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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: yet another abomination from the possessive pronoun morass dalehileman #168010 05/02/07 06:18 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm OP Carpal Tunnel OP tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Originally Posted By: dalehileman tsu, Fal: The usage is recognized as singular in the late editions of some dictionaries ... <sigh> Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: yet another abomination from the possessive pronoun morass Faldage #168011 05/02/07 06:26 PM Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US Aramis addict Aramis addict Joined: May 2005 Posts: 456 SE US Quote: And what would you suggest instead of the pronoun you perceive to be wrong? This is not a rhetorical question; I'm really interested in y'all's answers. Well, without knowing the broader context it obviously looks backward and should be "her hand". ÅΓª╥┐↕§ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: yet another abomination from the possessive pronoun morass tsuwm #168012 05/02/07 06:27 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Do not despair, tsuwm. Look at AWADs May calendar as of Troy pointed out.We will have a blue gap day between May 12 and 13 , to recover from sighs and all other blues. (but the price to pay is loosing May 8) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: yet another abomination from the possessive pronoun morass BranShea #168042 05/03/07 11:32 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC "If any of you cannot keep your mouth shut, please raise your hand." TEd (making molehills out of mountains) Remington TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: yet another abomination from the possessive pronoun morass TEd Remington #168043 05/03/07 12:04 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I would have gone with "Anybody who can't keep their mouth shut, raise your hand," but I like TEd's better. The problem I see with the original "his hand" is that it sounds like the missing context involved someone totally unrelated to the group being spoken to and the direction was to raise that person's hand not unlike raising the hand of the victor in a boxing match. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: yet another abomination from the possessive pronoun morass Faldage #168067 05/04/07 04:40 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA tsu: Was that a sigh of disgust or of rapture dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: yet another abomination from the possessive pronoun morass dalehileman #168070 05/04/07 06:21 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Originally Posted By: dalehileman tsu: Was that a sigh of disgust or of rapture Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: yet another abomination from the possessive pronoun morass dalehileman #168073 05/04/07 06:58 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm OP Carpal Tunnel OP tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Originally Posted By: dalehileman tsu: Was that a sigh of disgust or of rapture you could bet the house (or one of these) on your best guess. -joe (I don' thin' your memory is all that bad) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  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,... 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