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#182013 - 01/24/09 09:05 PM Re: Writing Help: Capitalization [Re: PastorVon]
PastorVon member Registered: 12/30/08 Posts: 106 Loc: USA, North Carolina	"presposition" a pre-position held by a presbyterian.
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#182015 - 01/24/09 10:03 PM Re: Writing Help: Capitalization [Re: PastorVon]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 12381	Originally Posted By: PastorVon "So what if I (pastor von) began a sentence with a conjunction?" I just thought that not starting a sentence with a conjunction would be the sort of prescriptivist poppycock you'd subscribe to.
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#182020 - 01/25/09 10:22 AM Re: Writing Help: Capitalization [Re: PastorVon]
zmjezhd Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 2270 Loc: R'lyeh	The question was "So?" I.E. "So what if I (pastor von) began a sentence with a conjunction?" Descriptive-grammatically speaking, and ceteris paribus, there is nothing wrong with starting a sentence with a conjunction. Happens all the time. Prescriptive-grammatically speaking it is a solecism (or an enormity).
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#182036 - 01/25/09 02:33 PM Re: Writing Help: Capitalization [Re: zmjezhd]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 12381	Originally Posted By: zmjezhd The question was "So?" I.E. "So what if I (pastor von) began a sentence with a conjunction?"Prescriptive-grammatically speaking it is a solecism (or an enormity). Naw. It ain't near big enough to be an enormity.
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#182038 - 01/25/09 05:44 PM Re: Writing Help: Capitalization [Re: Faldage]
Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2031 Loc: British Columbia, Canada	a smallity?
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#182156 - 01/29/09 12:29 PM Re: Writing Help: Capitalization [Re: Zed]
PastorVon member Registered: 12/30/08 Posts: 106 Loc: USA, North Carolina	would that be miniscule?
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#182157 - 01/29/09 01:07 PM Re: Writing Help: Capitalization [Re: PastorVon]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 9400 Loc: this too shall pass	miniscule is opposed to majuscule, to be pro forma. -joe (but I don't think that works in context) friday
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#182162 - 01/29/09 03:33 PM Re: Writing Help: Capitalization [Re: tsuwm]
PastorVon member Registered: 12/30/08 Posts: 106 Loc: USA, North Carolina	no, miniscule is actually opposed to uncial. I just had to throw my bit of wisdom in there.
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#182163 - 01/29/09 04:18 PM Re: Writing Help: Capitalization [Re: PastorVon]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 9400 Loc: this too shall pass	uncial - relating to or written in majuscule letters -joe (def'ns for all occasions) friday
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#182178 - 01/29/09 07:57 PM Re: Writing Help: Capitalization [Re: Faldage]
The Pook old hand Registered: 02/20/08 Posts: 1067 Loc: Tasmania	Originally Posted By: Faldage Originally Posted By: zmjezhd The question was "So?" I.E. "So what if I (pastor von) began a sentence with a conjunction?"Prescriptive-grammatically speaking it is a solecism (or an enormity). Naw. It ain't near big enough to be an enormity. How 'bout just a normity then?
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