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1. (On the side that won the American Revolution we call these parentheses, not brackets.) [These are good old American brackets.] {We call these braces; somehow the Brits and their Dominions use them to hold up their trousers.}
2. I lament the near disappearance from English of great old words like hither and thither and whither, so I appreciate the relative survival of hence, thence, and whence, but the redundant âfrom whenceâ just rankles me.
3. If itâs ring/rang/rung, why should it be spring/sprang or sprung/sprung? I learned âsprangâ myself. If English is going to preserve Germanic irregular verbs (ringen/rang/gerungen), then we should be consistent in our irregularity.
JP Steve: I donât know if youâll see this comment but I got your comment on yesterdayâs Pickles strip.. It made me laugh. I hate being left handed as I canât even write without my hand hurting.
Llewellenbruce over 13 years ago
More meanless wisdom from Earl.
arye uygur over 13 years ago
Meanless or meaningless? (OK, I know itâs just a typo; I make plenty of âem myself, but I couldnât resist this.
arye uygur over 13 years ago
@Number SixI TOLD you I make plenty of typos myself! Missing brackets are my BIG problem :-(
kreole over 13 years ago
Earlâs point got dulled when he mishandled Nelsonâs question.
GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago
I think Iâd rather forget where it came from.
pschearer Premium Member over 13 years ago
1. (On the side that won the American Revolution we call these parentheses, not brackets.) [These are good old American brackets.] {We call these braces; somehow the Brits and their Dominions use them to hold up their trousers.}
2. I lament the near disappearance from English of great old words like hither and thither and whither, so I appreciate the relative survival of hence, thence, and whence, but the redundant âfrom whenceâ just rankles me.
3. If itâs ring/rang/rung, why should it be spring/sprang or sprung/sprung? I learned âsprangâ myself. If English is going to preserve Germanic irregular verbs (ringen/rang/gerungen), then we should be consistent in our irregularity.
jtviper7 over 13 years ago
As long as it doesnât come from the septic tank.
psychlady over 13 years ago
Does anybody really want to know where it came from??
Jim Gent over 13 years ago
âfromâ is redundent with âwhenceâ
Number Three over 13 years ago
JP Steve: I donât know if youâll see this comment but I got your comment on yesterdayâs Pickles strip.. It made me laugh. I hate being left handed as I canât even write without my hand hurting.
LOL, Take care.