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Originally Posted by Kaimetsu
Except that it's quite obvious that I'm more skilled with the "langauge" than you.
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Not to the point that you are always right about it and i am always wrong.
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Little better. But still incorrect. Here's an idea: Google for the term "biased towards" and see how the majority of articles are using it.
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So that's the common usage in some articles found by google. Whoop-dee-doo. And from some asking around I have found that it can mean either, and by default it IS yours, though mine is practical. So go ahead and gloat now.
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No, it's more a matter of general linguistic ability. They tend to correlate pretty well, though.
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Not always. I could care less about looking at 3 paragraphs and knowing if someone mispelled "the". I focus on math and science for a reason. I figure that if I speak at least more intelligiently than the majority of my peers, i'm fine.
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None of the three examples I gave are of mistakes. That's my point. As I said, the 'that' is optional.
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My point was that changing was to were is also optional in that case.
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You referred to faults of arrogance, and the context (the fact that you were contrasting it with a claim regarding possession of a fault) implied ownership.
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Fault of something doesn't actually mean that they possess owenership of the fault, more that they are the cause of it.