Perhaps I'm the only one who sees a statement such as "it's been almost 19 years since the Canadiens won their last Cup" as being more factually correct over the statement "it's been almost 20 years since any Canadian team has won a Cup". - Doppleganger
Not "more factually correct." You could say more precise, even, perhaps, more explicit, but both statements are equally correct.
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Mar 12 @ 3:34 PM ET
Perhaps I'm the only one who sees a statement such as "it's been almost 19 years since the Canadiens won their last Cup" as being more factually correct over the statement "it's been almost 20 years since any Canadian team has won a Cup". - Doppleganger
Perhaps you're retarded, and can't recall that you said "almost 20 years" is "WRONG".
Not, factually more/less correct.
I LOVE that you're backing off your statements though.
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Mar 12 @ 3:38 PM ET
Do the leafs have any defense-men in the top ten points overall?? And do you think it's been almost one week since the leafs scored a goal?? - Doppleganger
This is exactly what you accuse Prock of doing when he's proven wrong: abruptly change the subject, and never acknowledge it again.
“Can he win the Norris? Why not? What’s not to like? He’s not afraid to try to make a play,” said Hall of Famer Paul Coffey, in a phone conversation earlier this week.
“If he (Karlsson) doesn’t win it this year, it’s the voters (media) saying, ‘Well, let’s see if he can do it again?’ There’s nothing wrong with that,” said Coffey
“The real talent is the guy who can get up the ice and make the pass. Every team wants a guy like that, but they won’t let him play like that. Blows my mind. Karlsson has the long stick and he’s smart. He’s slight, but guys like him are built for speed, man.”
Coffey applauds the work of first-year Ottawa coach Paul MacLean, who could win the Jack Adams Trophy as coach of the year.
Feel free to post some more current Sens playoff victories over the Leafs, if you like. - prock
Feel free to post any video you can find of the leafs Winning their Conference, and then playing for the Stanley Cup, Just like Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Ottawa have ALL done within the last 19 years.
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Mar 12 @ 4:33 PM ET
Feel free to post any video you can find of the leafs Winning their Conference, and then playing for the Stanley Cup, Just like Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Ottawa have ALL done within the last 19 years.
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Mar 12 @ 5:22 PM ET
19 years, is less that "almost 20 years since a Canadian team won a Cup."
beat this to death if you wish.
If this June was your 30th birthday, would you say that you're " almost 31 years old" or "almost 30 years old"?.
- Doppleganger
Nope. Syntactically speaking, 19 years can be very accurately described as "almost 20 years", and is not necessarily less.
Did you know that the Hundred years war was actually 116 years long? 100 is a nice round number though. If it had been 98 years years, or 96 years, I'd venture they'd have called it the Hundred years war just the same. And do you know what they'd have said about it? "that war went on for almost 100 years".
Even now, i'll say this: the Hundred years war actually went on for almost 120 years.
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Mar 12 @ 5:24 PM ET
Nope. Syntactically speaking, 19 years can be very accurately described as "almost 20 years", and is not necessarily less.
Did you know that the Hundred years war was actually 116 years long? 100 is a nice round number though. If it had been 98 years years, or 96 years, I'd venture they'd have called it the Hundred years war just the same. And do you know what they'd have said about it? "that war went on for almost 100 years".
Even now, i'll say this: the Hundred years war actually went on for almost 120 years.
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Mar 12 @ 5:31 PM ET
- Morris
I started quite a few people in the office laughing at that post.
I like Zombie too actually. He's a pretty smart guy. Interesting that you're both Oiler fans. All of that, however, gets lost in the shuffle because gretzky is an Oiler fan too. Oh, and Longbottom.
Nope. Syntactically speaking, 19 years can be very accurately described as "almost 20 years", and is not necessarily less.
. - Morris
The Canadiens last won the Cup on Wednesday, June 9th 1993.
It's been 18 years 9 months and four days since they last hoisted the Cup...........or almost 19 years. You could say almost 20 years, 22 years or 25 years.......but almost 19 years would be more accurate.
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Mar 13 @ 5:10 PM ET
The Canadiens last won the Cup on Wednesday, June 9th 1993.
It's been 18 years 9 months and four days since they last hoisted the Cup...........or almost 19 years. You could say almost 20 years, 22 years or 25 years.......but almost 19 years would be more accurate.
begin the flaming - Doppleganger
i stuck up for you before when you dug up the ridiculous old posts from prock.. but im BEGGING you to let this one go. you sound more and more like a moron each time you keep this particular argument going
i stuck up for you before when you dug up the ridiculous old posts from prock.. but im BEGGING you to let this one go. you sound more and more like a moron each time you keep this particular argument going - Crimsoninja
That was my last point on the issue.
Our friend could not seem to see that it would have been more accurate to say almost 19 years. But he forced the issue, trying to prove that 20 is closer to 19, than 19 itself is.
