al mcguire Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmassey Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 THANKS Al! Priceless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rachel Cameron Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Punctuation is right in there with it. "Johnny, said the teacher, is a fool." "Johnny said the teacher is a fool." Never underestimate the damage a missing comma can cause. Thanks Al~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Feeley Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 It's not grammar, but it's close enough (even if the term "serial comma" is better than "Oxford comma"). And an old favorite. And of course: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Robot Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Love these! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Sjostrom Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Let's eat kids! eh nevermind i got beat to the punch! I always thought the song went ",,,,,chameleon" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Trew Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 "grandma" should be capitalized, as it is being used as a person's name or title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarcanon Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 Of course, one must be careful to avoid pedantry when it comes to grammar, lest there be another occurrence of The Pedants' Revolt: Let history be a lesson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Flowers Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 (edited) Vexillologists will note that the Royal Standard is borne by both sides in the illustration above. Oddly, that on the right (the rebels' side) is correct, with the Arms of the King of France (azure seme of fleurs-de-lis) placed in the first and third quarters; while the King's side on the left has the French Arms placed incorrectly in the second and fourth quarters - the quarters are reckoned with reference to their position next to the flag staff. The pattern was started by Edward III in 1340, when he assumed the title of King of France because he was really cross that France was sending aid to Scotland. Strictly speaking both versions are wrong as Richard II (1377-99) who was monarch at the time of this revolt impaled the Edward III pattern with the legendary arms of Edward the Confessor (or, a cross patonce between five martlets on a field azure). But I don't want to be picky.* I'll fetch me coat. *British Flags by W.G. Perrin. Cambridge University Press 1922. Edited November 28, 2015 by Nick Flowers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmahaAudio Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 As my daughter (the real family grammar queen) tells me, "There shouldn't be period there (the book cover) because it's a fragment, not a sentence." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atheisticmystic Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Talk about a Pedant's revolt... We must distinguish between grammar and usage. . . . Each language has its own systematic ways through which words and sentences are assembled to convey meaning. This system is grammar. But within the general grammar of a language, certain alternative ways of speaking and writing acquire particular social status, and become the conventional usage. best Steven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Actually, the sentence is implied with the "is" being understood. ...evidence that a little knowledge can sometines be more misleading than enlightening. (The ellipses, of course, show that "This is" has been expurgated, rather than just implied.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmahaAudio Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Actually, the sentence is implied with the "is" being understood. Understood by you, perhaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Understood by you, perhaps. It is not an uncommon literary convention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarcanon Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 (The ellipsis is) [u]nderstood by you, perhaps. You just proved John's point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmahaAudio Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 You just proved John's point. Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al mcguire Posted December 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrd456 Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 1 hour ago, al mcguire said: I've had problems with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 On 11/30/2015, 8:33:03, John Blankenship said: Actually, the sentence is implied with the "is" being understood. "It all depends on what the definition of 'is' is." --Bill Clinton to the Grand Jury, September, 1998. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/chatterbox/1998/09/bill_clinton_and_the_meaning_of_is.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 21 minutes ago, Marc Wielage said: "It all depends on what the definition of 'is' is." --Bill Clinton to the Grand Jury, September, 1998. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/chatterbox/1998/09/bill_clinton_and_the_meaning_of_is.html LOTD. ...so, therefore: Lou: Is that what it depends on? Bud: No. That would depend on what that is. Lou: So, it is that? Bud: Exactly! Lou: Exactly what? Bud: That is. Lou: That is what? Bud: It sure is. Lou: It is? Bud: No, it isn't. That is. Lou: Is what? Bud: What the meaning of the word is is Lou: It is! Bud: No, it isn't. Is is. Lou: Let's go back to baseball. It's less confusing! Bud: No, I told you, it isn't. Is is. Lou: Batter up! ----- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al mcguire Posted December 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnewton Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 19 hours ago, Marc Wielage said: "It all depends on what the definition of 'is' is." --Bill Clinton to the Grand Jury, September, 1998. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/chatterbox/1998/09/bill_clinton_and_the_meaning_of_is.html So did Bill Clinton lay with Monica to get laid or was she lying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Cameron Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 A string walks into a bar and the bartender yells out: "Hey you! We don't serve strings in here, take a hike!" So the string walks outside, messes his up his hair, ties himself up, and indignantly walks back into the bar. The bartender immediately spots him and says: "Hey aren't you the string I just kicked out of here?", to which the string replies: "No, I'm a frayed knot." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atheisticmystic Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 19 minutes ago, Rachel Cameron said: A string walks into a bar and the bartender yells out: "Hey you! We don't serve strings in here, take a hike!" So the string walks outside, messes his up his hair, ties himself up, and indignantly walks back into the bar. The bartender immediately spots him and says: "Hey aren't you the string I just kicked out of here?", to which the string replies: "No, I'm a frayed knot." ouch "mom, the joke it hurted me" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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