Threw versus Through

Started by Amber, Sep 03, 2003, 11:22 PM

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Amber

Here is your spelling/grammar lesson for the day.  We are going to learn the difference between threw and through.

Threw is not complicated.

Threw (verb)  To propel through the air with a motion of the hand or arm.


Through on the other hand is more complicated.  

through    
prep.
In one side and out the opposite or another side of: went through the tunnel.
Among or between; in the midst of: a walk through the flowers.
By way of: climbed in through the window.

By the means or agency of: bought the antique vase through a dealer.
Into and out of the handling, care, processing, modification, or consideration of: Her application went through our office. Run the figures through the computer.
Here and there in; around: a tour through France.
From the beginning to the end of: stayed up through the night.
At or to the end of; done or finished with, especially successfully: We are through the initial testing period.
Up to and including: a play that runs through December; a volume that covers A through D.
Past and without stopping for: drove through a red light.
Because of; on account of: She succeeded through hard work. He declined the honor through modesty.



In short, the difference seems to be how something was propelled.  If someone actively flicked, propelles, or casted something, you use 'threw.'  My hand actively propels the baseball therefore I threw the baseball.  However, if nothing propels the entity, but rather it propels itself, then it is 'through.'  I walked through the park.  No one pushed me.  The play last through the night.
he men's movement is a hate movement.  

What feminism is to men; the men's rights movement is to women.

Men's rights activists blame misandry for all their problems in the same way that feminists blame the patriarchy.

The only thing men's rights activists are good at is abusing women.  

And you can quote me on that.  :D

dr e

Are you thru yet? :propeller:
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Cog

Geez !   (or is it Jeez?)

dr e

Well, maybe to just make Cog feel better we can rename this thread the "Taming of the Through." :1blue1:
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Cog

Quote from: "Dr Evil"
Well, maybe to just make Cog feel better we can rename this thread the "Taming of the Through." :1blue1:


Evil,

I do believe that if people are living in glass houses, they should probably make pretty damned sure that they have not "CASTED" any stones.  Or even "PROPELLES" them for that matter.

What say you?

Amber

Shut up.  Stop making fun of me.

There will be another grammar lesson tonight.
he men's movement is a hate movement.  

What feminism is to men; the men's rights movement is to women.

Men's rights activists blame misandry for all their problems in the same way that feminists blame the patriarchy.

The only thing men's rights activists are good at is abusing women.  

And you can quote me on that.  :D

Cog

Amber has 19 (and counting) more posts than Evil.  Kewl :)

nebulousone

I just needed to share that this whole thread made me laugh, especially the last post from Amber-that one made me laugh out loud.
i]Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.[/i]
~Abraham Lincoln

Teddy_Roosevelt

Please let the next lesson be on "they're", "there", and "their".
Respect is not a civil right; it is an attitude of approval and admiration. No one can claim a "right" to the emotional or intellectual approval of anyone else. " - That I-feminist who writes for foxnews.com

nebulousone

Adults who haven't figured that out yet don't, IMO, deserve to learn now.
i]Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.[/i]
~Abraham Lincoln

RockyMountainMan

As in:

I'd like to plough through a cuntfest that feminists'  threw.


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When I was at Penn State University, a feminist group through a "Cuntfest," in which a lesbian stripper exposed her breasts on stage.

http://mensnewsdaily.com/archive/p/pawlik/pawlik081803.htm

Hey.  Some of us are paying attention.  :D
Give me liberty or give me death.

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Tact is for those lacking sufficient wit for sarcasm.

Amber

Hahahaha, RMM.  See why I needed a lesson?

No, Teddy, lessons will be in accordance with things myself or other semi-intelligent adults may perhaps mess up.  This is not a basics course; it is advanced.  The next lesson will be colons versus dashes.  Come with a sharp pencil and notepad.
he men's movement is a hate movement.  

What feminism is to men; the men's rights movement is to women.

Men's rights activists blame misandry for all their problems in the same way that feminists blame the patriarchy.

The only thing men's rights activists are good at is abusing women.  

And you can quote me on that.  :D

RockyMountainMan

I think she's trying to tell me something. ("colons versus dashes" is a personal weak point) :evil:
Give me liberty or give me death.

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Tact is for those lacking sufficient wit for sarcasm.


dr e

colonics?
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