count the "woulds"

bgbill · Post by **bgbill** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:34 am

http://www.bgsufalcons.com/news/2009/10 ... 91154.aspx

PGY Tiercel · Post by **PGY Tiercel** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:49 am

I lost count somewhere in the 3rd sentence. I'm currently 100 pages into my dissertation, don't think I have used "would" once.

VDub26Falcon · Post by **VDub26Falcon** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:58 am

I stopped counting at 25.

VDub26Falcon · Post by **VDub26Falcon** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:00 am

The series between the Falcons and the Mavericks will conclude tomorrow evening with the drop of the puck set for 8:07 p.m. EST. Visit bgsufalcons.com for complete media coverage.

THANK GOD!!!

TheKa · Post by **TheKa** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:26 am

"Would" someone please buy that kid a thesaurus? GEEZ!

GO FALCONS!!
Go Get 'Em Tonight!
Erika

falconfan1999 · Post by **falconfan1999** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:44 am

Go easy on the poor lad, maybe he's just a big Alice In Chains fan!

rood · Post by **rood** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 1:29 pm

And he's a grad student in communications.

I noticed this in the article about the WL game also but hoped somebody within the department would straighten him out before this week.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 1:40 pm

Maybe he's just so excited to write about Falcon hockey, he's "got would"?

factman · Post by **factman** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 2:35 pm

He must be excited about baseball too! That is very close to being UNREADABLE!

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toddpav · Post by **toddpav** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 4:15 pm

At least he's using the word correctly. Most of the time he should probably just leave the word out and be ok, but its a quick write, so its not a big deal. Hard from being unreadable.

rood · Post by **rood** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:17 pm

Unless they changed the rules of the English language since I went to school he is not using the word correctly as "would" is the imperfect tense and communicates an action that happened repeatedly or over a length of time in the past. "When I was a child I would walk 10 miles to school in the snow, uphill, both ways!"

Either that or its the conditional tense and it might happen in the future.

toddpav · Post by **toddpav** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:13 pm

Guess he's not using it correctly, but he is writing in the style of the majority of the press releases that recant games. Just a style specific thing I guess.

Ryan has helped me out more than once, and he loves the hockey program. But, if you guys feel the need to make a big deal out of it, then have fun.

BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:40 pm

Some of you need a life.

Seriously.

BGFan · Post by **BGFan** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 1:12 pm

BGDrew wrote:Some of you need a life.

Seriously.

FWIW, criticism, if taken with the right attitude, can help to improve a person's work. That article is filled with redundancy and, yes, too many "woulds" most of which could and should be left out of the article without changing the point one iota.

As it's written, it's difficult to read and, as a Bowling Green alumnus, is somewhat embarrassing. I like to think that we hold our students to a higher standard but maybe that's not the case any more.

BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 1:47 pm

He had to write a quick game recap without even being at the game. Is it his best work? Probably not. But, anyone who knows Ryan knows he's intelligent and hard-working.

I find it pretty sad there's more people commenting on this article than the weekend in Mankato. I think everyone needs to cut down on the urine in your breakfast cereals.

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