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Page 3 of 4 < 1 2 3 4 > Topic Options #182013 - 01/24/09 09:05 PM Re: Writing Help: Capitalization [Re: PastorVon] PastorVon member Registered: 12/30/08 Posts: 107 Loc: USA, North Carolina "presposition" a pre-position held by a presbyterian. Top #182015 - 01/24/09 10:03 PM Re: Writing Help: Capitalization [Re: PastorVon] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653 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. Top #182020 - 01/25/09 10:22 AM Re: Writing Help: Capitalization [Re: PastorVon] zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3268 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). _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing. Top #182036 - 01/25/09 02:33 PM Re: Writing Help: Capitalization [Re: zmjezhd] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653 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. Top #182038 - 01/25/09 05:44 PM Re: Writing Help: Capitalization [Re: Faldage] Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada a smallity? Top #182156 - 01/29/09 12:29 PM Re: Writing Help: Capitalization [Re: Zed] PastorVon member Registered: 12/30/08 Posts: 107 Loc: USA, North Carolina would that be miniscule? Top #182157 - 01/29/09 01:07 PM Re: Writing Help: Capitalization [Re: PastorVon] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10462 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 Top #182162 - 01/29/09 03:33 PM Re: Writing Help: Capitalization [Re: tsuwm] PastorVon member Registered: 12/30/08 Posts: 107 Loc: USA, North Carolina no, miniscule is actually opposed to uncial. I just had to throw my bit of wisdom in there. Top #182163 - 01/29/09 04:18 PM Re: Writing Help: Capitalization [Re: PastorVon] tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10462 Loc: this too shall pass uncial - relating to or written in majuscule letters -joe (def'ns for all occasions) friday Top #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? Top Page 3 of 4 < 1 2 3 4 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8419 Members 16 Forums 13684 Topics 209695 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members Stephen A, fgjhgjk, Nora Francis, sabosophie, Lore Lorena 8419 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 45 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 84 jenny jenny 67 wofahulicodoc 46 endymion6 43 BranShea 36 Rhubarb Commando 23 Buffalo Shrdlu 19 Faldage 18 zmjezhd 16 Jackie 15 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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