http://www.englishforums.com/English/LinguisticsDiscussionForum/Forum35.htmGet into the nitty-gritty of the language.enXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/VeteranBore/ccbpv/post.htm#459791Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:07:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:459791Feebs110http://www.englishforums.com/English/VeteranBore/ccbpv/post.htm#459791http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments35-459791.xmlAnonymous wrote: My teacher gave that book yestardy and i was suppose to read each chapter when i get an assignment about the chapter so i wonder if you know this question what is fundamental decencies you'll find this in the first page at the bottom line oh if you wanna know the teacher and send a message about thebook go to armour.k12.sd.us ???? Has your keyboard lost the punctuation keys?http://www.englishforums.com/English/VeteranBore/ccbpv/post.htm#459690Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:07:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:459690Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/VeteranBore/ccbpv/post.htm#459690http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments35-459690.xmlMy teacher gave that book yestardy and i was suppose to read each chapter when i get an assignment about the chapter so i wonder if you know this question what is fundamental decencies you'll find this in the first page at the bottom line oh if you wanna know the teacher and send a message about thebook go to armour.k12.sd.ushttp://www.englishforums.com/English/VeteranBore/ccbpv/post.htm#191892Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:07:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:191892Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/VeteranBore/ccbpv/post.htm#191892http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments35-191892.xmlYes, a veteran bore is an immensely boring situation. Imagine being lectured by your father. I think in the second query, the wild men are unknown by the proletariat. Fundamental decencies are not distrubuted to all people at the same level. Many people, as i'm sure you well know, have no sense of fundamental decency whatsoever, while others have more than their fair share.http://www.englishforums.com/English/VeteranBore/ccbpv/post.htm#180979Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:07:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:180979Hunk3http://www.englishforums.com/English/VeteranBore/ccbpv/post.htm#180979http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments35-180979.xmlThanks again for helping me out.http://www.englishforums.com/English/VeteranBore/ccbpv/post.htm#180940Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:07:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:180940rvw4http://www.englishforums.com/English/VeteranBore/ccbpv/post.htm#180940http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments35-180940.xmlI'm sure veteran as an adjective is much more common in writing than in speech. The adjective veteran (from the Latin veter , meaning old ) means: having had long experience or practice. ---dictionary.comhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/VeteranBore/ccbpv/post.htm#180667Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:07:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:180667Hunk5http://www.englishforums.com/English/VeteranBore/ccbpv/post.htm#180667http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments35-180667.xmlOhhhhh, I get it. Thank you so much rvw. Veteran bore is not a term people frequently use, is it?http://www.englishforums.com/English/VeteranBore/ccbpv/post.htm#180574Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:07:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:180574rvw6http://www.englishforums.com/English/VeteranBore/ccbpv/post.htm#180574http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments35-180574.xmlA veteran bore is one who has been a bore for a long time. Because he was such a good listener and reserved judgment when listening to people, "abnormal, wild, unknown" people would tell him their "secret griefs" -- what in life has hurt them and their weaknesses. At the beginning of this passage, the father says "... just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had." And at the end, the author is saying that by "advantages" the father meant "a sense of the fundamental decencies." So the father and son "rather snobbisly" consider themselves to have a superior sense of "the fundamental decencies." And at the end, the son is saying that he has to remember his superior sense and continue to be...http://www.englishforums.com/English/VeteranBore/ccbpv/post.htmThu, 23 Apr 2009 20:07:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:177416Hunk7http://www.englishforums.com/English/VeteranBore/ccbpv/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments35-177416.xmlHello, I need help in understanding the following passage from The Great Gatsby, and I hope this is the right forum to post my questions. In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” He didn’t say any more, but we’ve always been unusually communicative in a reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that. In consequence, I’m inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores . The...