English major needed - Page 3

pattypeep · ‎06-06-2011

@Nomorebirthdays That may be an example of why the word "about" was entered into our language.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea-Robert A. Heinlein

suzyQ3 · ‎03-09-2010

@Vivian Florimond wrote:
Don't forget that our founding fathers wrote about a "more perfect" union.

@Vivian, I hesitate slightly to compare myself to the Founding Fathers, but I have a heck of a time abiding by the rule of absolute adjectives and adverbs. I have to stop myself from saying "very" or "truly" "unique."

And yet I had to make sure that I taught this to my skeptical students. :-)

~Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle~ Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Judaline · ‎03-10-2010

@LilacTree Uh-oh, I'm afraid I have a lot of those ''coloquialisms." Just never heard the one I posted.

LilacTree · ‎03-25-2012

@Judaline wrote:
@LilacTree Uh-oh, I'm afraid I have a lot of those ''coloquialisms." Just never heard the one I posted.

@Judaline

I never did either.

Formerly Ford1224
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Elie Wiesel 1986

NAES1 · ‎09-02-2011

@sfnative wrote:
If a professor of rhetoric read this in a paper submitted by a student, "almost exactly" would have been red-lined. No such thing.

There is "almost" and there is "exactly." There is NO "almost exactly."

Earlier, yesterday, I had said the same thing, but used courtroom as an example.

Also, there is no "almost happy" if I could do this or have this.