Memo

Originally posted by Startreader
There, there. Lost your dictionary? Try harder. Google will be your friend.

You do have a secondary education?

Participants on this thread may be interested to see your post in Ghost of a Duke's Religious Quandary thread in the Spirituality forum. The one in which you say, with limited coherence, "If your religion does not bring out the best in y ...[text shortened]... y your religion." (sic))

Are we, being your detractors, seeing you at your best, divegeester?

Originally posted by divegeester
Here it is again, in case you missed it:

You are welcome to address me there, in that thread, of course.

Meanwhile, would you like to explain what you mean, in this thread, by "A surfeit of prepositions" in your comment to my reply, not to you, but to Drewnogal?

Ask FMF. Perhaps he'll break it down to words of one syllable for you.

Originally posted by Startreader
Ask FMF. Perhaps he'll break it down to words of one syllable for you.

Originally posted by Startreader
Ask FMF. Perhaps he'll break it down to words of one syllable for you.

Originally posted by divegeester
Oh dear. Here is my question again:

Would you like to explain what you mean, in this thread, by "A surfeit of prepositions" in your comment to my reply, not to you, but to Drewnogal?

Originally posted by divegeester
Oh dear. Here is my question again:

Would you like to explain what you mean, in this thread, by "A surfeit of prepositions" in your comment to my reply, not to you, but to Drewnogal?

The post that was quoted here has been removed

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Hey sup dwooljeester, still dwoolin the dwool I see. Is there no one else that you can inflict yourself upon? why us, what bad thing have we done to be sucked into a perpetual vortex of slobber? Don't you tire of it yourself? Are you unaware how tiresome it is to read? Please have mercy on us.

Originally posted by Startreader
Just pointing out that you used "of" twice at the end of the last sentence. Grammatically incorrect, and to use a preposition (of is a preposition) at the end of the sentence is a grammatical no-no in its own right.

"Surfeit" means "excess".

You did ask.

Originally posted by Startreader
*sigh*
I have already explained. I am not responsible for your inability to understand and I am not doing it again.

Is it an owl,is it a plane, NO,Its Batman and Robbie.

“Not long ago, I advertised for perverse rules of grammar, along the lines of "Remember to never split an infinitive" and "The passive voice should never be used." The notion of making a mistake while laying down rules ("Thimk," "We Never Make Misteaks" ) is highly unoriginal, and it turns out that English teachers have been circulating lists of fumblerules for years. As owner of the world's largest collection, and with thanks to scores of readers, let me pass along a bunch of these never-say-neverisms:

* Avoid run-on sentences they are hard to read.
* Don't use no double negatives.
* Use the semicolon properly, always use it where it is appropriate; and never where it isn't.
* Reserve the apostrophe for it's proper use and omit it when its not needed.
* Do not put statements in the negative form.

* Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
* No sentence fragments.
* Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.
* Avoid commas, that are not necessary.
* If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing.

* A writer must not shift your point of view.
* Eschew dialect, irregardless.
* And don't start a sentence with a conjunction.
* Don't overuse exclamation marks!!!
* Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of 10 or more words, to their antecedents.

* Writers should always hyphenate between syllables and avoid un-necessary hyph-ens.
* Write all adverbial forms correct.
* Don't use contractions in formal writing.
* Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.
* It is incumbent on us to avoid archaisms.

* If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
* Steer clear of incorrect forms of verbs that have snuck in the language.
* Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixed metaphors.
* Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
* Never, ever use repetitive redundancies.

* Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.
* If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times, resist hyperbole.
* Also, avoid awkward or affected alliteration.
* Don't string too many prepositional phrases together unless you are walking through the valley of the shadow of death.

* Always pick on the correct idiom.
* "Avoid overuse of 'quotation "marks."'"
* The adverb always follows the verb.
* Last but not least, avoid cliches like the plague; seek viable alternatives."

(New York Times, November 4, 1979; later also published in book form)”
―William Safire, Fumblerules: A Lighthearted Guide to Grammar and Good Usage

Originally posted by wolfgang59
You could have cut and paste your explanation quicker than this reply.

“This is just the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put.” ―Winston S. Churchill