tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post2704246588405479526..comments2024-01-26T20:41:02.065+13:00Comments on Quote Unquote: Grammar MosesStephen Stratfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-23281673180039711822009-06-04T10:50:20.490+12:002009-06-04T10:50:20.490+12:00Gentlemen, gentlemen - the place to go for spectac...Gentlemen, gentlemen - the place to go for spectacular sub-editing is the Yahoo/Telecom home page. There's a headline on today's one telling us 'Woman attacked by river'. It turns out she was attacked near a river, and by another human. Still, it is a warning to keep an eye on that water.. You never know, you just never know, that when you turn your back, for a second, and one of those vicious, crafty creeks will up and hang one on you.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00820333400860287789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-66473836643821920672009-05-25T17:42:48.276+12:002009-05-25T17:42:48.276+12:00I suggest we share the pot.
For the next dealer's...I suggest we share the pot.<br /><br />For the next dealer's call, may I direct your attention to a fuller exegesis on the collected criticism of Bernard Kael:<br /><br />http://www.nbr.co.nz/opinion/david-cohen/off-frame-views-are-no-reviewsDavid Cohennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-73162349165357713532009-05-24T22:53:05.281+12:002009-05-24T22:53:05.281+12:00I see you and raise you Bernard's latest from the ...I see you and raise you Bernard's latest from the 24 May edition:<br /><br />"Considering the film is shot in Victoria, the burning trees and fleeing animals cannot help but recall the recent devastation in the Australian state."<br /><br />I bet they can't.Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-73302607432553039192009-05-23T17:13:05.300+12:002009-05-23T17:13:05.300+12:00"Impenetrable tone" seems okay, assuming McDonald ..."Impenetrable tone" seems okay, assuming McDonald is is saying something about the film's inflections being hard to comprehend. Also, you don't always get a misrelated participle, or a lousy line, by constructing a sentence in the fashion you describe. Take a sentence like, "However, Thomas’s fluent French and world-weary eyes are undeniably compelling." Now correct me if I'm wrong, but the "however" here is an inferential participle, and it works just fine.David Cohenhttp://www.nbr.co.nz/opinion/david-cohennoreply@blogger.com