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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 16th 2023 at 5:37:57 PM
I don't see anything incorrect in that post's English.
However, how does Miroku not antagonizing Inuyasha over his Love Triangle situation with Kagome and Kikyo make him the Only Sane Man in the group?
According to the Description of Only Sane Man, it's when a character is the only normal member of a group of weirdos. You don't say anywhere in the example how the other members of the group are individually weird (e.g. a Psycho for Hire, Cloudcuckoolander, Empty Shell, Mad Scientist, etc.).
edited 4th Feb '18 2:47:42 AM by Arivne
Kagome is hypocritally clingy with Inuyasha, Sango can't think things through when it comes to love and Shippo is a obnoxious brat.
1. Have you ever seen Inuyasha? 2. How am I now?
Touken Ranbu Hanamaru: Funny Page
- There are several funny moments of Slice of Life Touken Ranbu Hanamaru where the other Touken Danishi has there funny or daily routine of the citadel when they aren't fighting against the Revisionists.
- Before the air of the first episode of Zoku Touken Ranbu Hanamaru, an parody anime segment similar to the first episode except as Touken Dogs! The plot similar except the Revisionsts want to alter the history of the Chinese Zodiac Animals to replace the year of the Dog to Cat instead of altering history of the major events of Japan. At the end of the segment, it turns out it was just a dream. What's funnier, this year is also the year of the Dog.
- After Hasabe won the Sport Festival and gold metal. Tsurumaru and Konnosuke reveals to him that the metal he won isn't real gold, but a rice cracker wrapped with golden foil.
Xenoblade Chronicle 2 Characters: Mòrag Ladair
- Celibate Hero: According to her in Kora's sidequest, Mòrag is not interest getting into a romantic relationship or dating since it's waste of time from her military arts.
edited 4th Feb '18 8:01:24 PM by AzuraBlu22
- There are several funny moments of Slice of Life ->
- There are several funny moments in the Slice of Life show
- where the other Touken Danishi has there funny or daily routine of the citadel ->
- about the funny daily routine of the other Touken Danishi in the citadel
- Before the air of -> Before the airing of
- an parody anime segment similar to the first episode except as Touken Dogs! ->
- there was an parody anime segment similar to the first episode called "Touken Dogs!"
- The plot similar except the Revisionsts -> The plot was similar, except that the Revisionsts
- to replace the year of the Dog to Cat -> to change the year of the Dog to the year of the Cat
- altering history -> altering the history
- was just a dream. -> was All Just a Dream.
- After Hasabe won the Sport Festival and gold metal. Tsurumaru ->
- After Hasabe wins the Sport Festival and gold medal, Tsurumaru
- Tsurumaru and Konnosuke reveals to him that the metal he won ->
- Tsurumaru and Konnosuke reveal to him that the medal he won
- According to her in Kora's sidequest, Mòrag is not interest getting ->
- According to her statement in Kora's sidequest, Mòrag is not interested in getting
- or dating since it's waste of time from her military arts.
- or dating, since it's a distraction from her military arts.
Which one of these sentences is correct?
- Home invasion results in death of elderly man.
- Home invasion results in death of an elderly man.
Neither is grammatically correct, but headlines and titles often omit certain sentence elements, like articles, for conciseness. The first is the one you'd be most likely to see in a headline. The fully correct sentence might look like: "A home invasion results in the death of an elderly man."
edited 5th Feb '18 1:28:41 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Inuyasha
Kagome:
- Mood-Swinger: As a teenager, though really nice usually, she isn't always in the best mood. It has been shown to be her Fatal Flaw, prominently ranging from being the primary source of relationship issues with Inuyasha (with her hidden burning temper) to being the source of her impulsiveness.
- prominently ranging from ->
prominentlyranging from
How have I been doing recently?
Fate/Extra Last Encore
- Crowning Moment Of Heartwarming: Even though Hakuno just met Saber, he refused to sell Saber to Shinji instead of getting a chance to live a normal life. It is hinted that he cares for Saber in some extension.
- Tear Jerker: When Rider reveals Hakuno and Saber (unaware Rider is Shinji's Servant) that the reason why the first arena was created was to celebrate Masters sell out their Servants in exchange for a normal life. Saber finds it the rule disgusting since Masters are willing to give up their Servants and Holy Grail War rather than trying to win.
- Even though Hakuno just met Saber -> Even though Hakuno had just met Saber
- he refused to sell Saber to Shinji instead of getting a chance to live a normal life.
- he refused to sell her to Shinji, thereby losing a chance to live a normal life.
- he cares for Saber in some extension. -> he cares for Saber in some way.
- When Rider reveals Hakuno and Saber (unaware Rider ->
- When Rider reveals to Hakuno and Saber (who are unaware that Rider
- celebrate Masters sell out their Servants -> celebrate Masters selling out their Servants
- Saber finds it the rule disgusting since -> Saber finds
itthe rule disgusting, since
edited 7th Feb '18 2:35:42 AM by Arivne
@jahman
Your posts sometimes are correct English and sometimes not. You need to continue working on it until your posts are regularly correct.
Also, you need to avoid creating Zero Context Examples, since doing so is a suspension-worthy offense in itself. Please be sure to read trope descriptions carefully to make sure your examples are valid.
edited 8th Feb '18 3:47:23 AM by Arivne
There is this sentence in second paragraph of Creator Breakdown:
"That being said, though, this doesn't necessarily make the show bad; some shows have achieved their highest ratings and even Grown the Beard in the middle of a bout of Creator Breakdown..."
