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Goog grammar in the 50's
Watching a B&W episode of Peter Gunn, from the late 50's or early 60's.
He needs to put a note in a pin-ball parlor machine with a question.
The question is, "Whom do I see about getting a building burned down?"
I'm impressed with his grammar.
Posters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I was born and then lived in Western Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis 7 years
Chicago 6 years
Brooklyn, NY 12 years
Baltimore 26 years
He needs to put a note in a pin-ball parlor machine with a question.
The question is, "Whom do I see about getting a building burned down?"
I'm impressed with his grammar.
Posters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I was born and then lived in Western Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis 7 years
Chicago 6 years
Brooklyn, NY 12 years
Baltimore 26 years
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[nq:1]Watching a B&W episode of Peter Gunn, from the late 50's or early 60's. He needs to put a note ... a question.
- [nq:1]Watching a B&W episode of Peter Gunn, from the late 50's or early 60's.
- He needs to put a note ...
- a question.
- [/nq] I too!
- (Whom ya gonna call?
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[nq:1]Watching a B&W episode of Peter Gunn, from the late 50's or early 60's. He needs to put a note ... a question. The question is, "Whom do I see about getting a building burned down?" I'm impressed with his grammar.[/nq]
I too!
(Whom ya gonna call? Ghostbusters!)
P.
I too!
(Whom ya gonna call? Ghostbusters!)
P.
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[nq:2]Watching a B&W episode of Peter Gunn, from the late ... getting a building burned down?" I'm impressed with his grammar.[/nq]
[nq:1]I too! (Whom ya gonna call? Ghostbusters!) P.~~[/nq]
Another good grammar source are the videotapes of the old Sherlock Holmes movies starring Basil Rathbone.
I recently found the VHS of "Kind Hearts and Coronets" with Alec Guiness..an old repeat fli
[nq:1]I too! (Whom ya gonna call? Ghostbusters!) P.~~[/nq]
Another good grammar source are the videotapes of the old Sherlock Holmes movies starring Basil Rathbone.
I recently found the VHS of "Kind Hearts and Coronets" with Alec Guiness..an old repeat fli
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[nq:2]mm wrote innews:n22sm5d5s75dca5f9mu01blehmm204[/nq]
[nq:2]I too! (Whom ya gonna call? Ghostbusters!) P.[/nq]
[nq:1]~~ Another good grammar source are the videotapes[/nq]
Hmm.. I think I'd have avoided that particular clash by writing "Other good grammar sources are".
Cheers, Harvey
CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed
[nq:2]I too! (Whom ya gonna call? Ghostbusters!) P.[/nq]
[nq:1]~~ Another good grammar source are the videotapes[/nq]
Hmm.. I think I'd have avoided that particular clash by writing "Other good grammar sources are".
Cheers, Harvey
CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed
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[nq:1]On 08 Feb 2010, Ulysses at Grasmere wrote[/nq]
[nq:1]Hmm.. I think I'd have avoided that particular clash by writing "Other good grammar sources are".[/nq]
Or "Another good grammar source is the videotapes..."
Posters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I was born and then lived in Western Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis 7 years
Chicago 6
[nq:1]Hmm.. I think I'd have avoided that particular clash by writing "Other good grammar sources are".[/nq]
Or "Another good grammar source is the videotapes..."
Posters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I was born and then lived in Western Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis 7 years
Chicago 6
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I'm sure you all remember the Winston controversy. "Tastes good like a cigarette should."
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[nq:2]On 08 Feb 2010, Ulysses at Grasmere wrote Hmm.. I think I'd have avoided that particular clash by writing "Other good grammar sources are".[/nq]
[nq:1]Or "Another good grammar source is the videotapes..."[/nq]
That's the other clash I think I'd have tried to avoid, though.
Cheers, Harvey
CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed
[nq:1]Or "Another good grammar source is the videotapes..."[/nq]
That's the other clash I think I'd have tried to avoid, though.
Cheers, Harvey
CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed
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[nq:1]I'm sure you all remember the Winston controversy. "Tastes good like a cigarette should."[/nq]
And the 1960s' joke
"Like, wow, man."
"No, no: *as* wow, man."
Cheers, Harvey
CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed
And the 1960s' joke
"Like, wow, man."
"No, no: *as* wow, man."
Cheers, Harvey
CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed
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[nq:1]On 08 Feb 2010, mm wrote[/nq]
[nq:2]Or "Another good grammar source is the videotapes..."[/nq]
[nq:1]That's the other clash I think I'd have tried to avoid, though.[/nq]
It's a problem, but it comes up often enough, in many places, expecially when nit-picking what other people have written, that I think people should bite the bullet and get used to it. Especially since it's corre
[nq:2]Or "Another good grammar source is the videotapes..."[/nq]
[nq:1]That's the other clash I think I'd have tried to avoid, though.[/nq]
It's a problem, but it comes up often enough, in many places, expecially when nit-picking what other people have written, that I think people should bite the bullet and get used to it. Especially since it's corre
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[nq:2]On 08 Feb 2010, mm wrote That's the other clash I think I'd have tried to avoid, though.[/nq]
[nq:1]It's a problem, but it comes up often enough, in many places, expecially when nit-picking what other people have written, ... (The really stubborn can say it ten more times every Monday for 3 months. That should be enough for anyone.)[/nq]
Each to his own; that's a perfectly valid way
[nq:1]It's a problem, but it comes up often enough, in many places, expecially when nit-picking what other people have written, ... (The really stubborn can say it ten more times every Monday for 3 months. That should be enough for anyone.)[/nq]
Each to his own; that's a perfectly valid way
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[nq:1]I figure the "this is those" clash is similar to skunked words like disinterested and fulsome correct, but awkward in everyday use so I just try to avoid the problem by re-writing.[/nq]
While "fulsome" is a word I wouldn't even think of to use, "disinterested" seems like a very useful word (although many readers won't know what it actually means); how do you rewrite "disinterested""
While "fulsome" is a word I wouldn't even think of to use, "disinterested" seems like a very useful word (although many readers won't know what it actually means); how do you rewrite "disinterested""
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