GK: ...back right after this message from the Professional Organization of English Majors.
TR: I've got an extra ticket to a play tonight if you'd like to go.
SS: What does that mean? Is that an invitation?Are you saying that if I want to go, you will get a ticket? Or that you already have the ticket?
TR: I just meant that----
SS: Is your possession of the ticket dependent on whether I go or not? Did you get the ticket for me? Or am I simply taking the place of someone you would rather have gone with?
TR: Listen----- can you go to this play tonight?
SS: Do you mean, am I physically capable of going to a play? Am I ambulatory? Yes. I am. Or am I to infer that you wish I would go to the play?
TR: Listen---- how about you just forget about it?
SS: When it comes to my memory, I don't take orders from you---- okay?
GK: It's not easy being the ones responsible for the English language. Just remember: We correct because we care.
---- A message from P.O.E.M., the Profession of English Majors. Language: it says so much about you. Nothing speaks louder than words.