Important notice from the GRAMMAR POLICE. Plz read. This means you.
Roflganger:
Quote from: Midwing on 2009 July 24, 20:48:11
Asking a question, no matter how much initiative you are attempting to show at improving the level of your grammar, apparently doesn't protect you from the wrath of those who know better than you do.
"Is that a misplaced modifier?" suggests littleblackdog doesn't know the answer and wants to learn. "Isn't that a misplaced modifier?" suggests littleblackdog believes he knows the answer and is looking for affirmation. The first type of question seems generally well-received in these parts. The second type may result in wrath and ridicule if the asker is not correct after all.
Midwing:
Was her question not, word-for-word, a perfect example of the second type of question you just mentioned?
Or were you saying that being ridiculed is less to do with asking a question than the manner in which you ask it?
Roflganger:
Quote from: Midwing on 2009 July 24, 21:24:02
Was her question not, word-for-word, a perfect example of the second type of question you just mentioned?
Or were you saying that being ridiculed is less to do with asking a question than the manner in which you ask it?
You said that asking a question invites wrath. I said that asking a question with the intention of learning (rather than trying to prove that you know something) does NOT invite wrath.
Midwing:
I asked a question with the intention of learning. I could do no right in some eyes! Miscommunication is a bugger. :P
rohina:
Quote from: rufio on 2009 July 24, 18:37:39
Quote from: rohina on 2009 July 24, 18:19:26
The first one is still wrong. Hence is not the issue, it's the verb.
Which verb? I thought you meant "being", since the only other verb in the sentence is "asking" which is part of a subordinate clause anyway, and correct as far as I can tell. Unless by "verb" you mean "absence of main finite verb". In any case, you have stated in the past that it is OK to use sentence fragments for effect, and since you are (so you say) an expert on stylistics, I was wondering if you'd be willing to share your qualifications for precisely when it is OK to use sentence fragments with the plebes.
It can't be a subordinate clause if it is the ONLY clause.
When exactly? Oh, say when you don't confuse nouns with their homonyms?
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