James Jacobs Creative Director |
Azzy |
In the past, I recall it being pretty much impossible to order stuff through Amazon.
What sorta "stuff?" I order a lot of stuff (books, gaming books & paraphernalia, CDs, etc.) through Amazon. So, do you mean stuff from a particular publisher (Paizo, for instance), gaming stuff in general, or everything?
Andrew Turner |
If I understand correctly, you can only get the free pdf copy of the books with a subscription.
You may find that's worth the additional 20% you pay (due to shipping; and assuming you would find $25 worth of merchandise at Amazon and qualify for free shipping) at Paizo. At least, it's worth it to me.
Vic Wertz Chief Technical Officer |
Michael Chu wrote:In the past, I recall it being pretty much impossible to order stuff through Amazon.What sorta "stuff?" I order a lot of stuff (books, gaming books & paraphernalia, CDs, etc.) through Amazon. So, do you mean stuff from a particular publisher (Paizo, for instance), gaming stuff in general, or everything?
I think he's referring to a time when Amazon was taking preorders for the Shackled City hardcover, and apparently ended up cancelling some or all of those preorders for some unspecified reason.
I think they've sorted all that out now.
Michael Chu |
If I understand correctly, you can only get the free pdf copy of the books with a subscription.
You may find that's worth the additional 20% you pay (due to shipping; and assuming you would find $25 worth of merchandise at Amazon and qualify for free shipping) at Paizo. At least, it's worth it to me.
I would much rather purchase the mods directly from Paizo and get the .pdfs (and have the money go directly to them). My consideration is that I currently pay $80 a year to amazon for the free second day shipping on everything, so I'm always looking for ways to maximize that. ;)
Vic Wertz Chief Technical Officer |
Vic Wertz Chief Technical Officer |
Adverb abuse is a sign of adherence to the dark side. You are being cautiously watched.
Main Entry: hope•ful•ly
Function: adverb
Date: 1593
1 : in a hopeful manner
2 : it is hoped : I hope : we hope <hopefully the rain will end soon>In the 1960s the second sense of hopefully, which dates to the early 18th century and had been in fairly widespread use since at least the 1930s, underwent a surge in popularity. A surge of criticism followed in reaction, but the criticism took no account of the grammar of adverbs. Hopefully in its second sense is a member of a class of adverbs known as disjuncts. Disjuncts serve as a means by which the author or speaker can comment directly to the reader or hearer usually on the content of the sentence to which they are attached. Many other adverbs (as interestingly, frankly, clearly, luckily, unfortunately) are similarly used; most are so ordinary as to excite no comment or interest whatsoever. The second sense of hopefully is entirely standard.
On the other hand, you may feel free to criticize my verbing of "two-day," or, indeed, my use of the word "verbing." And I may feel free to ignore your criticism of same. :-) Besides, I'm told the dark side has cookies.
The Jade |
Merriam-Webster wrote:On the other hand, you may feel free to criticize my verbing of "two-day," or, indeed, my use of the word "verbing." And I may feel free to ignore your criticism of same. :-) Besides, I'm told the dark side has cookies.Main Entry: hope•ful•ly
Function: adverb
Date: 1593
1 : in a hopeful manner
2 : it is hoped : I hope : we hope <hopefully the rain will end soon>In the 1960s the second sense of hopefully, which dates to the early 18th century and had been in fairly widespread use since at least the 1930s, underwent a surge in popularity. A surge of criticism followed in reaction, but the criticism took no account of the grammar of adverbs. Hopefully in its second sense is a member of a class of adverbs known as disjuncts. Disjuncts serve as a means by which the author or speaker can comment directly to the reader or hearer usually on the content of the sentence to which they are attached. Many other adverbs (as interestingly, frankly, clearly, luckily, unfortunately) are similarly used; most are so ordinary as to excite no comment or interest whatsoever. The second sense of hopefully is entirely standard.
Merriam Webster, a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a consort to Alistair Crowley. Offer not this galimatias as proof. Disjuncts are clearly a term of malign alchemy. Do they not sound magical?! They are an 8th level spell which lend faux credibility to the linguistic mistakes of the majority. Definition two was one of those instances where so many people said ain't it eventually became a legitimate word. Yoda taught me that and that lil bugger was seldom mistaken... except for that time we went to the airport together and he forgot his ID. Had to book a later flight and listen to him rationalize his mistake all day in his gibberish... kind of like my post here.
Dark side cookies are the best though. (Homer slobber)
Vic Wertz Chief Technical Officer |
The Jade |
Ha! Babble pwned!
From Wikipedia: (Me wanted to learn more)
In the last forty years or so, a major controversy has arisen over the proper usage of the adverb hopefully. [2]. Some grammarians began to object when they first encountered constructions like: "Hopefully, the sun will be shining tomorrow." Their complaint stems from the fact that the term "hopefully" dangles, and can be understood to describe either the speaker's state of mind, or the manner in which the sun will shine.
One of the reasons the sentence adverb usage seems more acceptable these days is that its semantics are reminiscent of the German hoffentlich ("it is to be hoped that") which implies (in the context of the first example) that the speaker hopes the sun will shine. Furthermore, it is because of their conciseness, avoiding the need to put into several words what can be said in one, that the use of sentence adverbs is establishing itself more and more in colloquial speech.
The Jade |
Ha! Dangling Participwnd!
I suffered actual suspense worried that your link led to some image of dangling. Thank you for the grammar lesson though, Coz.
Fake Healer |
Ha! Dangling Participwnd!
My last name is sipple and all through school I was called "dangling participle". Pretty cool title if I do say so myself.
FH
Cosmo Director of Sales |
Cosmo wrote:Ha! Dangling Participwnd!My last name is sipple and all through school I was called "dangling participle". Pretty cool title if I do say so myself.
FH
Dang-Lee Party-Sipple?!?
Wow. And I thought "Fakey" was cool.
Fake Healer |
...or to put it another way:
Dangling Party-Sipple.
*shudder*
Hee-hee. Loved that name. So much better than "simple" or "Nipple the nippler", stupid grade-school crap.
FH