Gotta vent ... small correction on a 'stall' -- EVERYONE READ

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Apr 3, 2006 | 09:27 PM

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MrDestinE

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now that was quite a few wasted moments of my life..... GIVE EM BACK DAMMIT!

Apr 3, 2006 | 10:04 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldenVelvet

Do you have a stall?

vs.

Do you have a higher stall speed then stock torque converter?

They both say the same thing but one can convey the point in half as many words.

Technically ... one is worded completely wrong, and one is almost right. It should read something like this:

Do you have a higher stall speed then the stock torque converter?

Apr 4, 2006 | 12:06 AM

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my truck stalls

Apr 4, 2006 | 12:22 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Flyer

Technically ... one is worded completely wrong, and one is almost right. It should read something like this:

Do you have a higher stall speed then the stock torque converter?

Great even more words.

I think you are just stalling here

Apr 4, 2006 | 05:21 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Flyer

Technically ... one is worded completely wrong, and one is almost right. It should read something like this:

Do you have a higher stall speed then the stock torque converter?

And if you really want to be a grammar ****, the sentence should read "Do you have a higher stall speed than the stock torque converter?".

Apr 4, 2006 | 05:52 AM

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Apr 4, 2006 | 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by A 4.8 Liter Of Cola

And if you really want to be a grammar ****, the sentence should read "Do you have a higher stall speed than the stock torque converter?".

YESSS!!! That is like my biggest pet peave on this damn site! My mom is an English teacher so i have grown up with the iron fist of propper grammer!

Did you hear that everyone, it is THAN damnit! Not "Then!"

It is:
Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than ThanThan Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than ThanThan Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than ThanThan Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than ThanThan Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than ThanThan Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than ThanThan Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than ThanThan Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than ThanThan Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than ThanThan Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than ThanThan Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than ThanThan Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than ThanThan Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than ThanThan Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than ThanThan Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than ThanThan Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than ThanThan Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than Than

Do you hear me DAMNIT. Bwahahahahahaha!