATE for some yeah you are's!!!!" People who can read: You can read what I wrote.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

yea but im just making a joke and he's being a jerk making an argument 2 an issue like that...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I disagree. I have five siblings, but that is irrelevant. "People with siblingS:" Siblings, as in plural. Doesn't that eliminate the people who actually comply with your latter description? It does.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't think it does. To limit it to just one sibling, he'd need to say "You have just one sibling". You said you have five siblings correct? The statement "Scrantoncity has four siblings" isn't incorrect, it's just not the whole truth. Overall, OP has stylistic issues, and this post could've clearly been written better, would you agree?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I would agree with your last sentence. Generally having a number of siblings is exact. I realize that yes, I do have four siblings. This is true. I have on addition. But, today, it's implied that I ONLY have four. Which is untrue. Connotations are as important as denotations, as long as they are grammatically correct, do you agree?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yep, which is where style comes in. It comes down to the minutiae and subtleties, and how well a thought was communicated. And i daresay, that this thought, this post has some communication issues.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This post is stupid. How the fuck are people ever going to get a clue to stop making completely obvious posts if you idiots keep voting them to the home page? What is wrong with you?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Obvious post is obvious.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This doesn't even make any sense... :|

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This post is a win. However some people look at it too hard.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I do have a sibling but I voted this down because it's a really stupid post.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

ok, i'm fine with that

by Anonymous 13 years ago