I'm not a native English speaker but I think I can speak, write and understand English pretty good but this sentence jus
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SledgeHammer87 — 9 years ago(January 04, 2017 02:07 AM)
I'm not a native English speaker but I think I can speak, write and understand English pretty good but this sentence just sounds so weird to me. Of course I know what it means but its structure just doesn't look right to me.
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the_bamboo_spear — 9 years ago(January 04, 2017 06:15 AM)
It simply sounds more regal, refined and sinister than, "You know it's true". Star Wars is known for these kinds of phrases, like, "What in blazes is he doing there?" or "Blasted Biggs, where are you?". No one talks like that, it's part of Star Wars' pulpy roots.
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GreatWhiteApeofBarsoom — 9 years ago(January 05, 2017 01:33 PM)
It's actually perfectly correct English, though not a very common phrase. Using good as an adverb, however, is not.
Requiescat in pace, Krystle Papile. I'll always miss you. Justice was finally served. -
ricemuscle — 9 years ago(January 06, 2017 03:13 AM)
You're telling someone whose first language isn't English that they should have said well instead of good, wow. Already pretty pathetic that you're a Star Wars dork, didn't think there was much worse. You proved me wrong. congratulations
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Phagocyte — 9 years ago(February 08, 2017 09:11 PM)
I think it was appropriate in this case, as the person boasted that he was expert enough to identify incorrect sentence structure (and was completely wrong).
My take on it, is that the Jedi (Vader included) were well-educated polymaths who were more likely to use refined, grammatically correct language than colloquialisms.