HMMMMMM!!

I wonder if this post will be deleted as it has nothing to do with Basketball??

That rule went out years and years ago. Besides, even by that old rule what would be the acceptable re-wording? I suppose, back then, one might say, "...deserves to be heard", but today, it doesn't have the same exact meaning. The way I wrote it, there is an emphasis that isn't there in the "old-fashioned" way.

I hope you read this before it gets deleted!

A dangling participle is one thing up with which I will not put! -- Winston Churchill

Jewel,
I haven't been informed of the "new way". I thought there were only two ways, correct and incorrect.

However, I do remember my first born telling us of her English teacher that said, "I am more of a modern teacher with regard to grammar and punctuation. I don't worry about that."

And all this time, I thought that was the lazy way. Mybad.
mick
<HR>
<font color = red>Anyone who uses the word "myriad" correctly, deserves to be listened to!!</font>

Listen to anyone who uses the word, "myriad", correctly!

I think Bob hinted that the real reason it got deleted was not so much that it was off topic but that the subject gave no indication (or [perhaps and inaccurate one) of what the topic really was.

I think he'd have left it alone if it was clear from the subject.

I really don't like opening a thread only to find it about something completely different than the subject indicates.

In my defense, the post dealt exactly with the what the subject indicated (gloating). It just wasn't about what you expected the gloating to be about. I will be more scrupulous in my use the "Off Topic" disclaimer in the future.

I've got two words for you Batman,
... Turdus migratorius.

What do the Red Sox call themselves when they come north after spring training?

I'll take Annoying Threads for $200 Alex.

(BTW, I'm wiping coffee off my monitor as I type this! :D )

Chuck is a migrating turd?

I thought he was a squirrel! :p

I may have to take that from Batman, but I'm not taking it from Robin! :p

Ah...you mean the ellusive sacculus maximus.

I wouldn't expect so. I would suppose you didn't have, as a grandmother, a member of the English Teachers of America, or whatever it was called. My grandmother got their news bulletin for years and years, and when the "dangling participle" thing got changed, we all heard about it for months. The rule wasn't completely revoked, but there is now an acknowledgement that sometimes there is no other way to express a certain idea, than to leave a preposition stuck onto the end of the sentence.

The reason for the acknowledgement was that words change their meanings over time, and in English, more and more, certain collections of words have come to acquire specific meanings which can be expressed in no other way. For instance, the verb phrase, "to play through", as used in golf. How could the idea, "May I play through?" be properly expressed without the "through" at the end? It just doesn't work. It is as though "through" isn't a preposition, and "play through" is one word, connected. I see "to listen to" as a similar situation, and different from "to listen".

I hope you read this before it gets deleted.


[Edited by rainmaker on Mar 9th, 2004 at 02:06 PM]

I would probably buy your premise, Juulie, but the example isn't the best. "Play through" is just short-hand for "play through your group". You're asking if it's ok to play through another group of players.

It's like "to go out". It's just short-hand for "to go out-of-doors".

As Yoda said: "Play through, may I?"
Or, as Coach Yoda (to remain faithul to the basketball theme) said: "Follow through, you must, for your shot to be straight and true. Trust the Force, young Jeddi Jordan, and fly through the sky will you."

Gee, sorry I missed my cue, guys. I was out.

http://www.sodamnfunny.com/Picture/Animal/photo7.jpg