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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: where are the editors? #68258 05/02/02 05:01 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I don't see any grammatical problems*, we have an adverb, badly, modifying an adjective, wrong, which is one of the jobs of an adverb. The meaning is clear enough and I agree with SilkMuse that there are degrees of wrongness. It's awkward is all. *The purple idea waited seven times consecutively before the clock happened. Nothing grammatically wrong with this sentence; it just doesn't mean anything. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted where are the editors? nancyk 04/30/02 10:53 PM . Max Quordlepleen 04/30/02 11:42 PM Re: where are the editors? nancyk 04/30/02 11:58 PM Re: where are the editors? wwh 05/01/02 01:05 AM Re: where are the editors? Alex Williams 05/01/02 01:34 AM . Max Quordlepleen 05/01/02 02:16 AM Re: where are the editors? belMarduk 05/01/02 02:16 AM Re: where are the editors? WhitmanO'Neill 05/01/02 02:43 AM Re: where are the editors? hev 05/01/02 02:02 AM Re: where are the editors? TEd Remington 05/02/02 04:17 PM Post deleted by SilkMuse SilkMuse 05/02/02 04:35 PM Re: where are the editors? Faldage 05/02/02 05:01 PM Re: where are the editors? WhitmanO'Neill 05/02/02 05:31 PM Post deleted by SilkMuse SilkMuse 05/02/02 06:34 PM Re: where are the editors? of troy 05/02/02 07:14 PM Re: where are the editors? wsieber 05/03/02 06:51 AM Misplaced mortifier Geoff 05/07/02 01:08 AM Re: where are the editors? Bridget 05/02/02 10:31 PM Re: where are the editors? nancyk 05/02/02 10:45 PM Re: where are the editors? milum 05/07/02 01:00 AM Re: where are the editors? inselpeter 05/07/02 03:42 AM Re: where are the editors? milum 05/07/02 04:20 AM Re: where are the editors? Jackie 05/07/02 11:07 AM Re: where are the editors? Wordwind 05/07/02 07:06 PM Re: where are the editors? of troy 05/07/02 07:11 PM Re: where are the editors? boronia 05/07/02 07:25 PM Re: where are the editors? Wordwind 05/07/02 09:00 PM Re: where are the editors? AnnaStrophic 05/07/02 09:12 PM Re: where are the editors? of troy 05/07/02 09:39 PM Re: The New Yorker Anonymous 05/08/02 04:22 PM Re: The New Yorker AnnaStrophic 05/08/02 04:26 PM Re: The New Yorker Hyla 05/09/02 02:46 PM Re: The New Yorker Hyla 05/08/02 04:27 PM Re: The New Yorker Anonymous 05/08/02 04:31 PM Re: The New Yorker Faldage 05/08/02 04:49 PM Re: The New Yorker Hyla 05/08/02 04:54 PM Re: The New Yorker Anonymous 05/08/02 05:25 PM Re: The New Yorker Faldage 05/08/02 05:38 PM Re: The New Yorker Anonymous 05/08/02 05:45 PM Re: The New Yorker Faldage 05/08/02 05:56 PM Re: The New Yorker Anonymous 05/08/02 05:58 PM Re: The New Yorker Faldage 05/08/02 06:01 PM Re: The New Yorker Hyla 05/08/02 07:07 PM Raven maniac wofahulicodoc 05/08/02 05:46 PM Re: di(a,)eresis v. umlaut Faldage 05/08/02 04:46 PM Re: where are the editors? Faldage 05/08/02 10:04 AM Re: emphatic double negative Faldage 05/08/02 02:05 PM 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,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,975 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,872 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,944 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,952 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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