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Piltdown Man was a complete hoax. Can we infer anything from this? -
Whilst being uncertain as to whom "we" might be in this context, I have no doubt that at least some could do that; whether or not they should and what they might infer if they did so would presumably be the prerogative of the inferrers.Originally posted by Pabmusic View PostLast edited by ahinton; 02-09-13, 07:56.Comment
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Crikey.Originally posted by ahinton View PostPatriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain.Comment
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Shame on you! Off to Pedants' Paradise with you for a public laceration.Originally posted by ahinton View PostComment
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Whilst being uncertain as to who the "public" might be in this instance...Originally posted by jean View PostComment
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All those who recognise that what's governed by the preposition to in your sentence isn't the pronoun who, but the clause who we might be.Originally posted by ahinton View Post
A classic piece of hypercorrection.Comment
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For having given rise to the necessity of which I consider myself duly upbraided. You wouldn't happen by chance to be the CEO of Pedant's Paradise, would you?Originally posted by jean View Post
Anyway, "lacerate, lacerate, lacerate", as Tom Lehrer might have said (albeit in a context arguably more closely connected with {to?} scottycism than with {to?} the present one)...Last edited by ahinton; 02-09-13, 09:00.Comment
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It can only be a matter of time before the FOR3 forum features in Private Eye...Originally posted by ahinton View Post"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Did it? Open to whom? (and who opened it?)...Originally posted by jean View Post
But there would in any case be no necccccesssssity for you to do so now that I've spotted and duly corrected the offending typo!Originally posted by jean View Post
In a (probably vain) attempt to bring this discussion back to within a gnat's crotchet of the threaed topic, I think that I might have found a possible solution, provided that UK could persuade US to agree to implementing it jointly (which in the current climate looks like a push-over) - schedule an AGM of Pedant's Paradise in Damascus and invite to it all the factions in Syria mentioned upthread. You never know...Comment
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But how long, O Caliban, how long? The sooner the better, surely?!...Originally posted by Caliban View PostComment
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If i could add a smiley, I would...Originally posted by ahinton View Post
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Sued's Corner could make someone a bit of money, maybe...Originally posted by Caliban View PostComment
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