Comments on: Lyrical Crimes against the English Language

by: Cliff

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:19:44 +0000

It’s a good point Pam. I’m with you, anyway.

by: pam

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:56:42 +0000

Hi - Although this has absolutely northing to do with the above discussion (except that it is grammar related), I wonder if anyone else will help me in my quest to educate people about the use of the word “basically”? I am so fed up with people who begin a sentence with “basically”, and then go on to describe something in great detail and at great length - a bit like me now I suppose. Basically,I just want people to use it properly!Anyone else agree?

by: Clare

Thu, 21 Apr 2005 01:04:00 +0000

But thunder is also a noun. It has the same status as murder.

So what is your point…?

;o)

by: Cliff

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 23:34:00 +0000

“The pain is a bastard” I’ll give you. It’s a noun. “The pain was murder” - probably a noun again. Some words can be nouns and adjectives, like “fine” and “grand”.

Some words can be a nouns, verbs and adjectives, like “poo”. Eg: “the pain is poo.”

by: Clare

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 23:14:00 +0000

… and just because I never know when to shut up…

“the pain is thunder”

I’m pretty sure there’s no rule which states the word “thunder” has to be an adjective. It doesn’t have to be qualifying the noun; it could be another noun.

“The pain is a bastard,” for instance.

Or, “The pain is murder.”

It’s a metaphor, and poetic licence allows for the dropping of the word “like”.

IMHO.

Doesn’t stop Jacko from being (probably) a nasty piece of work, though…

OK. Shutting up now.

by: Clare

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 23:06:00 +0000

Well, if you want to get pedantic…

“What if he called round when they get locked out?”

Do you mean “What if he called round when they got locked out”?

But who are “they”?

;o)

Sorry, couldn’t resist.