tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post3241335823180958788..comments2024-03-29T08:36:28.664-05:00Comments on Althouse: "The phrasing is so awkward that you'd never come up with it spontaneously; thus, it's well-suited to an academic journal."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52211658751641636732009-01-25T20:57:00.000-06:002009-01-25T20:57:00.000-06:00Now I stand corrected. But you must admit this is...Now I stand corrected. But you must admit this is the 'dog' post of the day--well behind Oprah, Ellen, nipples and even brussels sprouts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9062119721918862622009-01-25T19:57:00.000-06:002009-01-25T19:57:00.000-06:00Comments probably won't hit double digits.Ha!<I>Comments probably won't hit double digits.</I><BR/><BR/>Ha!John Althouse Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57065614307138954472009-01-25T19:56:00.000-06:002009-01-25T19:56:00.000-06:00one should always be suspicious of rules that make...<I>one should always be suspicious of rules that make for awkward sentence constructions.</I><BR/><BR/>Yes. More people need to hear this.John Althouse Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46934565636337197122009-01-25T18:35:00.000-06:002009-01-25T18:35:00.000-06:00Oh, where hath all the grammar lovers gone?Since m...Oh, where hath all the grammar lovers gone?<BR/><BR/>Since many of the dumber "rules" of English were incorporated by 18th century academics in an attempt to make English more like that most valid of all languages, Latin, one should always be suspicious of rules that make for awkward sentence constructions.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74646972421490831082009-01-25T18:33:00.000-06:002009-01-25T18:33:00.000-06:00Am told the "law" comment was a witty allusion to ...Am told the "law" comment was a witty allusion to something, not a mistake. I stand corrected.John Althouse Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23536918216733918542009-01-25T18:26:00.000-06:002009-01-25T18:26:00.000-06:00Another lamentable legal post. Comments probably w...<I>Another lamentable legal post. Comments probably won't hit double digits. </I><BR/><BR/>As Chip Ahoy said, this is a weird comment since the post isn't mainly about law. But yeah, a post about grammar and law reviews on a Sunday probably won't be a huge traffic generator.John Althouse Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20391565979601590642009-01-25T12:10:00.000-06:002009-01-25T12:10:00.000-06:00Missing label: candyassMissing label: candyassJ. Crickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407299546060974148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66865892116074959732009-01-25T11:47:00.000-06:002009-01-25T11:47:00.000-06:00@Chip Ahoy: No. I'm just tweeking on a tweet fro...@Chip Ahoy: No. I'm just tweeking on a tweet from the blogger's Twitter:<BR/><BR/><I>I did a law post -- http://tinyurl.com/9xclvf -- and expect my readers to ignore it, as usual. 11:49 AM Jan 21st from web</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63025698257564108132009-01-25T11:38:00.000-06:002009-01-25T11:38:00.000-06:00^^^ Why, because it has the word "law" in it?I rea...^^^ Why, because it has the word "law" in it?<BR/><BR/>I read it as a language post first and a family link second and a law post hardly at all. Save for the fact they made the same oath twice in an abundance of caution, as they call it. <BR/><BR/>It's a post that leads naturally to Star Trek opening, as it refers to the myth of so-called split verbs. A myth which I heartily endorse. Don't you agree it would sound better to say "...to go boldly ... ?"<BR/><BR/>The argument to having the adverb positioned nearest the verb it modifies is a good one, but it's no closer positioned directly in front of the verb than it is positioned directly after it. Positioning it behind has the benefit of not splitting the verb, and to my ear that does sound natural.Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31748811711713257042009-01-25T11:20:00.000-06:002009-01-25T11:20:00.000-06:00Another lamentable legal post. Comments probably ...Another lamentable legal post. Comments probably won't hit double digits. It's like your own lawprofblogger cross to bear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64368778942556305462009-01-25T09:29:00.001-06:002009-01-25T09:29:00.001-06:00Fowler (second edition)It does not add to a writer...Fowler (second edition)<BR/><BR/><I>It does not add to a writer's readableness if readers are pulled up now and again to wonder -- Why this distortion? Ah, to be sure, a non-split die-hard...It is of no avail merely to fling oneself desperately out of tempation; one must so do it that no traces of the struggle remain. Sentences must if necessary be thoroughly remodelled instead of having a word lifted from its original place and dumped elsewhere.</I>rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15426091955300735202009-01-25T09:29:00.000-06:002009-01-25T09:29:00.000-06:00So, it's a shibboleth.So, it's a shibboleth.KLDAVIShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739096339024969075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82930311608884599422009-01-25T09:27:00.000-06:002009-01-25T09:27:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06110062531692509644noreply@blogger.com