[Rhodes22-list] Grammar

[L. Sailor]

Slim,

 even though there is no rule saying size before
> color, etc.  Why?

Because that's the way it is..;^)

Never leave your participles
> dangling!
Wise advice. You could get arrested.

elle

--- Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:

> Here's one to chew on:  If you have a string of
> adjectives, for example,
> "the big, brown cardboard box" you have to list them
> in that specific order
> even though there is no rule saying size before
> color, etc.  Why?
> 
> And another thing:  Never leave your participles
> dangling!
> 
> Slim
> 
> On 10/28/06 12:42 PM, "L. Sailor"
> <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Joe,
> >  
> > Here's another in the 'irregardless' category:
> 'prevenTAtive' as in
> > 'preventative medicine'. No-o-o...the correct term
> is preventive....as in
> > 'preventive medicine.'
> >  
> > I also have to use you, Joe, as an
> example......just as you used a
> > construction which is very commonly used & i would
> classify in the 'between
> > you & I' category.....Please don't think I'm being
> critical...it is just a
> > good example....
> >  
> > You said 'unless they have a gun or are larger
> than us......That should be
> > 'larger than WE...as your example is an elliptical
> sentence and what we are
> > really saying is 'larger than we are large.....
> >  
> > elle
> > 
> > 
> > Joseph Hadzima <josef508 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi Phillip:
> > 
> > Once upon a time I did look up the "term", and the
> > dictionary I uesd claimed it to be a "humorous,
> redundent
> > form of regardless". So I guess we can laugh at
> people
> > that use it (uless
> > BTW, here is a link to a side story about the
> word.
> > 
> >
>
http://www.hfac.uh.edu/English/classes/GU4322/items/irregardless.html
> > 
> > I fear that since somemany use it, it may one day
> be
> > considered correct; along with the most evil of
> all phrases
> > "very unique"!
> > 
> > 
> > joe/hadz
> > 
> > 
> > --- Philip <3drecon at comcast.net> wrote:
> > 
> >> It's object and direct object et al. The Dative,
> >> Accusative, Nominative and
> >> Genitive exist in German too (". . . in den
> Wagen" (acc)
> >> or ". . . auf dem
> >> Tisch" (dat) (in the car or on the table)). Since
> we
> >> don't parse the
> >> grammar that way anymore, nothing sounds strange
> to
> >> anyone and people add
> >> things to sound important. It is the same with
> the word
> >> irregardless. I
> >> knew an Australian fellow who used it
> incessantly. I
> >> tried to correct him
> >> and he insisted it was a legitimate word. I
> defied him
> >> to look it up and
> >> show me but he never would.
> >> 
> >> Philip
> >> 
> > 
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