It's WEDNESDAY!! Now, somebody argue with THAT.

[renie408]

I cannot believe that there are people actually arguing that refined sugar is a nutrient required by the body. Somebody posts an article about a study which showed that soda is as bad for the body as alcohol or tobacco, which just isn't that hard to believe, and there are people who are arguing with the findings.

I love this place.

[babylonsister]

1. ...

I love this place, too!

[orpupilofnature57]

2. Not in New Zealand. Medicine you don't need

will kill you.

[muntrv]

3. Not in the UK. I believe it is Thursday there.

[Lochloosa]

4. Not in Austrialia

just saying...

[seabeyond]

5. somewhere it is thursday. and if you dont know the days of the week,

capable of learning, been taught, then is it really a wednesday or anything for that matter.

[Lochloosa]

6. Well that didn't take long to trash your argument

[kevinmc]

7. It's my Sunday n/t

[renie408]

8. See?? I knew you guys wouldn't let me down!! :)

[TheWraith]

9. No, someone did not post a "study."

They posted one "scientist" who decided to get himself some press attention by making that assertion.

[renie408]

11. Oh, it's studies you want...

http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/106/4/523.full - Sugar linked to cardiovascular disease

http://healthy-family.org/caryn/217 HFCS linked to diabetes

http://www.naturalnews.com/027350_child_children_candy.html Sugar linked to violence (that's a new one on me)

[yellowcanine]

10. Not only is it not Wednesday somewhere. It is 5 O'Clock and not Wednesday somewhere.

[ZombieHorde]

12. The word "it" usually refers to the last noun used.

Since no noun becomes before your word "it," you are basically saying nothing is Wednesday, but we know Wednesday is a girl in the Adams Family.

[The Straight Story]

14. speaking of that:

[ZombieHorde]

15. Funny. nt

[renie408]

16. Wait...

It is grammatically incorrect to say 'it is Wednesday'? Then that means that the sentence 'it is grammatically incorrect to say 'it is Wednesday' is grammatically incorrect, too.

That can't be right. Or if it is (what noun was 'it' referring to there? There was no noun before 'it'), it is (see previous parenthetical comment) only incorrect in instances which call for extremely formal writing.

That was a reach, my friend.

[ZombieHorde]

20. Using the word "it" to refer to subjects mentioned latter in the document is becoming

more acceptable.

It is grammatically incorrect to say 'it is Wednesday'? Then that means that the sentence 'it is grammatically incorrect to say 'it is Wednesday' is grammatically incorrect, too.

I believe the correct version would be: Saying, "it is Wednesday," is grammatically incorrect.

Maybe the commas aren't needed.

[renie408]

21. I am a big fan of punctuation. When in doubt, I like to throw in a semi-colon or two.

I figure nobody can really remember when to use semi-colons; so it looks smarter than just garden variety commas.

In the sentence 'It's Wednesday.' 'it' is referring to the noun 'Wednesday' which follows. Therefore, using your own explanation, it is grammatically correct.

And OH MY GOD I just had a three or four post long discussion about the correct use of 'it' in a sentence and my love for this place has been reinforced tenfold.

[RevStPatrick]

23. You would say "Today is Wednesday..."

You would also ask "Is it grammatically incorrect to say 'it is Wednesday'?"

Problem solved!

[The Straight Story]

13. Wednesday is a word used to keep down Thursday, don't use it here!

[Angleae]

17. I had yesterday off, today I had to go to work.

It's MONDAY dammit!!!

[sufrommich]

18. You obviously have something against the other days

of the week.

Oh, how I wish we had a Hitler smiley.

[renie408]

19. Does that mean I am a dayist??

[MindandSoul]

22. It's Wednesday?

You really want an argument over this?

Okay, I'll give you one:

It's already Thursday in Australia!