[lit-ideas] Re: Grammar question
- From: Andy <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:57:28 -0700 (PDT)
I appreciate your comments. Anyway (but not any way), thanks for all your
comments. I think of you guys as experts.
BTW, did anybody see Rise of the Planet of the Apes this summer? I don't
usually like action movies, but I really liked that movie. Great movie with an
amazing ending.
Anybody see Contagion? I was disappointed. It was pretty realistic and they
touched on things, but the History Channel does better. How about Lion King
3D? I never got there and am wondering if I missed anything. The trailers
had another remake of The Thing. There must be just so much movie energy in
the world, and it keeps recycling.
Andy
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From: Paul Stone <pastone@xxxxxxxxx>
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 12:50 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Grammar question
Just a small note on this, as I think Mike inadvertently (or probably
purposefully, knowing him a little bit) displayed in his little ditty, the rule
I use is if I am saying "some time", then I split it, but if there's an 's' on
the end, it's sometimes. I don't think I've EVER written or said "sometime"
without and 's' on it. It would be like writing "somebeer" or "somegeese". But
sometimes, you need to put that 's' on two collective words that already imply
multiplicity/plurality just to create a word that is necessary. Replace
"sometime" at the beginning of that last sentence, and it just sounds wrong!
>
paul
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