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[DoubleRose]

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[Lawly]

lol it`s just a typo
and ew...superfighter

[floptop]

this should go in the bug report section not here

[Kitt]

So...

There has been a long-standing debate among those who prefer the phrase 'another thing coming' and those who prefer 'another think coming'. 'Another think coming' is the original phrase, and the one that makes the most sense in how the phrase is most often used -- as it means that after some thought (another think) a person should change his or her mind about something.

Most of the time, this phrase is used to offset a preceeding stated position that is presumed to be incorrect. For example --

"Kitt believes that ROSE Online was created by Martians. If she really believes that, she's got another think coming." This statement shows that after some thought, Kitt will realize that her idea that ROSE was created by Martians is incorrect. (Leonis is clearly from Antares which is nowhere near Mars, after all!)



Changing 'think' to 'thing' makes the statement have no sense.

So, the way they are using it in the Superfighter Headgear description is that villains really should reconsider doing nefarious and evil plots, since there's a well-gear superfighter around to stop them.

(They are still missing the 'r' and the period in the previous sentence, tho'.)

*slinks off back into lurking mode again*

[Orion]

So...

There has been a long-standing debate among those who prefer the phrase 'another thing coming' and those who prefer 'another think coming'. 'Another think coming' is the original phrase, and the one that makes the most sense in how the phrase is most often used -- as it means that after some thought (another think) a person should change his or her mind about something.

Most of the time, this phrase is used to offset a preceeding stated position that is presumed to be incorrect. For example --

"Kitt believes that ROSE Online was created by Martians. If she really believes that, she's got another think coming." This statement shows that after some thought, Kitt will realize that her idea that ROSE was created by Martians is incorrect. (Leonis is clearly from Antares which is nowhere near Mars, after all!)



Changing 'think' to 'thing' makes the statement have no sense.

So, the way they are using it in the Superfighter Headgear description is that villains really should reconsider doing nefarious and evil plots, since there's a well-gear superfighter around to stop them.

(They are still missing the 'r' and the period in the previous sentence, tho'.)

*slinks off back into lurking mode again*

*jaw drops* you is too smarts for we.

Edited by Orion, 05 September 2010 - 07:58 PM.

[DoubleRose]

"To have 'another think coming' is to be greatly mistaken. The phrase is usually spoken by an antagonist as 'you have another think coming'; the implication being that one will shortly be obliged to adopt a different viewpoint, either by the presentation of indisputable evidence, or by force"

[Orion]

"To have 'another think coming' is to be greatly mistaken. The phrase is usually spoken by an antagonist as 'you have another think coming'; the implication being that one will shortly be obliged to adopt a different viewpoint, either by the presentation of indisputable evidence, or by force"

did you just answer you own post ?

[pixie]

did you just answer you own post ?

Uhh s/he was justifying the meaning of "another think coming".

[Orion]

Uhh s/he was justifying the meaning of "another think coming".

well if s/he is able to justify the meaning of the term and is able to acknowledge it as itself a grammatically correct phrase then i don't see the reason as to why s/he in the first place would question the "correctness" of the sentence. It all seems pointless in my opinion.

Edited by Orion, 07 September 2010 - 11:24 AM.

[pixie]

well if s/he is able to justify the meaning of the term and is able to acknowledge it as itself a grammatically correct phrase then i don't see the reason as to why s/he in the first place would question the "correctness" of the sentence. It all seems pointless in my opinion.

S/he didn't 'question the "correctness" of the sentence'. If you're talking about his/her first sentence, s/he was just explaining the meaning of the phrase(which means 'to be greatly mistaken'), with the following sentences further elaborating on the first.

[Kittiz]

S/he didn't 'question the "correctness" of the sentence'. If you're talking about his/her first sentence, s/he was just explaining the meaning of the phrase(which means 'to be greatly mistaken'), with the following sentences further elaborating on the first.

I think what Orion meant was....s/he was the thread creator. And then justified the correctness of something s/he originally (in the first post in the thread) had pointed out to be incorrect.

...So I think S/HE "had another think coming!" Hahaha? ^^;

Edited by Kittiz, 07 September 2010 - 01:18 PM.

[pixie]

I think what Orion meant was....s/he was the thread creator. And then justified the correctness of something s/he originally (in the first post in the thread) had pointed out to be incorrect.

...So I think S/HE "had another think coming!" Hahaha? ^^;

Ahhh ok sorry, my bad then. I didn't realise s/he was the thread starter. I don't usually look at the names Dx

[thejokster]

So...

There has been a long-standing debate among those who prefer the phrase 'another thing coming' and those who prefer 'another think coming'. 'Another think coming' is the original phrase, and the one that makes the most sense in how the phrase is most often used -- as it means that after some thought (another think) a person should change his or her mind about something.

Most of the time, this phrase is used to offset a preceeding stated position that is presumed to be incorrect. For example --

"Kitt believes that ROSE Online was created by Martians. If she really believes that, she's got another think coming." This statement shows that after some thought, Kitt will realize that her idea that ROSE was created by Martians is incorrect. (Leonis is clearly from Antares which is nowhere near Mars, after all!)



Changing 'think' to 'thing' makes the statement have no sense.

So, the way they are using it in the Superfighter Headgear description is that villains really should reconsider doing nefarious and evil plots, since there's a well-gear superfighter around to stop them.

(They are still missing the 'r' and the period in the previous sentence, tho'.)

*slinks off back into lurking mode again*

wooooooooooooooooooooooooow

Edited by thejokster, 07 September 2010 - 07:55 PM.

[Orion]

haha thanks for clearing that up Kittiz for pixie. And yeah i didnt notice at first either

[Feuer]

After I stopped crying from laughing so intensely I'll make this short remark.
Thought is the past/present/pro-tense word used to describe the process of analyzing information.
The word "think" is actually a verb. verbs are very rarely used outside present situations.

however

Should the grammatical change of "Villains should/will have another thought coming" or "Villains will/should think twice*" would correct the issue at hand.
It's known amongst most literary teachers and professors that you cannot eloquently combine a verb without a tense or quantity. The English language has many rules/restrictions/flaws on these sorts of things but I can assure you one thing, grammatically that description is wrong.

[Kitt]

Actually, the word 'think' can be used as a noun, too. From dictionary.com:

â??noun
20. Informal . the act or a period of thinking: I want to sit down and give it a good think.

Here is the relavant part of the entry from Merriam-Webster Online:

2 think noun
Definition of THINK
: an act of thinking <has another think coming>

Examples of THINK
I'd have another think about doing that if I were you.
Feel free to have a good think about it before you say yes.

First Known Use of THINK
1834

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Next Word in the Dictionary: thinkable
Previous Word in the Dictionary: thingummy
All Words Near: think

However, many of the articles I've found about the think/thing debate admit that this is not the most clear, or the most elegant, way to convey what you mean. A few of them admit the expression is idiomatic (Merriam-Webster Online again from the definition of the word 'idiom'):

2 an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either grammatically (as no, it wasn't me) or in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (as Monday week for â??the Monday a week after next Mondayâ?)

I will certainly agree with the 'grammatically peculiar' part of this definition when applied to 'another think coming'!

[XBlazeX]

"Another thought coming" is right to me... and enough with the justifications lol...

[PeppermintDream]

ROFL I love this thread (I'm a medical text editor) !!