Are wigan at their best

[HappyHooker]

MrsLam posted:
You're not wrong, I changed the title of the thread before anyone else replied to it.

Sorry - edit makes it clear now!

[Fraggle]

HappyHooker posted:
Mrs Lam: NB

best = noun in this context.
(dont argue or i'll start on Wittgenstein and then I'll bore you)

therefore it is something which can belong to the team, yes?

therefore if we have a noun which belongs, we use 'their'.

Is that not right?

'Best' is not a noun. According to http://www.oed.com, 'best' is an adjective or a verb, not a noun. "Wigan at their best what?"

However, your use of "their" is correct, unlike the first message in this thread (which is where this all started).

[MrsLam]

Fraggle posted:

robjoenz posted:
If they were pointing at the map would they not say there opposed to here?

Is that before or after they remember to turn the map the right way up?

Come on! American policewomen would not say "there", they'd say "here" put yourself into context, can't you see the flashback of the incident as they say "He says he was here, but if so why did so and so see him here" *points to position again*

[Wizard_Millward]

I know this sounds stupid, but the thread should read, 'Wigan at its best?' because the club is not a person it is a thing. :tong1:

[Fraggle]

HappyHooker posted:
(dont argue or i'll start on Wittgenstein and then I'll bore you)

http://www.wittgenstein-portal.com/

I'm not bored enough to click on the link to start reading any of it.

[MrsLam]

Wizard_Millward posted:
I know this sounds stupid, but the thread should read, 'Wigan at its best?' because the club is not a person it is a thing. :tong1:

Probably!

Depends if the person was talking about the club or the players though.

[HappyHooker]

Fraggle posted:

HappyHooker posted:
Mrs Lam: NB

best = noun in this context.
(dont argue or i'll start on Wittgenstein and then I'll bore you)

therefore it is something which can belong to the team, yes?

therefore if we have a noun which belongs, we use 'their'.

Is that not right?

'Best' is not a noun. According to http://www.oed.com, 'best' is an adjective or a verb, not a noun. "Wigan at their best what?"

However, your use of "their" is correct, unlike the first message in this thread (which is where this all started).

Ok, then I wont rant on about social idioms and applications over denotations and whatever else I draw from that great man,
but go on dictionary.com - the little 'n' means how it is used as a noun - thats below the adjective denotations

[Fraggle]

HappyHooker posted:
but go on dictionary.com - the little 'n' means how it is used as a noun - thats below the adjective denotations

dictionary.com? Never heard of it until now, but I've just been on there and noticed the first of its reference dictionaries is "The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language". Now, we all know Americans carn't speel propurly, so I think I'm justified in sticking with ye olde Oxford English Dictionary (www.oed.com) for my definitions.

[HappyHooker]

Fraggle posted:

HappyHooker posted:
but go on dictionary.com - the little 'n' means how it is used as a noun - thats below the adjective denotations

dictionary.com? Never heard of it until now, but I've just been on there and noticed the first of its reference dictionaries is "The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language". Now, we all know Americans carn't speel propurly, so I think I'm justified in sticking with ye olde Oxford English Dictionary (www.oed.com) for my definitions.

Fair enough - but I don't think it matters about sticking dogmatically to the dictionary! If I wanna use best as a noun I will. The one guy we acclaim the most in literature (arguably) is Shakespeare, and he couldnt spell so he just made the words up -
So you'll be seeing more coining from me in the next few posts then!

Dictionary of HH: 'Best' - a best, as in one's maximum ability, like a pencil is ones scribbling thing.

There, done!

[mike binder]

my god i thought i had problems with , . and capital letters :conf: