tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post5366447117932465244..comments2024-03-26T18:01:57.609+00:00Comments on Inky Fool: Prepositions The End Of Sentences AtM.H. Forsythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-18478290969256893292021-10-28T07:35:14.699+01:002021-10-28T07:35:14.699+01:00'All that I write - all that I am - is on the ...'All that I write - all that I am - is on the borders of the sea It is a kind of playing.'MJEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11744953263930877734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-47504019056976607082010-06-19T04:57:55.822+01:002010-06-19T04:57:55.822+01:00Hi Ranjani- This is very good. I think I read Chur...Hi Ranjani- This is very good. I think I read Churchill's quote: "Bad English is something I will not up with put!" -DDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-79078052994155855692010-06-10T15:23:59.207+01:002010-06-10T15:23:59.207+01:00Okay, I've been thinking for ages and I can...Okay, I've been thinking for ages and I can't beat that.M.H. Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-77082255597380896312010-06-08T14:23:25.710+01:002010-06-08T14:23:25.710+01:00"How would you go about using a phrasal verb ..."How would you go about using a phrasal verb in the imperative? 'Out look!' you would scream. 'Down get! On we're being fired!'"<br /><br />In the first of those two, the particle is an adverb, not a preposition. But that's just pedantry.<br /><br />A different joke about prepositions/adverbs: a young child was upstairs in bed waiting for the bedtime story. He'd vetoed a particular antipodean tale, but his parent brought it up nonetheless. Unaware of any stylistic recommendations on the placement of prepositions, the child said petulantly: <br /><br />"What did you bring that book I didn't want to be read to out of about down under up for?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-92116033396750473922010-05-30T12:08:50.727+01:002010-05-30T12:08:50.727+01:00Many thanks, not least for the link which (eventua...Many thanks, not least for the link which (eventually) provided me with a semi-rational excuse for a long-held irrational dislike of men wearing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_shoe" rel="nofollow">white shoes.</a> With Dr S, my need for confession is reduced.The Antipodeannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-48527207417836421002010-05-29T20:38:26.628+01:002010-05-29T20:38:26.628+01:00This is all such a relief. Thank you.
Having work...This is all such a relief. Thank you.<br /><br />Having worked in a library for...ooh... about three weeks now it sounds to me like 'The librarian done it' although where I come from no-one asks 'Which section are your grammar books in?' They are far more likely to say: 'Where are the serial killer books, luv?'broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-69741367485736364612010-05-29T18:49:41.009+01:002010-05-29T18:49:41.009+01:00Wikipedia notwithstanding (lovely word), the Trust...Wikipedia notwithstanding (lovely word), the Trusty Servant is an image of the ideal Wykehamist. Lowth, like <a href="http://inkyfool.blogspot.com/search?q=browne" rel="nofollow">Thomas Browne</a>, Lord Alfred Douglas etc. was an alumnus of Winchester College (founded by William of Wykeham, hence Wykehamist). I did an image search for prepositions, but it was much less intriguing.M.H. Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-59322443364684610632010-05-29T16:33:00.483+01:002010-05-29T16:33:00.483+01:00Your posts thrill me...why is it that these comple...Your posts thrill me...why is it that these complexities of grammar excite me so? <br /><br />I'm quite inclined to start my sentences with "And" and "But". <br /><br />And, I'm thankful that you have highlighted that this is ok.<br /><br /><br />(Now I don't have to confess my sins at the foot of my old school English teacher, who was emphatic about not splitting infinitives either!)Dr Shttp://www.madmedicinemayhem.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-89316743098083740612010-05-29T16:11:27.637+01:002010-05-29T16:11:27.637+01:00Ooh, you have D&D in your bunker? Though it co...Ooh, you have D&D in your bunker? Though it could be a little tricky to play if your reactions were similar to Anon's.<br /><br />I am apparently lacking in perspicacity, since not only did I survive said offence to the ear with my senses intact, but I am unable to figure out the connection between this post and the Trusty Servant. Or is our friendly hircocervus a default image of some description? <br /><br />Yes, in the process of trying to decipher it, I have just learnt the word hircocervus. I am quite fond of it already, and a little despairing at how little opportunity I will have to use it in casual conversation.The Antipodeannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-38296199291859066522010-05-28T21:29:11.698+01:002010-05-28T21:29:11.698+01:00Soon I'll have to start recycling my older com...Soon I'll have to start recycling my older comments , but I don't think I've yet told you that I am infatuated. With this post in particular, although it's awfully hard to choose a favourite. Do you ever give live performances in exchange for a tuition fee?Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892637441668897411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-6858662001994520912010-05-28T21:10:03.785+01:002010-05-28T21:10:03.785+01:00Jesus Christ, you're right! I'm now crouch...Jesus Christ, you're right! I'm now crouched in the Inky Fool bunker with a copy of the Bible and an RPG. But, to be honest, that's how I spend most of my evenings.M.H. Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-59981124168833648112010-05-28T19:31:27.015+01:002010-05-28T19:31:27.015+01:00Nothing to do with this post but if you want confi...Nothing to do with this post but if you want confirmation that were are in the end times, shortly to face cataclysm, I recommend that you listen to 'Hello Goodbye', covered by the Glee cast. It is miraculously bad. An offence to the ear so vile you will burst your own drums, pluck out your eyes and chew on your tongue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-42703959032834995272010-05-28T18:47:57.251+01:002010-05-28T18:47:57.251+01:00Funny, funny post. Loved the joke, however old.Funny, funny post. Loved the joke, however old.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-56932101396244215432010-05-28T18:24:27.784+01:002010-05-28T18:24:27.784+01:00Enjoyed your post. Your mind works in weird &...Enjoyed your post. Your mind works in weird & wonderous ways. What a gift you have. On right, write.maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01695675141316914425noreply@blogger.com