Something is wrong with the bolded part, no?
I would write it as "during a bout of Creator Breakdown", but there's nothing wrong with it as is.
Here are some examples on Google of people using the phrase "in the middle of a bout of".
edited 8th Feb '18 3:54:16 AM by Arivne
Zoku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru: Funny page
- A slight Black Comedy moment. When Yamatonokami and Mutsunokami got separate from their team to search for a Asiatic dogwood fruit to relieved fevers , Mutsunokami thought he found the fruit they were looking for. When Mutsunokami took a bite of it, he ends up throwing up that looks like gold coins.
- Yamanbagiri didn't notice his hood was off after he has conversation with Sohayanotsurugi until Kashuu point it out, leaving him completely dumbfounded.
Thunderbolt Fantasy: The Sword of Life and Death: Tear Jerker:
- Setsumusho's past is both Tear Jerker and Nightmare Fuel since his father tried to kill him when he was an infant when he though killed his wife, midwife and others. In reality, Setsumusho's mother died given birth to him and the midwife fear of the blame so she cast it on her assistant until both of them ends up killing each other. In grief, Setsumusho's father abandon him at his master's school and asked Tekkisen to kill his son through letter and calls Setsumusho, a man-eating fiend.
- The Fake Shou Fukan's real past is very sad since he doesn't know his name, the place he born or his parents by the time Genkishu took him in as a infant and trained him to as nameless Genkishu Mook. He's fighting skill is still subpar and feared if someone decided test their weapon on him, he decides to fled the Demon Spine Mountain a year ago. It is hinted that he if he wasn't useful as fighting, they will kill him for being weak.
(Fake) Sho Fukan
- No Name Given: He is nameless and never given identify of his own since the Genkishu took him in when he was infant and trained him as a nameless Mook.
- Tragic Keepsake: After he left Genkishu a year ago, he kept his mask as a reminder he was a nameless Mook in the past.
edited 10th Feb '18 7:54:57 AM by AzuraBlu22
Inuyasha:
Group
- Commitment Issues: Part of the group's romance issues stems from the fact that for various reasons, the Inuyasha/Kagome and Miroku/Sango pairings aretoo afraid of making anything official between them, until the end.
edited 10th Feb '18 6:16:37 PM by jahman
Hunter Zolomon/Zoom
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To both Slade Wilson/Deathstroke and Brother Blood. Like Brother Blood, Zoom came from a broken home with a horrifically abusive father, wears a monstrous mask during his evil-doing, and serves as a false friend to the heroes. With Slade Wilson, Zoom is hopped up on a fantastic and dangerous drug that boosts his strength and murdered Barry's father in front of him like Slade did with Oliver's mother. They're both also mentors to the heroes at one point. Additionally, like both villains, Zoom's endgame is to lay waste to the hero's home city with an army of vicious super-powered thugs.
edited 10th Feb '18 9:14:43 PM by jahman
As usual, all verb changes from past to present tense are as per How to Write an Example - Write in Historical Present Tense.
- got separate...relieved fevers , Mutsunokami thought he found...they were->
- get separated...relieve fevers, Mutsunokami thinks he has found...they are
- When Mutsunokami took ...throwing up that looks like ->
- When Mutsunokami takes...throwing up what looks like
- Yamanbagiri didn't notice his hood was off after he has conversation with Sohayanotsurugi
- After his conversation with Sohayanotsurugi, Yamanbagiri doesn't notice that his hood is off
- until Kashuu point it out -> until Kashuu points it out
- and Nightmare Fuel since...he though killed -> and Nightmare Fuel, since...he thought he killed
- died given birth -> died giving birth
- the midwife fear of the blame so she cast it on her assistant until both of them ends up killing each other.
- the midwife feared being blamed, so she tried to blame her assistant and both of them ended up killing each other.
- Setsumusho's father abandon him -> Setsumusho's father abandons him
- and asked Tekkisen to kill his son through letter ->
- sends Tekkisen a letter, asking him to kill his son
- real past is very sad since -> real past is very sad, since
- the place he born -> the place he was born OR his birthplace
- the time Genkishu took him in as a infant and trained him to as ->
- the time Genkishu takes him in as an infant and trains him
toas a
- the time Genkishu takes him in as an infant and trains him
- He's fighting skill is still subpar and feared if someone decided test ->
- His fighting skill was still subpar and he feared that someone might decide to test
- he decides to fled the Demon Spine Mountain a year ago.
- he decided to flee the Demon Spine Mountain a year ago.
- It is hinted that he if he wasn't useful as fighting, they will kill him ->
- It is hinted that he if he wasn't useful for fighting, they would have killed him
- never given identify of his own since -> never given an identify of his own, since
- when he was infant -> when he was an infant
- as a reminder he was -> as a reminder that he was
edited 11th Feb '18 4:15:02 AM by Arivne
, @jahman
- aretoo -> are two
- them, until -> them until
- and murdered Barry's father -> and murders Barry's father
- in front of him like -> in front of him, like
I think besides gap, it's meant to say are too.
Inuyasha
Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: Inuyasha has this in spades with Shippo from the moment they met.
edited 11th Feb '18 3:26:44 PM by jahman
Trollhunters
Claire Nunez:
Hair Flip: Claire is prone to subtle ones, especially around Jim.
edited 11th Feb '18 2:23:08 PM by jahman
Miroku of Inuyasha:
edited 3rd Feb '18 8:23:47 PM by jahman