tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post4095575960943606956..comments2023-09-21T06:15:03.099-07:00Comments on Conjugate Visits: A Grammatical Analysis of the Strunk and White Snow JobJune Casagrandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-15804424968266013762008-09-08T20:57:00.000-07:002008-09-08T20:57:00.000-07:00Thank you so much for saying so!(I was hopin' some...Thank you so much for saying so!<BR/><BR/>(I was hopin' somebody would see it that way.)<BR/><BR/>I mentioned the racial aspect in "Grammar Snobs," but never really stopped to nail down the "three things" until recently. I'm not yet sure it's just three. I's gots to think on its some more. <BR/><BR/>(The nice thing about blogging. It makes me think.)June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-1643898887091432652008-09-08T20:11:00.000-07:002008-09-08T20:11:00.000-07:00The context, speaker, listener thing is astute.Som...The context, speaker, listener thing <B>is</B> astute.<BR/><BR/>Somehow it seems that it belongs in a good style guide. And especially the way that you weave it into a discussion of the imperative. It's like they're the same class of things: the "important unspoken" or something like that. Indeed, the significance of what's not said and how things not on the page affect how the page means. Actually, now I'm swimming in the implications and weird wonderings.<BR/><BR/>Looking at it (the three things), it seems obvious, but I confess that I hadn't quite thought it through as you have (especially so broadly) and hearing you articulate it made a light go on. It's nice to be an old man but still have the light go on that way. Feels young, somehow, like when the world was new and full of discovery. A nice moment.<BR/><BR/>::contented sigh::Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05550742712966484303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-57217512191915094232008-09-08T17:40:00.000-07:002008-09-08T17:40:00.000-07:00You had good instincts. I didn't. I just wish some...You had good instincts. I didn't. I just wish someone would have told me style matters are disputed. Oh, the stupid arguments I could have avoided. <BR/><BR/>Re racial stuff: It's similar to family stuff. I can say my father's a jerk, but that really has a different meaning than you saying my father's a jerk. <BR/><BR/>The meaning changes with the speaker.June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-5065769278361434512008-09-08T17:24:00.000-07:002008-09-08T17:24:00.000-07:00Dude, in high school, we were each assigned a chap...Dude, in high school, we were each assigned a chapter of that tome and then were forced to present it. I will never forget the duo who got up there, drill sergeant-like, and battered "omit needless words" into our brains. Quite amusing. Despite that, S&W was never something I went to, precisely because it was meant for such a specific audience (which I didn't realize until your previous blog). Chicago (and AP, I did my BA in journalism) were just so much easier to handle and so much more in depth.<BR/><BR/>I never thought about the double-standard for racial terms in that way. But you are totally right!LL Blackwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921100359598254068noreply@blogger.com