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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: 13667 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: 3271 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: 13667 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: 10472 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: 10472 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 8453 Members 16 Forums 13691 Topics 210115 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4 8453 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (jenny jenny), 19 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 98 endymion6 71 wofahulicodoc 71 jenny jenny 69 teepee 23 Rhubarb Commando 16 Faldage 14 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June 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

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