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We, maybe by a mistake, shot down their craft. tramp over us like insects. And we still don't know who we shot. ape rituals of figuring out who's in charge
I am sure that in his position as head of a major university, Zelenkov makes departmental funding decisions in an entirely apolitical and dominance-drama-free manner.
Second panel: first bubble, remove 'would', second bubble, 'send' instead of 'sent'
Third panel: first bubble remove 'did', last bubble 'until' instead of 'before' and 'we' instead of 'we'll'.
Really loving this comic. I can occasionally tell English is not your native language, but it's usually fairly subtle - you do a great job. For some reason, this particular update seems noticeably worse on the language front than any of the previous ones.
We, maybe by [] mistake, [] shot down their craft. or: We -- maybe by [] mistake, but still -- shot down their craft. or: maybe the Major is just being a bit clumsy with phrasing. Definitely shouldn't be "by a mistake", though, since 'mistake" here is a quality rather than a thing.
And I'm very interested that there [] be no conflict.
if they have managed to [send] spaceships In a sentence like this the past tense is only applied once, in this case to "manage" since it sorta contains the "send".
allow them to [trample] us like [] insects
And we still don't know who [] we shot. It could've been [Cortes's] recon party. A final "s" on a word only eats the "s" after the apostrophe if it's plural. I think.
And [until we] figure this out
they demand that I [participate] in their primitive ape rituals of [figuring] out who's in charge
if you would allow me [to] finish that.
No worries. I'll freely admit that English is a monstrosity of a language made from words and grammar that other languages woke up in a bathtub of ice and realized they were missing.
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"Dawn" class mothership and "Lake" class tankers are the only spacecraft in the Exploration fleet that can create artificial gravity while not under acceleration.
Comments (11)
Is that reference to a Martian Princess a nod to A Princess of Mars?
We, maybe by a mistake, shot down their craft.
tramp over us like insects.
And we still don't know who we shot.
ape rituals of figuring out who's in charge
The Military being reasonable in a sci-fi story?? Unheard of!
"...but it could have been some Martian Princess taking a ritual visit."
Is what I see a reference to Aldnoah.Zero? Even more important, does this mean that the Major is an otaku? ;-)
I had more of a "John Carter" thought.
Ooh, right! I loved those novels, too :-)
"Everyone here is dumb except me"
"I am literally trying to stop an intergalactical incident"
"I can do that in my sleep"
"Ugghh"
I am sure that in his position as head of a major university, Zelenkov makes departmental funding decisions in an entirely apolitical and dominance-drama-free manner.
First panel: second bubble needs to be reworded.
Second panel: first bubble, remove 'would', second bubble, 'send' instead of 'sent'
Third panel: first bubble remove 'did', last bubble 'until' instead of 'before' and 'we' instead of 'we'll'.
Really loving this comic. I can occasionally tell English is not your native language, but it's usually fairly subtle - you do a great job. For some reason, this particular update seems noticeably worse on the language front than any of the previous ones.
Thanks. There's several culprits that might be a reason, I'll try to sort them out.
We, maybe by [] mistake, [] shot down their craft.
or: We -- maybe by [] mistake, but still -- shot down their craft.
or: maybe the Major is just being a bit clumsy with phrasing.
Definitely shouldn't be "by a mistake", though, since 'mistake" here is a quality rather than a thing.
And I'm very interested that there [] be no conflict.
if they have managed to [send] spaceships
In a sentence like this the past tense is only applied once, in this case to "manage" since it sorta contains the "send".
allow them to [trample] us like [] insects
And we still don't know who [] we shot. It could've been [Cortes's] recon party.
A final "s" on a word only eats the "s" after the apostrophe if it's plural. I think.
And [until we] figure this out
they demand that I [participate] in their primitive ape rituals of [figuring] out who's in charge
if you would allow me [to] finish that.
No worries. I'll freely admit that English is a monstrosity of a language made from words and grammar that other languages woke up in a bathtub of ice and realized they were missing.