Hi JB: Thanks for that! Sometimes I, too, get angry about grammar, especially instances where a simple test-sentence would clear everything up... my pet peeve is "between you and I" (where 'you and I' in this case is interchangeable with 'the two of us', as opposed to two distinct references labeled 'you' and 'I', in which case the oft-wrong phrase would actually be correct). Perhaps it is not common knowledge that prepositional phrases feature the objective case. Perhaps also, I have made grammatical errors in my statement(s) above. Feel free to beat me about the head and shoulders if this is the case. </grammargeekery> Cheers, Joe (Ankhst) > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on lists.looneylabs.com > X-Barracuda-BBL-IP: nil > X-Spam-Level: > X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.0 > X-Original-To: fluxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Delivered-To: fluxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 20:26:58 -0400 > From: JB Segal <jb@xxxxxxx> > To: Fluxx Discussion List <fluxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [Fluxx] Monty Python Feedback Feedback > Content-Disposition: inline > User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (Linux) > X-Barracuda-Encrypted: AES256-SHA > X-Barracuda-Bayes: INNOCENT GLOBAL 0.0000 1.0000 -2.0210 > X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.1.1966 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.10 RDNS_NONE Delivered to trusted network by a host with no rDNS > > Quoth kerry_and_ryan@xxxxxxx (kerry_and_ryan@xxxxxxx): > > Andy: > > > [2 IT cards: Get on with it and...] > > > 'Course It's a Good Idea! > > > > > > (...which is a Goal that requires The Finger of God and the Important > > > Message.) > > > > > > So... I guess I could change the text to say "You cannot win if you have > > > this unless the Goal says otherwise or a card with the word IT in its title > > > is on the table." > > > > But "'Course It's a Good Idea!" doesn't contain the word "it". "It's" is a distinct word. > > > > > > Ryan > > Not normally a pedant. > > Huh?? "It's" is a contraction of 2 words - "It is". This does not in > itself make it a new word. > > http://www.angryflower.com/itsits.gif > > JB, often a pedant. > _______________________________________________ > Fluxx mailing list > Fluxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/fluxx
