"that being said"...

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why do posters use this expression when they are about to argue with their own statements? I started seeing this being used about 5 or 6 years ago. Why? Why I ask you?

I just can't stand it. Stop it. Stop it now.

 

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The answer is rather clear. That being said, I couldn't tell you why.

 

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im not sure whats wrong with it, I know I use it....

for example, I may say something like"

Marty Havlat is a Great Player in the NHL (agreeing with someone else), that being said, he is always injured so he isnt much help.

:think2::ughhh:

 

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Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

 

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The way people continually fawk up when using the word "your" instead of "you're" or vice versa really irks me, that being said, I see your point.:thumbsup:

 

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I understand your point, having said that, some people will never change.

 

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it is annoying and self argumentative.........all that aside they have a right to do it

 

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WVU's girlfriend has HIV...that being said, I'd still let her touch my dong.

 

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royboy_3831 said:

The way people continually fawk up when using the word "your" instead of "you're" or vice versa really irks me, that being said, I see your point.:thumbsup:

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Me too. "It's" and "its" bugs the shit out of me as well. The difficulty some people have grasping the difference between possessive nouns, plural nouns, and contractions drives me insane.

This games gonna go the Bulls way, the Western Conference can't even win it's own home games. Its a lock. :nohead:

 

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dis is da net baby, duznt matta how u spel it.

 

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WVU said:

why do posters use this expression when they are about to argue with their own statements? I started seeing this being used about 5 or 6 years ago. Why? Why I ask you?

I just can't stand it. Stop it. Stop it now.

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I think it is the thought process from those German philosophers, Hagel and folks like that. The technical term for it is the "dialectic".

The arguement or essay will always put forth the "thesis", then follows the "anti-thesis", and then next is the result of the two.

So when you see the term "that being said" used, I believe they are presenting a dialectic arguement. This thread needs someone who took philosophy to clarify things.

An example of the dialectic agruement is Carl von Clauswich book "On War", which I think is required study material for the officiers in the US military.

If you don't like the dialectic, don't join the army because you are not officer material, as you would be fast track to the front line, that being said, if you survive, you get a pension which use can use to bet on games over the internet offshore!

:banger:

 

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with the current u.s. legislation in effect, the offshore gambling industry is doomed. that being said, i like ucla + the points this weekend.

 

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HarryCaray said:

Me too. "It's" and "its" bugs the shit out of me as well. The difficulty some people have grasping the difference between possessive nouns, plural nouns, and contractions drives me insane.

This games gonna go the Bulls way, the Western Conference can't even win it's own home games. Its a lock. :nohead:

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that's getting a bit anal isn't it?:tongue2:

 

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I scored 184 on the english portion of the SAT, now that I said that, its probably to late to say they're teaching methods sucked and your much better teachers.

 

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WC Bias said:

I scored 184 on the english portion of the SAT, now that I said that, its probably to late to say they're teaching methods sucked and your much better teachers.

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:missingte :aktion033

 

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I need a refresher course on where to put commas, as of now I just put them where one thought ends, and another one starts.

 

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AngleBroom said:

I need a refresher course on where to put commas, as of now I just put them where one thought ends, and another one starts.

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I use and

 

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also correct to use prior to,and that being said

 

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I like Ohio State +8.5. With that said, if I lose another game by a half point I'm going to shoot something.

 

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I hear ya Kornholio.

Ohio st +8 1/2, Miami-oh/Xavier under 120 1/2, and Marshall -1 for me today. Wonderful, huh?

(That being said, it could have been worse)