MadModder
The Breakroom => The Water Cooler => Topic started by: DaveH on June 06, 2011, 01:13:27 PM
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Just thought I would mention,
"to boldly go where one has gone ........."
Is classed as dangling ones participle. :poke: Just in case no one knew :lol:
I think I must be bored :palm:
DaveH
Put the k in new as per Marv's :D
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Yes, and the past tense of 'know' is still spelled 'knew'.
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I think you must be .... :scratch:
But then ..
'Tis far better to have dangled and fell off, than never to have dangled at all' ...
What happened to split infinitives anyway ????...
BC
Ooops! Sorry Marv, should be 'fallen off' .... :doh:
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I don't think there's a participle in there, Dave, but it does contain a split infinitive. Victorian pedants trying to force English to conform to Latin grammar decreed that what Geoff Chaucer, Bill Shakespeare and everyone else had been saying for centuries was wrong, and that an adverb shouldn't be interposed in the middle of an infinitive. They would say "boldly to go" or "to go boldly".
They had similar ideas about dangling participles, and thus would hate "A participle is not something you should end a sentence with."
No-one took much notice of the pedants, thank goodness.
Andy
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What happened to split infinitives anyway ????...
It is still there:
"to boldly go where no man has gone before". Here, the adverb "boldly" splits the full infinitive "to go"
DaveH
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All this grammar stuff is beyond me ... :scratch:
I'll just stick to 'flying capacitors' ....
BC
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It's just a bit of fun :D :D :D
Who gives a ......
:beer:
DaveH
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They had similar ideas about dangling participles, and thus would hate "A participle is not something you should end a sentence with."
"With" is a preposition, not a participle, although not using either to end a sentence is advisable.
No-one took much notice of the pedants...
A fact that becomes achingly obvious whenever one reads any of the internet fora.
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Marv,
"With" is a preposition, not a participle, although not using either to end a sentence is advisable.
Unless you cannot think of anything else to end it with. :lol: :lol: :lol:
:beer:
DaveH
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Three minutes ago I thought I knew least some English...now I'm not sure anymore.
I only know one joke: Pronoun is noun that has lost amateur status.
That probably makes me plain noun here. I hope it's noun I like.
Pekka
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someone pass the pedanticide :)
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someone pass the pedanticide :)
Sophophobic ?
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????????????????
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_correct_phobia_term_for_the_fear_of_bad_grammar
BC
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I think you must be .... :scratch:
But then ..
'Tis far better to have dangled and fell off, than never to have dangled at all' ...
What happened to split infinitives anyway ????...
BC
My guess would be that Bogstandard saw that the infinitive had been split and he repaired it. He can work wonders with silver solder.
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I was an English major and immediately thought of a joke that's quite fitting for this thread:
The Danger of Dangling Participles:
On his 75th birthday, a man got a gift certificate from his wife. The certificate paid for a visit to a medicine man living on a nearby reservation that was rumored to have a wonderful cure for erectile dysfunction.
After being persuaded, he drove to the reservation, handed his ticket to the medicine man and wondered what would happen next.
The old medicine man slowly and methodically mixed the potion, handed it to him, and with a grip on his shoulder, warned, “This is powerful medicine and must be respected. You take only a teaspoonful and then say ’1-2-3.’ When you do that, you will become more manly than you have ever been in your life and you can perform as long as you want.”
The man was encouraged. As he walked away, he turned and asked, "How do I stop the medicine from working?"
"Your partner must say '1-2-3-4'," he responded. "But when she does, the medicine will not work again until the next full moon."
The old gent was very eager to see if it worked, so he went home, showered, shaved, took a spoonful of the medicine and then invited his wife to join him in the bedroom. When she came in, he took off his clothes and said, "1-2-3!"
Immediately, he was the manliest of men. His wife, excited, began throwing off her clothes. And then she asked, "What was the 1-2-3 for?"
And that, children, is why we should never end our sentences with a preposition!
One could end up with a dangling participle!
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Sophophobic ?
Is that not a fear of second year students?
Ned