Olympus-OM
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [OM] Especially for our grammar policeman

Subject: Re: [OM] Especially for our grammar policeman
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 14:33:57 +0100
I’m only a poor ex-serviceman, John.  How am I supposed to have that much money 
to hand? :-)

I hadn’t noticed . . .

Chris

> On 28 Apr 17, at 01:13, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On 4/27/2017 4:47 PM, John Hudson wrote:
>> I spotted this news piece and wondered whether our Cambridge resident 
>> grammarian had been out and about with his black marker pen :-)
>> 
>> http://tinyurl.com/l3w6lyb
> 
> As the great grammarians say, a lot depends on context. In this case, I think 
> that quotation marks would be redundant; the special tablet/plank, or 
> whatever it's called, does the job. Also fussy, detracting from the impact.
> 
> Would you put Qmarks around To be or not to be . . . on a banner on the 
> poster for a production of Hamlet?
> 
> Lithe Moose
> 
> -- 
> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
> -- 
> _________________________________________________________________
> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
> 

-- 
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Sponsored by Tako
Impressum | Datenschutz