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Post #226,047 by Andrew Grygus 9/22/05 10:56:52 PM 9/22/05 10:57:12 PM Reply	Tell SIL to sit on a stick and spin. "combine it all together has better flow than her "correct" wording, which would be far more important to a creative writer than "redundancy". [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx] Edited by Andrew Grygus Sept. 22, 2005, 10:57:12 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #226,048 by Silverlock 9/22/05 11:03:40 PM Reply	"sit and spin" is the only completely corrtect answer. A less correct answer would be "bite me". ----------------------------------------- George W. Bush and his PNAC handlers sent the US into Iraq with lies. I find myself rethinking my opposition to the death penalty. --Donald Dean Richards Jr.
Post #226,051 by ben_tilly 9/22/05 11:06:43 PM Reply	Seconded I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #226,072 by static 9/23/05 1:26:21 AM Reply	Thirded. English has, as do most natural languages, a comparatively high level of redundant information in its structure. SIL has just so happened to have noticed a more obvious instance. Wade. d-_-b
Post #226,177 by jb4 9/23/05 2:03:33 PM Reply	Fourthed?!? I like the phrase, "Blow me very much!" jb4 shrub●bish (Am., from shrub* + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf.* BULLSHIT

Inquiring of the Grammar Gods here - (Nightowl) - (52) - Sept. 22, 2005, 10:44:35 PM EDT

Tell SIL to sit on a stick and spin. - (Andrew Grygus) - (4) - Sept. 22, 2005, 10:57:12 PM EDT

"sit and spin" is the only completely corrtect answer. - (Silverlock) - Sept. 22, 2005, 11:03:40 PM EDT

Seconded -NT - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 22, 2005, 11:06:43 PM EDT

Thirded. - (static) - Sept. 23, 2005, 01:26:21 AM EDT

Fourthed?!? - (jb4) - Sept. 23, 2005, 02:03:33 PM EDT

Your writing is fine. - (Another Scott) - (4) - Sept. 22, 2005, 11:22:25 PM EDT

Positive Update :) - (Nightowl) - (2) - Sept. 24, 2005, 09:34:58 AM EDT

Like yer .sig! -NT - (jb4) - (1) - Sept. 24, 2005, 06:26:56 PM EDT

Thanks, me too! - (Nightowl) - Sept. 25, 2005, 02:17:54 AM EDT

What,there's a difference?You can't enjoy trying to help?:-) -NT - (CRConrad) - Sept. 25, 2005, 06:14:33 PM EDT

Suggested riposte, if you want this to Cease (?) - (Ashton) - (4) - Sept. 23, 2005, 01:22:25 AM EDT

That's the hardest part, Ashton - (Nightowl) - (3) - Sept. 23, 2005, 01:37:58 AM EDT

Not so hard - - (Ashton) - (2) - Sept. 23, 2005, 02:13:31 AM EDT

Re: Not so hard - - (Nightowl) - Sept. 23, 2005, 02:21:29 AM EDT

Dupe: ignore, ISP hiccupped during send mode -NT - (Nightowl) - Sept. 23, 2005, 02:23:36 AM EDT

She's an ass****e - (broomberg) - (1) - Sept. 23, 2005, 06:36:35 AM EDT

Re: She's an ass****e - (Nightowl) - Sept. 23, 2005, 12:26:38 PM EDT

A suggestion - (jbrabeck) - (4) - Sept. 23, 2005, 07:25:05 AM EDT

:-) -NT - (Steve Lowe) - Sept. 23, 2005, 11:30:14 AM EDT

Hahahah! - (Nightowl) - (1) - Sept. 23, 2005, 12:28:45 PM EDT

Price List: - (Ashton) - Sept. 23, 2005, 01:47:18 PM EDT

:-) -NT - (jb4) - Sept. 23, 2005, 02:05:33 PM EDT

Peter's Rewrite, FWIW: - (pwhysall) - (1) - Sept. 23, 2005, 08:51:46 AM EDT

s/coagulate/rigor-mortisize/ :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Sept. 23, 2005, 09:51:23 AM EDT

You're fine, but giving her too much time - (hnick) - (8) - Sept. 23, 2005, 09:12:48 AM EDT

Agreed - (Nightowl) - (7) - Sept. 23, 2005, 12:31:11 PM EDT

Hmmm...I always thought: "those that can't teach, teach gym" -NT - (jb4) - (6) - Sept. 23, 2005, 02:07:17 PM EDT

Well, yeah... but we were talking about writing... - (hnick) - Sept. 23, 2005, 02:21:30 PM EDT

Nope, My sister the middle school teacher's coffee cup says - (Silverlock) - (4) - Sept. 23, 2005, 02:44:06 PM EDT

I was just being a smartass. - (hnick) - (3) - Sept. 23, 2005, 03:05:09 PM EDT

Those that can't teach gym - (imric) - (1) - Sept. 23, 2005, 03:07:06 PM EDT

Explains Der Karl nicely! Thanx- -NT - (jb4) - Sept. 23, 2005, 05:54:58 PM EDT

Being a smartass? On this board? No. Say it isn't so. - (Silverlock) - Sept. 23, 2005, 04:42:58 PM EDT

Twain quote - (drewk) - (2) - Sept. 23, 2005, 10:59:48 AM EDT

Voltaire(?) quote - (rcareaga) - (1) - Sept. 23, 2005, 02:14:25 PM EDT

"I am retuning this paper. Someone wrote on it." no origin -NT - (hnick) - Sept. 23, 2005, 02:23:30 PM EDT

Late than never I suppose - (boxley) - (4) - Sept. 24, 2005, 11:23:07 AM EDT

Never heard of it - (Nightowl) - (3) - Sept. 25, 2005, 02:30:56 AM EDT

google foo is weak, however - (boxley) - (2) - Sept. 25, 2005, 11:47:27 AM EDT

Here ya go. 13 kB img. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Sept. 25, 2005, 12:28:52 PM EDT

Ain't it da Truff... - (Ashton) - Sept. 25, 2005, 07:36:54 PM EDT

Re: Is it redundant? - (a6l6e6x) - (10) - Sept. 24, 2005, 01:14:43 PM EDT

If I've told you once - - (Ashton) - (9) - Sept. 24, 2005, 02:55:33 PM EDT

Owl Vs SIL Round 1, Owl. - (Nightowl) - (8) - Sept. 25, 2005, 02:19:59 AM EDT

Worse than Ashtonese or Boxlish? - (Nightowl) - (5) - Sept. 25, 2005, 02:29:52 AM EDT

what part of "oh fine you write the dam thing" - (boxley) - Sept. 25, 2005, 11:53:15 AM EDT

Explanation - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Sept. 25, 2005, 07:36:10 PM EDT

{Guffaw!} Award: 1\ufffd Emmys + an Edgar for aptly-hidden Snide! -NT - (Ashton) - Sept. 25, 2005, 07:07:40 PM EDT

SILatin - (Nightowl) - Sept. 26, 2005, 01:25:02 PM EDT

Combining all your advice, Thanks! - (Nightowl) - Sept. 26, 2005, 04:50:58 PM EDT

Epistle, formal letter. Epithet, descriptive, usually... - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Sept. 25, 2005, 03:59:27 PM EDT

(And an epistle may deteriorate into a rant, screed, easily) -NT - (Ashton) - Sept. 25, 2005, 07:12:16 PM EDT

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